£2 million bid for bus improvements
A BID for £2.65 million of funding for bus service improvements in Luton, Dunstable and Houghton Regis has been submitted to the government.Led by Luton Borough Council, the bid to the government’s...
View ArticleRichard’s leap for a champion charity
HERALD&POST reporter Richard Redman last week ‘zip-lined’ into Old Trafford to help raise £15,000 for terminally ill children.Richard, who raised £610.28 for the charity, was one of 200 fundraisers...
View ArticleVIDEO: Around the world – in just one day!
CHILDREN and staff at Eaton Bray Academy celebrated World Book Day last week by coming into school dressed in clothes from around the world.Everyone was asked to bring a book with them that explained...
View ArticleDefiant nine-man Hatters keep Trophy tie alive with narrow York defeat
FA Trophy semi-finals, first leg: York City 1 (1) Luton Town 0 (0)MANFUL nine-man Hatters put in a brave and dogged performance to limit York City to a 1-0 victory at Bootham Crescent today in their FA...
View ArticleBeds U14s enjoy Corby win
THE Bedfordshire U14 girls emerged victorious from their age group at the annual regional team event at Corby over the weekend.The girls took on Norfolk first with Luton’s Shanice Marshall, Lara...
View ArticleEarly bird businesses
Companies will learn how to have a better chance at winning business from Central Beds Council at a breakfast seminar on March 14.The council’s emergency planner Iain Berry willl speak about the...
View ArticleLDSC teach Uni a lesson
THE Beds County Squash League moved into a new era with the start of the new play-off system for 2012.Having qualified in the top five Luton and Dunstable Squash Club’s first team saw off Open...
View ArticleQuestions for council
A CENTRAL Beds councillor will be holding a ‘help and advice’ surgery in Dunstable this weekend to answer questions from members of the public.Cllr Julian Murray will host the event at Beecroft...
View ArticleSmith suffers first round loss
LUTON fighter James Smith suffered a first round knockout against Elliott Matthews at The Troxy in Limehouse, London on Friday.Smith, 23, was stopped after just 1.46mins and, after winning on his pro...
View ArticleBrabin notices a change in Poku’s attitude
A CHANGE of attitude in Godfrey Poku could finally see him challenge for a place in Town’s first team, writes Mark Wood.The 21-year-old combative midfielder scored a great goal in Luton Town reserves’...
View ArticleYou can all have a say in your own community
Central Beds councillor Richard Stay, executive member for external affairs and councillor for Caddington, on why he thinks decisions on how taxpayer cash is spent should be made locally...WE spend...
View ArticleDale Hardiman’s BAMMA diary - part four
AS another week draws to a close, it is evident from my appearance that fight time is rapidly approaching. My physique is steadily changing as the days pass, and as the fat diminishes, muscle is...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: John Carter
“When I saw you, I believed it was a sign... that something new can come into this world.”What do you get if you cross Star Wars, Flash Gordon and Avatar? Well, John Carter would be one answer and it’s...
View ArticleMiles of smiles with Sport Relief
LACE up your trainers for the town’s second Sport Relief run this month.Bedford is set to host Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile on Sunday, March 25, to raise money for vulnerable people, both across the...
View ArticleBlind football challenge for Sports Relief
Sainsbury’s workers will gather at Luton’s Bramingham Park store on Wednesday, March 14 to show what good sports they are.Employees from branches across the region will be taking part in a blind...
View ArticleBrabin proud of his side as Trophy semi-final remains in the balance
HATTERS boss Gary Brabin paid tribute to his side for keeping their FA Trophy semi-final tie with York City alive after a 1-0 defeat at Bootham Crescent on Saturday, writes Mike Simmonds.After Jake...
View ArticleBuy-to-let fund
A BEDFORDSHIRE-based estate agency group will be helping a new investment fund to decide where to buy up to 10,000 properties across the country.Connells, which has branches in George Street, Hitchin...
View ArticleTyler urges Hatters to cement a play-off place
RESILIENT Hatters are set to come out all guns blazing when they travel to Darlington on Tuesday according to keeper Mark Tyler, writes Mark Wood.On the back of their brave and battling display at York...
View ArticleWrong way chaos at roundabout
A MOTORIST that collided with four other vehicles after driving the wrong way round a roundabout in Houghton Regis was taken to hospital on Sunday (March 11).It is suspected that the driver who...
View ArticlePolice celebrate operation success
BEDS Police have been celebrating the success of a major crackdown on theft which resulted in more than 60 arrests in the Luton, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard area.Operation Denver targeted persistent...
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