Sky’s the limit as Luton athletes star at games
LUTON athletes recorded some fine individual performances while representing Bedfordshire schools at the Aviva Track and Field English Schools Championships at Gateshead Stadium last week.A packed...
View ArticleBusway sculptures - vote for your favourite
DESIGNS for works of art to feature along the Dunstable and Houghton Regis stretch of the guided busway have been revealed.Pete Moorhouse, an artist who specialises in outdoor steel sculptures, was...
View ArticleRichards expresses interest in Hatters captaincy
NEW signing Garry Richards has thrown his hat into the ring to be Town’s skipper this season, writes Mike Simmonds.Luton are without a club captain currently after George Pilkington moved to Mansfield...
View ArticleShopping saga is ‘frustrating’
CENTRAL Beds Councillor Nigel Young told a BBC radio programme how “frustrated” he is by the current state of Dunstable’s Quadrant Shopping Centre.The executive member for regeneration was speaking on...
View ArticleCouncil team on hand to provide help
HOUGHTON Hall, Tithe Farm and Parkside Central Bedfordshire Councillors will hold a ‘help and advice’ Surgery at Houghton Regis Library on Saturday July, 28.Councillors Susan Goodchild, David Jones,...
View ArticleDon’t get stressed, but savour Sunday
Well, do you suffer from the Sunday blues? What are they, you may ask, so I’ll tell you.I won’t pretend to be a medical man but apparently this is a recognised syndrome characterised by a mild sense of...
View ArticleTRAVEL: Give them a family holiday to remember
Whether you’re looking for a bargain sun break, or an action-packed trip on home turf, there are plenty of options for a family holiday. Sarah Marshall rounds up some of the best.Natural marvels in...
View ArticleThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (review)
DON’T panic! Fans of the cult hit Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy can rest assured that the stage show is just as weird as their favourite book, radio play and film.I was lost in space when I appeared...
View ArticleNorwich snap up Luton’s Broughton
PREMIER League side Norwich City have swooped to sign Luton Town’s former head of youth Gregg Broughton, writes Mark Wood.Broughton will be working on recruiting the brightest and best 16-21-year-olds...
View ArticleFBI card fraud storm arrest
DUNSTABLE is at the centre of a two-year, worldwide FBI investigation, as an arrest was made in connection with the largest international “carding” law enforcement action in history.Preventing the loss...
View ArticleTRAVEL: Feeling jammy in Jamaica
Rachel Williams samples the famous hospitality at Sandals’ resort in sunny Jamaica.Bobbing up and down on the stern of an anchored luxury catamaran, the sun beating down, I glance slowly around the...
View ArticleHatters cast their eye over former Southend striker
YOUNG forward Harry Crawford is the mystery trialist Luton Town have taken away on their pre-season training camp to Portugal, write Mark Wood and Mike Simmonds.Hatters boss Paul Buckle is casting his...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVD guide: We Bought A Zoo, Contraband
CUTE creature feature WE BOUGHT A ZOO (PG: Twentieth Century Fox) sees a father-of-two struggling to cope with his wife’s death and in need of a fresh start.So the newly widowed Benjamin Mee (Matt...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Ice Age, Magic Mike
Ice Age:Continental DriftThe franchise/sequel/cliché bandwagon rolls on. The one thing to admire about this latest instalment is how shameless it is – it wants your money and doesn’t care how it gets...
View ArticleAn invite from Hospice at Home
TREAT yourself to tea and delicious home-made cakes, safe in the knowledge that you’ll be doing something to help others.Dunstable’s Hospice at Home volunteers have organised a fundraising coffee...
View ArticleBuckle explains reason behind Kissock departure
HATTERS boss Paul Buckle is confident he has plenty of options in midfield after letting the creative John Paul Kissock join Macclesfield Town on loan until January 5 in a quest for regular first team...
View ArticleBanton nets twice as Hatters U18s triumph
TOWN’s U18s started their pre-season schedule with a 6-2 win over Wingate & Finchley on Tuesday night.The youngsters led 2-0 at half time thanks to goals from Jemale McKenzie-Lowe and Leeroy...
View ArticleDecision nears on Green Belt housing plans
PLANS for 50 homes on the outskirts of Caddington look set to be given the go-ahead next week despite being on Green Belt land.Woodstock Estates Ltd has applied to build the homes to the rear of the...
View ArticleSweet praise for Broughton after move to Carrow Road
HATTERS managing director Gary Sweet has paid tribute to former youth development officer Gregg Broughton who has left to join Premier League side Norwich City.Broughton, who had spent six years at...
View ArticleNeilson hopeful of sorting out his Luton future
HATTERS assistant boss Alan Neilson is hoping to extend his stay with the club in the near future, writes Mike Simmonds.The 39-year-old was out of contract over the summer, but despite not being...
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