Can you shape the future of Bedfordshire Scouting?
SCOUTS in Bedfordshire are looking for an inspiring new County Commissioner to help them set the agenda for the future.The 6,000 Beds Scouts need someone to shape the look of Scouting over the next...
View ArticleLuton News goes back to the classroom
YOUR favourite local newspaper took a trip back to the classroom last week to give a group of budding reporters a writing lesson.News/Gazette reporter Steve Nolan (pictured) gave a talk to a group of...
View ArticleVIDEO: Barrel-loads of fun as festival-goers raise a toast to beer, ales and...
BEER enthusiasts had a barrel-load of fun as they drank the bar dry and toasted all things hops and barley at the 28th Luton Beer Festival last weekend.A bevy of boozers supped around 30 tipples from...
View ArticleFood waste campaign award win
A LUTON company’s environmental consultancy arm has won a national award for food waste recycling.WasteSolve, part of Cawleys, in Covent Garden Close, has been working with Adelie Food Group to...
View ArticleJobs plea to big firms
THE organisers of a unique business creation scheme on a deprived Luton estate have written to multi-million pound organisations with a ‘polite appeal’ for £839,584 to get it going.Glenn Jenkins, of...
View ArticleCollege’s learning activities ‘add £60million to economy’
A LUTON centre of learning is helping its parent college to pump nearly £60million into the local economy.Luton Learning Centre, in Upper George Street, is part of Bedford College, which has opened up...
View ArticleHey Jute! Success is in bag for eco champions
A Luton company that produces and designs eco-friendly shopping bags, has doubled its overseas trade over the past year and achieved export success in Austria and Finland, using help from UK Trade and...
View ArticleFormer church to a-spire to...
AN historic Luton church building has been refurbished and is on the lettings market.The former Ceylon Baptist Church and Hall, in Adelaide Street, was built in 1848 but is known now as The...
View ArticleBusiness: Consider equalities law when designing that new website
AS well as considering the look and feel of a website, businesses must also comply with the all-encompassing Equality Act.The law came into force in October last year and its implications are likely to...
View ArticleBusiness: It’s about time to see rubbish as a resource
BUSINESSES that are persistent in taking a laissez-faire attitude to waste are effectively throwing money down the drain.As a nation we Brits have lagged behind some of our more enlightened European...
View ArticleBusiness: It’s a name changer
TELEMARKETING firm GRF Accountancy Marketing has changed its name to the snappier Feebooster.Feebooster, in Ashton Square, Dunstable, has been trading in the town for more than 10 years and employs 20...
View ArticleBusiness: LSH handled Express deal
A TEAM of Luton commercial property experts handled a headline-grabbing recent deal.Lambert Smith Hampton, based in Park Centre, Butterfield, Great Marlings, was behind Express Newspaper Group’s...
View ArticleFree job seekers sessions
FREE workshops designed to get women back into work are being held in Luton later this month.Ten sessions aimed at giving women who have been made redundant confidence boosting advice on everything...
View ArticleCheck your kidney function regularly
A FORMER Luton assistant director for education is spearheading a campaign to encourage people to register as organ donors and to raise awareness about kidney and heart protection.Kirit Modi, 59, will...
View ArticleDrill hall site sale is suspended
PLANS to sell a large site in High Town to a Shia Muslim group have been put on ice by Luton Borough Council.A campaign had been set up against the sale of the Old Drill Hall site by Darren Carroll, a...
View ArticleMan arrested in Stockholm bombing probe
A MAN was arrested yesterday in connection with the suicide bombing in Stockholm by Luton man Taimour Abdulwahab al-Abdaly.Police in Glasgow arrested the man, a 30-year-old foreign national, as part of...
View ArticleLambs slaughtered as Hatters hit back
Blue Square Bet Premier Luton Town 2 (1) Tamworth 0 (0)Blue Square Bet Premier Luton Town 2 (1) Tamworth 0 (0)TOWN closed the gap at the top of the Blue Square Bet Premier to six points with this...
View ArticleTake a trip back in time at exhibition
PICTURE the past with a fantastic exhibition of photographs charting Luton’s history from the 1930s to the 1990s. ‘Luton Photographs’, an opportunity to view rarely-seen images from the archives of our...
View ArticleMoney hits out at FA over Mansfield tie
Hatters forced to play on Sunday afternoonLuton Town boss Richard Money has hit out at the FA for organising Town’s FA Trophy semi-final first leg tie at Mansfield on Sunday afternoon, writes Mike...
View ArticleOld Boys listen out for frying witch up the hill
ACCORDING to legend, if you head up Conger Hill in Toddington at noon on Shrove Tuesday you can hear a witch frying her pancakes.Until as late as the 1970s, the ‘pancake bell’ at St George’s Church...
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