Neil Fox on film: Puss IN Boots, New Year’s Eve
Puss In BootsSpin-off films starring minor characters don’t work, because they are purely cash-ins.And this doesn’t work either. A character who is bearable in awful Shrek sequels is stretched too thin...
View ArticleSiblings sleeping out for homeless
THREE children gave up their beds to spend a night under the stars at the annual St Albans sleep-out on Friday. Twins Lucy and Andrew Rabjohn, 12, and their brother Matthew Rabjohn, 10, joined 375...
View ArticleEmploying youngsters ‘makes business sense’
FIRMS were told that employing apprentices is a ‘no brainer’ for very many good business reasons.Subsidies for training young people aged 16-19 are set to increase, said Julia Brady, of the National...
View ArticleTown are left frustrated by early Christmas cards
CHRISTMAS came early at Sincil Bank as referee Richard Clark went card crazy in the second half on Tuesday night, writes Mark Wood.He booked a total of eight players, six of them Hatters, and gave...
View ArticleDunstable’s White Knight named by Perla
MEET Dunstable and Houghton Regis’s knight in shining armour should heavy snow hit again this year.Pictured with four-year-old Perla Heley-Weatherley, White Knight will lead Central Beds Council’s...
View ArticleTell council about parking
A new strategy is being developed for parking across Central Bedfordshire and everyone is being encouraged to have their say.The parking strategy sets out Central Bedfordshire’s approach to managing...
View ArticleComment on new home improvement proposal
RESIDENTS across Central Bedfordshire are being encouraged to comment on a proposed plan to helps improve homes across the area.The revised Renewal Policy, which has been drafted by Central...
View ArticleTyler extends Hatters contract
TOWN goalkeeper Mark Tyler has committed his future to the club by signing an extended contract which keeps him at Kenilworth Road until June 2013.Tyler, who won a number of end-of-season awards last...
View ArticleRovers are out after late show
TWO late goals saw Barton Rovers go out of the North Beds Charity Cup at the first round stage as they lost 4-3 at home to holders Biggleswade Town on Tuesday night.Rovers fell behind to Brett...
View ArticleAchilles heel costs Town once more
FAILING to kill off the opposition cost Hatters dear yet again as they surrendered a 1-0 lead in their draw at Lincoln City on Tuesday night, writes Mark Wood.Town boss Gary Brabin is all too aware...
View ArticleWin a Luton Town half season ticket
THE Luton News/Dunstable Gazette has teamed up with leading online bookmaker and league sponsor Blue Square Bet to offer our readers the chance to win a pair of Luton Town half-season tickets.One lucky...
View ArticleWinter advice for residents
THE Beds and Luton Local Resilience Forum has issued advice to help residents prepare for a bleak winter. Practical advice has been added to a new winter weather section on the forum’s website,...
View ArticleAirport choosing charity to support
LUTON Airport is asking passengers to vote for its charity partner for 2012-13.The airport has worked alongside the East Anglian Air Ambulance, Keech Hospice Care and NOAH Enterprise to raise thousands...
View ArticleUninspiring Town struggle to sink Marine
FA Trophy round oneLuton Town 2 (1) Swindon Supermarine 0 (0)LUTON Town reached the second round of the FA Trophy this afternoon, but made incredibly hard work of booking their passage against an...
View ArticleJohn Pilgrim: Time for a zero alcohol limit, and not just for driving
WITH Christmas fast approaching I see that the deputy chief constable of Northamptonshire has recommended that the level of alcohol allowed in the bloodstream of drivers should be reduced to nil. This...
View ArticleStar interview: Philip Schofield on ITV’s charity push
Phillip Schofield and Christine Bleakley are fronting a new TV charity event, Text Santa, which kicked off on ITV1 on Sunday, December 11. The duo tell Kate Whiting why they wanted to get involved and...
View ArticleRick Redman: Plastic parasites who insult our intelligence
THE Dumb-Down Express stopped off in Liverpool last week, as e4’s Desperate Scousewives became the latest piece in a depressing popular culture jigsaw.Unsurprisingly, it took the programme’s...
View ArticleBad day at the office as Adams loses on points
TRAINER James Paisley described Dunstable fighter Mark Adams’ first professional defeat to Billy Smith on Saturday as a “bad day at the office.”In his second outing, Adams, 26, was beaten 40-37 on...
View ArticlePatrols around L&D stepped up
POLICE have stepped up patrols in streets around the Luton & Dunstable Hospital, which they say are a hotspot for vehicle crime.On Thursday (December 8) police were out in force in the area to warn...
View ArticleMotivated to make a real difference to young people
PROFESSOR Les Ebdon’s light-hearted advice to his successor as vice-chancellor at the University of Bedfordshire is “be immortal, so you don’t have to retire”, writes business editor David Tooley.Only...
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