Matt Adcock’s film review: The Hunger Games
“May the odds always be in your favour…”Step this way for The Hunger Games, an impressive sci-fi kill-em-up in which kids in the near future are forced to slaughter each other in a sadistic official...
View ArticleTRAVEL: Canaria, a Gran plan
For a relaxed child-friendly holiday, Nigel Williams heads to one of the most famous Canary Islands.The blue water of the lake was inviting, but as I hobbled barefoot over stones at the edge, I braced...
View ArticleSessions offer help and advice
HELP and advice surgeries will be held by councillors in Dunstable and Houghton Regis on Saturday, March 31.Councillor Denise Green will be at the Beecroft Community Centre, Westfield Road, Dunstable,...
View ArticleDunstable edge past St Margaretsbury
SML Premier Division St Margaretsbury 1 Dunstable Town 2DUNSTABLE Town notched a 2-1 victory at St Margaretsbury to stay in contention at the top of Molten Spartan SML Premier on Saturday.Town took a...
View ArticleSinging festival hits right note with The Queen
A CARD and a letter from the Queen expressed interest in a Dunstable music event in honour of her jubilee.The messages went to organiser Judy Smither about the Festival of Singing on Saturday, March...
View ArticleBeware of opportunist burglars
AS the better weather approaches and the clocks have gone forward, are you itching to get to grips with the garden? If your answer is yes – but you value the contents of your house as much as the look...
View ArticleAFC title hopes hang by a thread after Haringey draw
SML Premier League AFC Dunstable 1 Haringey Borough 1AFC Dunstable all but kissed goodbye to their Molten Spartan SML Premier Division title chances, with this draw against fourth-placed Haringey...
View ArticleSinger’s visit is music to the ears of pupils
A TOP singing coach and West End star really was in tune with pupils on a trip to a village school.Studham Lower School children were thrilled to meet Claire Moore, whose glittering CV includes taking...
View ArticleBrabin: Replacing me is not the answer
HATTERS boss Gary Brabin believes that replacing him at this stage of the season would be detrimental to the club, writes Mike Simmonds.The pressure on the Luton manager was cranked up another notch...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVD review: The Awakening, Machine Gun Preacher, Wuthering Heights
GHOST stories are notoriously difficult to adapt for film and wraith relations movie THE AWAKENING (15: Studio Canal) is certainly not a classic.The performances can’t be faulted and there are plenty...
View ArticleBring on pictures of pavement pizza
THERE’S been a fairly sustained period of seething from social drinkers like you and me in the wake of last week’s Budget speech.Forget about grumbling smokers – they’re just puffing pariahs and they...
View ArticleFirst flight to Iceland takes off from Luton
GLACIERS and geysers are now just a short hop away with the inaugural flight today (March 27) of easyJet’s new Luton to Iceland route.Flights to Rekjavik’s Keflavik airport operate three times a week...
View ArticleGray buzzing after debut strike
THUMPING home on his Luton debut was a dream come true for new signing Andre Gray, writes Mark Wood.After joining from Blue Square North side Hinckley United in the week, the striker swivelled to...
View ArticleMajor train disruption after signalling failure
TRAIN services on the mainline route to and from London St Pancras are beginning to return to normal following a signalling problem in the Leagrave area. Full signalling has now been restored between...
View ArticleMcKenzie-Lowe heads Hatters to a point at Dagenham & Redbridge
A LATE header by Jemale McKenzie-Lowe ensured Luton Town U18s earned a point from their Puma Combination League trip to Dagenham & Redbridge at the weekend.Despite being a man down after an early...
View ArticleBarton Rovers left bemoaning ref justice
Southern League Northwood 2 Barton Rovers 1BARTON Rovers’ Evo-Stik Southern League Division One Central play-off hopes faded after they suffered a 2-1 defeat to Northwood at the weekend.The visitors...
View ArticleVIDEO: The 2011 Luton Sports Awards
A PACKED Riverside Suite at the Vauxhall Recreation Centre celebrated the town’s brightest and best sports men and women at the 2011 Luton Sports Awards on Thursday night.Over 300 packed into the...
View ArticleWoodland trail to enchant unwell children
FAITH Woodland Communities have created a series of nature trails designed to delight children with life-limiting conditions as well as the wider community.New pathways have been laid at Keech Hospice...
View ArticlePoku hoping Town’s luck will change
FAITHFUL Godfrey Poku believes Lady Luck will finally smile on the Hatters in the near future, writes Mark Wood.Luton once again succumbed to a late leveller as Grimsby Town snatched a 1-1 draw at...
View ArticleBrabin not expecting Morgan-Smith to feature again this season
HATTERS boss Gary Brabin has all but ruled out the chance of striker Amari Morgan-Smith featuring again this season, writes Mike Simmonds.The 22-year-old hasn’t pulled on a Luton shirt since the 0-0...
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