Geoff Cox’s DVDs: Her, As I Lay Dying, Knocked For Six
For lovers of oddball films like Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, look no further than sci-fi drama HER (15: Entertainment In Video).Funny, touching and thought-provoking, this terrific picture...
View ArticleSponsor says failed college will be ‘bigger and better’
A new team brought in to run a Houghton Regis college that failed its very first Ofsted inspection will be working throughout the summer to help it improve as quickly as possible.Parents and students...
View ArticleFootball fans warned of dangers of drink driving
Bedfordshire Police are warning World Cup football fans not to be tempted to get behind the wheel after having a drink. Police officers will be targeting drivers throughout the tournament, both after...
View ArticlePolice issue World Cup drink-drive warning
With the World Cup under way, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Police forces are warning football fans not to be tempted to get behind the wheel after having a drink. Police officers will...
View ArticleToddington oil spill
There was a large petrol leak at Toddington south services last night (June 13) after a lorry’s petrol tank was ruptured in a road traffic collision.More than 50 litres of diesel were spilled.Two...
View ArticleHelp give a child a loving home
An adoption charity is going back to basics is a bid to find more people to look after children.At present, more than 6,000 children are in care and awaiting adoption. However, there are nowhere near...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: True story Devil’s Knot is hard to take, but well...
“This crime is unthinkable. What if they did it?” “What if they didn’t?”Sometimes true events can be every bit as disturbing and harrowing as the most vile fictional creations. Devil’s Knot takes us...
View ArticleWhipsnade hippo Holly enjoys the great outdoors
Holly the baby common hippo at Whipsnade Zoo had to be very patient indeed when her mum decided nibbling on the grass was more of a priority than Holly’s first big swim.Born in December last year,...
View ArticleSponsor says failed college will be ‘bigger and better’
A new team brought in to run a Houghton Regis college that failed its very first Ofsted inspection will be working throughout the summer to help it improve as quickly as possible.Parents and students...
View ArticleMass celebration of Dunstable church Golden Jubilee
The second major celebration of the Golden Jubilee of St Mary’s Catholic Church in West Street, Dunstable, takes place on Sunday (June 22).A special mass at 11.30am will be celebrated by the Rt Rev...
View ArticlePower failure in the town centre
A power cut in the quadrant area of Dunstable left many stores and homes without power for just over 40 minutes on Tuesday, June 17.Asda and Dunstable Leisure centre were just two of the businesses...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Setting the record straight if we’re bowing down to our dads
Attention, world. On behalf of fathers everywhere, it’s time to set the record straight – because if what went down on Sunday is anything to go by, you don’t know us. You don’t know us at all.I blame...
View ArticleFamily’s legal action on holiday camp bug
Solicitors have launched legal action on behalf of a Dunstable family and more than 200 other holidaymakers after they became ill at the Butlins holiday camp in Bognor Regis.Following a denial of...
View ArticleCrossings for Court Drive after survey
Changes to the controversial ‘shared space’ in Court Drive, Dunstable, have been welcomed by opponents of the scheme.The improvements, which follow a Central Beds Council survey of residents, include...
View ArticleRaising cash for Centenary year
Friends of Guiding, a group of parents who support the Guides, raised £160 for the Brownies at an event on Monday, June 16, at Windy Sayles.The 4th Houghton Regis Brownies organised a barbeque, to...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s film preview: The kid’s aren’t all right, but Kev’s flexing his...
This week’s big new release is a boy meets girl story with a tearjerking twist – the twee twosome fall for each other at a cancer support group, so you know the changes of happy ever after are somewhat...
View ArticleOfsted success for converted Queensbury
A Dunstable principal has hailed his school’s success after it was given a ‘good’ Ofsted rating– just three years after its predecessor was deemed to be inadequate.Queensbury School was converted to an...
View ArticlePolice put brakes on car cruisers
Car cruisers and off-road bikers had a shock when police carried out two operations targeting nuisance motorists in the Dunstable area.Beds Police have been encouraging the public to help identify...
View ArticleHeartfelt gift to L&D Hospital from Zippers
The National Zippers Bowling Association has donated £3,000 to the Luton &Dunstable Hospital’s Cardiac Centre. Zippers are so called because of the large scar in the middle of their chest following...
View ArticleEx Hatters star Dixon on cocaine charges
Former Chelsea, England and Luton Town footballer Kerry Dixon has been charged with possession of cocaine.The 52 year-old striker was arrested on suspicion of dealing the drug last month and released...
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