Anger at mess from ‘illegal’ travellers site
ANGRY Farley Hill residents have described mess and excrement they say has been left at Stockwood Park by a group of travellers as “outrageous”.Disgusted locals and visitors to the park found areas...
View ArticleHatters rated v Cambridge United
Mark Tyler: 6 – No chance with the goal and otherwise largely untested.Keith Keane: 7 – Another lung-busting effort but needs more guile.Amari Morgan-Smith: 6.5 – Was Luton’s biggest threat but failed...
View ArticleTalking news anniversary
A VERY unusual recording of the Talking Newspaper – sourced from the Luton News and Dunstable Gazette – was sent out last week.It was voiced by 27 readers, instead of the usual four, and was a...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to new DVD releases (05.10.11)
MEL Gibson has been lumbered with some heavy baggage after his off-screen exploits and I can’t remember the last time he made a decent film.But oddball comedy THE BEAVER (12: Icon), directed by Jodie...
View ArticleHave your say on £26.5m new junction plan
MOTORISTS and residents will get the chance to have their say on multi million pound plans to improve traffic congestion on a roundabout linking Luton with the M1 motorway next week.Blueprints for a...
View ArticleRunaround to Dreamboats and Petticoats at The Grove
IT’S a smash-hit feel good musical that has everyone singing along and itching to get up on their feet. Dreamboats is popcorn nostalgia that comes with a guarentee of a good time and it moved into The...
View ArticleDynamo in town for magical charity boxing night
WORLD-famous magician Dynamo is coming to Luton for a night of spectacular entertainment.The illusionist, whose celebrity fans include Jay-Z, Coldplay and Will Smith, will be performing at a Hockwell...
View ArticleNo pain, no gain for Osano
RETURNING full-back Curtis Osano revealed he was playing through the pain barrier as he helped Hatters hammer Barrow 5-1 at Kenilworth Road on Saturday.The Kenyan full-back hasn’t figured since...
View ArticleTWO Gentlemen visit Royal & Derngate
SHAKESPEARE’S story of love, friendship and infidelity is re-invented in a fresh, fun and vibrant new production of Two Gentlemen of Verona directed by Matthew Dunster, whose past successes have...
View ArticleInquest after death of man on M1
AN inquest has been opened into the death of a man involved in a car crash near Luton on Sunday evening.Mohammed Tahir Khan, 39, was driving a black Volkswagen Phaeton saloon which crashed between...
View ArticleWomen attacked during break-in in Lewsey Farm
TWO women were injured when a gang broke into a house in Lewsey Farm in the early hours of Sunday morning.Police say the women needed hospital treatment for “nasty injuries” following the aggravated...
View ArticleInvesting in training great way to grow your business
THAT old phrase about throwing people in at the deep end, sink or swim and all that, is just so old hat.Now, switched on employers and employees know the value of knowing your stuff – of training,...
View ArticleWinslow Players go back to school
THE Winslow Players go back to school this week for After September which is running at Winslow Public Hall this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm.The staff of the Gwendolen Kyte School for Girls...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie guide (05.10.11)
ROWAN Atkinson never looks as if he is enjoying his comedy too much, particularly when he has to gurn and goof as Mr Bean or dash about as a jerk James Bond as Johnny English.But those expensive sports...
View ArticleHenry and Blackett complete 90 minutes in St Neots defeat
FriendlySt Neots 4 Luton Town 2TOWN duo Charlie Henry and Shane Blackett completed a welcome 90 minutes as a Luton Town XI were beaten 4-2 in an entertaining friendly at St Neots on Tuesday night,...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film (05.10.11)
Johnny English RebornThe shame. The pure shame. This week, seminal British actor Paddy Considine’s directorial debut Tyrannosaur is released. It’s a beautiful, brutal, searing work, the like of which...
View ArticleRise to the challenge!
THIS Friday – October 7 – is the deadline for entries to the Bedfordshire & Luton Rising Stars Business Excellence Awards.Ten category trophies are up for grabs in this the 18th year of the Premier...
View ArticleDouble dose of comedy at The Grove
THEATREGOERS are set to be treated to an exciting double-bill of the very best in British theatre when the highly acclaimed Original Theatre Company visits The Grove Theatre, Dunstable on Monday/...
View ArticleMore fans jailed over play-off trouble
TWO more men have been jailed for their role in violent scenes following Luton Town’s play-off final defeat to York last May.York City players had to be shepherded off the pitch by police as missiles...
View ArticleTown admit interest in Charlton defender Doherty
HATTERS have admitted they made tentative enquiries about bringing former favourite Gary Doherty back to Kenilworth Road, writes Mark Wood.Doherty is currently with Charlton Athletic, but has only...
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