Iraqi deans welcomed for college visit
DEANS from Iraq have paid a week-long visit to Central Bedfordshire College.They looked at matters such as strategic leadership and managing change.And they met councillors, business leaders and...
View ArticleTraveller sites under review
HAVE your say about travelling community sites.Plans to accommodate their growth over the next two decades are being prepared by Central Beds Council.The council is inviting interested parties to make...
View ArticleTyler slams refereeing in the Conference
HATTERS keeper Mark Tyler has blasted the standard of refereeing in the Blue Square Bet Premier after Town had their fourth player sent off in just three games at Darlington on Tuesday night, writes...
View ArticleDunstable savage Tigers to go level at the top
SML PremierDunstable Town 4 London Tigers 0A COMFORTABLE 4-0 win over London Tigers on Tuesday night put Dunstable Town level on points with Molten Spartan SML Premier Division leaders Royston Town,...
View ArticleCar retailer’s charity drive earns award
STAFF at a Dunstable used cars retailer have helped their parent company to win an award for charity aid.The ACF Car Finance team played a key role in gaining the gold achievement accolade, from the...
View ArticleExhibition is bigger, brighter and better!
THIS YEAR’S open art exhibition at Luton Hoo Walled Garden promises to be the best yet.The theme is Gardens and Landscapes and entries for the show – taking place this weekend (March 16 - 18) – have...
View ArticleGlowing praise for Hatters’ tremendous away support
THE bond between Luton’s players and fans continues to grow according to Hatters manager Gary Brabin despite his side being held to a 1-1 draw at Darlington on Tuesday night, writes Mike Simmonds. At...
View ArticleSurvey into views really is in business
AN online survey is giving Central Beds businesses a chance to voice their views on a range of issues.They can help influence Central Beds Council services supporting long-term economic growth.The...
View ArticleBrabin may stick with 4-4-2 formation
HATTERS boss Gary Brabin has hinted he may well revert to a 4-4-2 formation for the Blue Square Bet Premier run-in, writes Mike Simmonds.Town switched back to the more traditional set-up for Tuesday...
View ArticleHatters succeed with Kovacs appeal
LUTON Town centre-half Janos Kovacs will be available for Saturday’s FA Trophy semi-final second leg against York City after the Hatters were successful with an appeal following his sending off at...
View ArticleHave fun raising funds for jubilee jubilation party
A COMMITTEE chaired by councillor John Worboys will be holding events this month to raise money for a big celebration for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee on June 4.Kensworth village hall will play host to...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: 21 Jump Street, Contraband, The Devil Inside, We Bought A Zoo
21 Jump StreetWell colour me corrected. To say I wasn’t excited about this film is an understatement, but I am happily proved wrong and I never mind admitting when I am. Well. Sometimes.This remake of...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to new movie releases: 21 Jump Street, The Devil Inside, We...
Three high-profile releases on offer this week, and they are as different as chalk and cheese and another bit of cheese not much like the first bit at all.First up is 21 Jump Street, based on a 1980s...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the pick of the week’s TV
SATURDAYHow God Made the English (BBC Two, 8pm)Some people have always thought the English had an over-inflated sense of their own importance, but isn’t making a series called How God Made the English...
View ArticleOf-fence taken at developer’s pub site changes
CONCERNS are mounting in Toddington over the future of the former Bedford Arms pub site.The News/Gazette understands that a developer has bought the site with a view to turning the pub and the former...
View ArticleL&D becomes university teaching hospital
THE Luton & Dunstable Hospital is now a University Teaching Hospital of the University College London (UCL), it was announced today (Thursday March 15).UCL is the top medical school in the capital...
View ArticleLadies hammer eight past St Neots
LUTON Town ladies hammered St Neots IIs 8-0 in their Five Counties Women’s League Division One match at the weekend. Town were 2-0 up inside 10 minutes and 4-0 ahead by the break, before another four...
View ArticleBrabin: Tiredness a factor in Quakers draw
HATTERS boss Gary Brabin felt tiredness played a factor in his side’s 1-1 draw at Darlington on Tuesday night, writes Mike Simmonds.Town had played with 10 men for 77 minutes and then nine for well...
View ArticleAbsent pupil’s 20 out of 210
PARENTS of a Dunstable pupil were prosecuted on Friday, March 9, for failing to ensure their child attended school regularly.A six-month community order was imposed on the parents by Luton...
View Article‘Justice is done’ says Town boss as Kovacs’ ban is overturned
JUSTICE was done according to Town boss Gary Brabin after defender Janos Kovacs’ sending off at Darlington on Tuesday night was rescinded, writes Mark Wood.The giant Hungarian was adjudged to be the...
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