Villages will be full of carnival fun on Saturday
THE streets of Eaton Bray and Edlesborough will be a riot of colour this Saturday (July 7), when the St Mary’s Carnival takes place.This year’s theme is inventions so the crowds which line the...
View ArticleWalker agrees new Hatters contract
HATTERS striker Dan Walker has agreed a new one-year deal to stay at the club.The 22-year-old’s future had been in doubt when he was placed on the transfer list after rejecting two new contracts to...
View ArticleHatters flying out to Portugal
HATTERS will be heading out to warmer climes next week when they fly to Portugal for a five-day pre-season training camp, writes Mike Simmonds.The Town squad will fly out on Sunday, heading to the same...
View ArticleRow over cuts to ambulance service
UNION officers have slammed cuts to the East of England Ambulance Trust, saying they will put patients at risk. The Trust is required to make savings of over £50 million over five years due to...
View Article‘Nothing beats a British festival’
BOYBAND Lawson are playing the Love Luton Festival on Friday night, supporting their old friends The Wanted, and the boys say when the groups get together for a gig it’s “just like a lads’ holiday”....
View ArticleEdlesborough School hold Olympics ceremony
EDLESBOROUGH School celebrated the Olympics with their own Olympic Opening Ceremony on the school field. The ceremony started with all 220 children parading around the school field with their class...
View ArticleTown strikers buoyed by competition for places
COMPETITION for places up front is going to spur the Hatters strikers on this season, writes Mike Simmonds.With accomplished duo Scott Rendell and Jon Shaw joining up with the prodigiously talented...
View ArticleFestival and torch time almost here
TOMORROW will see the start of four days of entertainment across Luton as the town prepares to welcome the Olympic Torch.The festivities kick off of Friday afternoon with local bands in St George’s...
View ArticleHurricane weather Storm to seal fine opening Wisden City Cup win
PROMISING local cricketers have been given the opportunity to begin a fast-track career to the professional game by taking part in the Wisden City Cup.The Cup is being run by Bedfordshire Cricket Ltd,...
View ArticleTime Gentlemen Please!
THE hip-hop and folk extravaganza, Time Gentlemen Please! featuring The Demon Barber Roadshow, comes to Watford Palace Theatre on July 11 for one night.Some of the UK’s oldest forms of dance are...
View ArticleCup teams whittled to final four
LUTON Pakistanis booked their place in the semi-finals of the Luton & District Midweek League Cup as they won comfortably against Lions CC on Thursday night.Pakistanis, the 2010 losing finalists,...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the pick of next week’s TV
SATURDAYSuperstar (ITV1, 7.25pm)People of Britain, are you ready to vote for a new Jesus?Don’t worry, ITV1 bosses haven’t got tired of Britain’s Got Talent and branched out into starting their own...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the new cinema releases
YOU can’t keep a good superhero down, and just as Batman has now been portrayed on screen by a whole clutch of caped crusaders, Spider-Man is back – but he’s changed a bit.In the first three movies in...
View ArticleSandwich specialists want people with dough to join business
SANDWICH shop owner Subway wantd to double the number of stores it has in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire in the next five years.The company is keen to open stores across the region and...
View ArticleWillmott gutted to leave Luton fans after TeamTwirl craze
THE abiding memory of his time at Luton Town for former winger Robbie Willmott will be turning up at Wembley and seeing hundreds of Twirls in the sold-out Hatters end, writes Mike Simmonds.The...
View ArticleGeorge fight is postponed
LUTON light welterweight Bobby George’s anticipated return to the ring in Norfolk on Saturday night has been postponed.The 29-year-old former Olympic bronze medallist will now have to wait until...
View ArticleBuckle turns his focus on to the training field
CONCENTRATING on the players he’s got is now at the forefront of Luton manager Paul Buckle’s mind, writes Mark Wood.He was delighted with the condition of his players when they reported for pre-season...
View ArticleLuton AC take a fine second at Sutton
LUTON AC finished second in their Southern Men’s League Division One match at Sutton on Saturday.The club managed 86 points, just eight behind winners Dartford and one ahead of Thurrock, lifting Luton...
View ArticleWoman attacked by drug addict former partner
A MAN who attacked his former partner to steal cash from her to buy drugs has been jailed for a year.The assault at a house in Houghton Regis was carried out in front of two young children, Luton Crown...
View ArticleImmigrant sent home after raid on takeaway
AN illegal immigrant was returned to his home country on Friday after a raid at Papa John’s takeaway in High Street North, Dunstable on June 21. The Pakistani man and two others, all wearing the fast...
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