Speaker Gail stands up for older people
THE next meeting of Dunstable & District Association of Senior Citizens is on April 26 at St Mary’s Social Club, in front of the Catholic Church in West Street, Dunstable, from 2pm to 4pm. The...
View ArticleCan gaming be a spectator sport as well?
Game Guy by Leighton Buzzard’s Darren Gargette. There are few videogames which can be tolerated by your significant other as you blissfully stare at your TV screen making sure that the other folk...
View ArticleHand find over Twitter outburst
FORMER Luton and Watford midfielder Jamie Hand has been fined by the FA over his Twitter spat with Luton fans.A series of unsavoury comments were posted by the 28-year-old Hayes & Yeading captain...
View ArticleStudents make enterprise their business
PUPILS at a Dunstable school really did get down to business at their annual Enterprise Day.Weatherfield Academy pupils from Years 10 and 11 worked together in small teams.They had to come up with a...
View ArticleBusway ‘good for the town’
LUTON chartered surveyor Chris Harkin – a regular on popular BBC1 consumer programme The Cowboy Trap – says he’s tired of all the negative comments about the Luton Dunstable Busway.The former Challney...
View ArticleTyler quick to play down his heroics
MODEST Hatters keeper Mark Tyler played down his brilliant instinctive stop that earned Luton a potentially invaluable point at Gateshead on Tuesday night, writes Mark Wood.His reaction save diverted...
View ArticleHatters rated v Gateshead
Mark Tyler: 7.5 – Showed his class with an instinctive late reaction save from Taylor.Keith Keane: 6 – Looked to get stuck in but Town increasingly lost the midfield battle.George Pilkington: 7 –...
View Article‘We’re not flush, but loos must stay open’
KEEPING Dunstable town centre’s last remaining public loos open involves spending more than a penny.But a Gazette letter-writer has protested that the decision to shut them on Sundays is a public...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Marvel Avengers Assemble
Marvel Avengers Assemble 3DThe thing that worries, scares and disappoints me the most about this film, apart from that horrid, awful, terrible title (just look at it!) is how visually inspired by...
View ArticleDunstable musician on mentor’s show
DUNSTABLE musician Joe Enright shared his passion for the piano accordion with more than 250,000 BBC Radio 6 listeners last week.He was appearing on the Sunday morning show hosted by Catatonia star and...
View ArticleAge range change for lower schools
FOUR Houghton Regis lower schools have been given the go-ahead to extend their age ranges after approval from Central Beds Council.Hawthorn Park Lower School in Parkside Drive, Thomas Whitehead Lower...
View ArticleSkipper wanted more from Tynesiders draw
A GOALLESS draw at Gateshead on Tuesday was a golden chance missed for the Hatters to book their place in this season’s Blue Square Bet Premier play-offs, according to skipper George Pilkington, writes...
View ArticleDees welly Wellingborough
DUNSTABLIANS ended their Midlands Three East South season in fine form on Saturday as they won 55-3 at Wellingborough.Jack Newton scored a hat-trick, while Scott Warren, Reece Bowles, Danny Mills,...
View ArticleMorgan-Smith hopeful of featuring in play-off push
PAINKILLING injections could help Hatters striker Amari Morgan-Smith to play a part before the end of the season, writes Mark Wood.Despite being sidelined for much of the campaign, the 23-year-old...
View ArticleNet result for sporty mums
WHAT better way to gear up for the Olympic Games than by reigniting your love for a sport?Dunstable Netball Club was set up by a group of mums concerned about the amount of opportunities for middle...
View ArticleGala concert for Keech and COGIC
THE award-winning London Welsh Male Voice Choir will be lifting their voices in Luton on Saturday.The 100-strong group are appearing at a charity gala concert in aid of Keech Hospice Care and COGIC –...
View ArticleDo the Footprints walk to remember
STEP into spring by taking part in Footprints, a family walk to remember loved ones.It has been organised by Cruse Bereavement Care Bedfordshire and will be held at Marston Millennium Country Park at...
View ArticleMP defends ‘posh boys’ comments
NADINE Dorries has defended her claims that the Prime Minister and Chancellor are “arrogant posh boys”.The Mid Beds MP, whose constituency includes Toddington and Harlington, appeared on the BBC’s...
View ArticleBuckle insists Hatters must learn how to adapt
TOWN need to learn to think on their feet quicker when they are forced into changing their gameplan, according to boss Paul Buckle, writes Mark Wood.Having already altered their formation to match...
View ArticleSmith and Grimes in action
LUTON boxer James Smith is scheduled to face Belfast fighter Matthew Wilton at the Holiday Inn, Ormea Avenue, in Belfast on Friday night.The 23-year-old Lutonian has lost his last four bouts since...
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