U-turn over parking blitz is now confirmed
Dunstable neighbours are delighted with confirmation that parking tickets slapped on their cars during roadworks are definitely being cancelled.The Gazette has told of how people in Victoria Street...
View ArticleCounting the stars
Here’s your chance to join the 2014 Bedfordshire Star Count.It’s taking place between February 26 and March 8 and involves the number of stars you can see within the four corners of the Orion...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Let’s be honest, an honesty box is an opportunity missed
Sorry, but the pained protestations of the bigwigs at WH Smith that their punters just can’t be trusted don’t wash with me.You may have heard that honesty boxes at selected branches of the all-purpose...
View ArticleMice gnawed food on discount store’s shelves
National retail chain Poundstretcher has been fined £26,000 after mouse droppings were found in its Houghton Regis store and warehouse. Environmental health officers also discovered food gnawed by mice...
View ArticleOpen evening for osteoarthritis patients
Want to know more about osteoarthritis? Then come along to the next patient and public information evening hosted by the L&D’s rheumatology department.It’s being held at a bigger venue - Barnfield...
View ArticleFinal pieces of jigsaw for your council tax bill
It’s time to check the piggy bank now that the overall council tax bill has been set for households in Dunstable and Houghton Regis for 2014/15.The total council tax bill for average Band D households...
View ArticleVoice your views on schools at risk of axe
Parents, teachers and the whole community are urged to voice views on the closure threat hanging over three Dunstable middle schools.Public consultations on the possible closure of Ashton Middle,...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s film preview: The Book Thief is serious, solid, but not really a...
The horrors of the holocaust from a child’s perspective provide the central theme for a sombre release that has to fight for attention this week against a couple of flashy and forgettable thrillers.The...
View ArticleMr Speaker to be new university chancellor
The Speaker of the House of Commons is the new Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire, it was announced on Wednesday.The Rt Hon John Bercow MP will succeed Baroness Ros Howells, who completes her...
View ArticleVIDEO: See the construction of a Center Parcs lodge
To mark the completion of the first lodge at Woburn Forest, Center Parcs has this week revealed a time lapse film of the lodge build and fit out, alongside photographs of the first fully completed...
View ArticleVolunteer at BHF Dunstable and help save lives
Today (February 27) the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Furniture & Electrical store in Dunstable is celebrating six months of raising vital funds in the fight for every heartbeat. This money helps...
View ArticlePolice release CCTV after service station theft
Police this week released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to after the theft of fuel from the BP Service Station in Luton Road, Dunstable.The incident happened at 7.54am on Sunday, December 22,...
View ArticleWind-dancing film to charm Priory House visitors
Head to Priory House Heritage Centre in Dunstable on Saturday, March 8 for the premiere screening of a special short film. It was made in Dunstable last year to document the creation of a new ‘wind...
View ArticleTake a trip down memory lane in Dunstable
It may not have changed as much as many towns, but parts of Dunstable are barely recognisable today compared with 50 years ago.We’ve delved into the Dunstable Gazette picture archive to bring you a...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: The Butler, Ender’s Game
Fact-based drama THE BUTLER (12: Entertainment In Video) has an all-star cast, but the film would probably have worked better as a small-screen mini-series.There’s an underlying TV-movie ambience to...
View ArticleMurder of man was for ‘sport’
Two Leighton Buzzard men and a Pitstone man have today been cleared of murdering a digital producer in Windsor – but a Luton man has been found guilty of the killing.Lahin Miah, 26, of Windsor Road,...
View ArticleQuirky and funny stories in the Dunstable area
Roof damage above the Downs centre kitchen wasn’t a storm in a teacup. But it takes more than storm damage and a leak to dampen the spirits of the cheery catering team at the Chilterns Gateway Centre.I...
View ArticleFriends’ backing for heritage site
The Friends of Priory House and Gardens are supporting the work being done to conserve the 800-year-old Priory Gardens Gateway in Dunstable.Urgent temporary work has been completed and a permanent...
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A childcare charity in Toddington was targeted by vandals days after the village’s Scout HQ was almost destroyed by yobs.Staff at Childcare in Manor Road found toys thrown across the playground, rude...
View ArticleVoice your views on schools at risk of axe
Parents, teachers and the whole community are urged to voice views on the closure threat hanging over three Dunstable middle schools.Public consultations on the possible closure of Ashton Middle,...
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