Making a difference
PEOPLE with learning disabilities and their carers are invited to a special ‘Making a Difference’ event at Hightown Community Sports & Arts Centre on Tuesday (June 19).They’ll learn about the range...
View ArticleUPDATE: Murdered teenager was not at a house party
A TEENAGE GIRL who was murdered at a house in Ailsbury Road, Ampthill on Saturday (June 9) was a student at Harlington Upper School, police confirmed today.Megan-Leigh Peat, 15, died after being...
View ArticleRiver Lea at risk of flood
A FLOOD warning has been issued for the River Lea in the Luton area. The river level is currently at 5.92 metres, recorded at 2.30pm today (June 11).The typical river level range for this location is...
View ArticleLet’s address this rubbishy attitude
NEVER let it be said that I don’t have my finger on the pulse of the nation, regularly pinpointing issues which others have failed to spot – and kicking up such a stink that something gets done.Well,...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVD guide: Woman In Black, Carnage, Safe House
THE melodrama creaks as much as that famous old rocking chair in classy but cliche-ridden ghost story THE WOMAN IN BLACK (12: Momentum).Competently adapted by Jonathan Ross’s missus, Jane Goldman, from...
View ArticleSupreme sounds of Motown at Stables
MOTOWN comes to The Stables on Thursday (June 14) as The Sounds of the Supremes perform the classic hits that defined a generation.Led by Kaaren Ragland – a backing singer for original Supreme Mary...
View ArticleBassett, Nutley and Ransom on bench to face Baby Boks
BEDFORD Blues winger Josh Bassett has been named on the bench fr England U20s IRB Junior World Championship final Pool B clash today against hosts South Africa.The former Barton and Harlington school...
View ArticleFA Trophy final moved forward to help manage fixtures
HATTERS: The FA Carlsberg Trophy final for the 2012-13 season has been moved away from its traditional May weekend slot and forward to Sunday, March 24.The change is designed to help clubs manage their...
View ArticleMotorcylist badly hurt in crash
A MOTORCYCLIST was taken to hospital with a serious leg injury after a crash in Farley Hill.The crash happened just before 11am yesterday (Monday, June 11) in Whipperley Way, Luton, and involved a grey...
View ArticleBack injury hits Luton’s hopes in home meeting
A SERIOUS back injury to a visiting athlete curtailed Luton AC’s third Southern Athletics League match of the season at Stockwood Park on Saturday.The injury to a Nene Valley Harriers sprinter resulted...
View ArticleTRAVEL: Try a man-sized adventure!
Ahead of Father’s Day (June 17) Sarah Marshall rounds-up some great holiday ideas for dads, from canoeing in Christchurch to golfing in the Algarve.Sample gins in the English countrysideIt may be known...
View ArticleHarvey is cream of the crop as Town go second
A COMFORTABLE six-wicket win over Letchworth IIs saw Dunstable Town go second in Saracens Herts League Division Two on Saturday.Dunstable put Letchworth into bat and they struggled early on against the...
View ArticleTalented Danae had a passion for plants
A PASSIONATE gardener whose achievements saw her crowned BBC Gardeners’ World South East champion has died aged 81.Danae Johnston, whose Round Green garden brought pleasure to many visitors over the...
View ArticleMassive field as weather holds
LUTON and District MCC finally got their first dry day at Toddington this year as a packed field competed in the June Moto-Cross on Sunday.It was the sixth round of the Luton Championship, fourth round...
View ArticleJubilee treat floats caring Diane’s boat
A SPECIAL Diamond Jubilee treat was the reward for a supermarket employee recognised for balancing her working life with caring for a loved one Diane Waller join 100 Sainsbury’s colleagues from across...
View ArticleDraft plan for new homes around Luton
PROPOSALS to build 14,000 new homes across Bedfordshire, with 4,000 planned for a clump of green belt land on the outskirts of Luton, could become a reality by 2014.An initial draft of plans to build...
View ArticleCouncil criticised over lack of jubilee decorations
COUNCILLORS have been branded ‘mean-spirited’ after George Street remained a bunting-free zone over the Diamond Jubilee bank holiday.Luton News readers have complained that the town centre paled in...
View ArticlePioneering mobile sight loss service for town
ANYONE interested in, or affected by, visual impairment will be able to visit Action for Blind People’s pioneering mobile Sight Loss Information Service when it comes to Luton later this month.The...
View ArticleHatters place bids for Klukowski and Shaw
BUSY Luton have placed bids for at least two players as they look to rebuild their squad for a title challenge next term, writes Mark Wood.It is understood that the Hatters have tabled a bid for Forest...
View ArticleBaby Boks beat England U20 in Cape Town
South Africa U20 28 England U20 15ENGLAND U20s went down 28-15 to a clinical South Africa at the Cape Town Stadium in the IRB Junior World Championship last night.Bedford Blues winger and former Barton...
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