New homes ‘ help create new jobs’
The managing director of the region’s leading housebuilder says that a 28 per cent increase in the number of house completions in the first six months of the year is fuelling further employment...
View ArticleKeep your cars in trim for the summer
With the school summer holidays almost upon us, and more drivers using its roads, the Highways Agency is urging road users in East region to check and maintain their vehicles this summer – as figures...
View ArticleMother’s concerns for blind and autistic son over bus pass cut
A Dunstable mother has issued concern that her registered blind and autistic son is denied free peak travel with his bus pass.Central Bedfordshire Council offer free bus travel at all times for the...
View ArticleReading challenge
Children across Central Bedfordshire can spend their summers with fantastical creatures from the world of legend and mythology thanks to this year’s Summer Reading Challenge.Libraries across the area...
View ArticleSummer fun tips
The summer holidays are fast approaching and fortunately for parents concerned about how to occupy their children, Central Bedfordshire Council has put together a handy guide to the holiday schemes in...
View ArticleCaddington and Slip End go green with solar farm
Work on the first solar farm in Central Bedfordshire started on Friday. The site will generate enough electricity to power 1,500 homes in Caddington and Slip End. The project was marked by a...
View ArticleDunstable’s flower power in gold award bid
Two gardening experts visited Dunstable on Wednesday to decide whether the town deserves another gold award in the Anglia in Bloom competition.Judges George Dawson and Sue Hacon were shown around by...
View ArticleFind out more about PALS
Next week the PALS team from Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (BCCG) alongside other local PALS teams in Bedfordshire will be hosting a number of events throughout the county to help raise...
View ArticleMatt Adcock says Boyhood is a heart-rending experience
Boyhood is something unique. A film that takes the everyday experiences of growing up and tracks one young man over 12 years, shooting scenes from each of his years from age six to 18. It’s an...
View ArticleRetired dentists get their teeth into charity work
A couple who have worked at Darrell House Dental Surgery in West Street, Dunstable, for 26 years have retired from the practice. Lorinda and Peter Le Roux have lived in Dunstable for the whole of that...
View ArticleTown fit for comic book heroes
Houghton Regis families answered the call for comic book heroes, which was the theme at the annual carnival on Saturday.Tithe Farm Road was closed to traffic as the procession made its way from...
View ArticleMessages from the NSPCC for future generations
A former Queensbury Upper school student was among 130 NSPCC staff and supporters, to leave a message on a Copper Beech tree, to celebrate the charity’s 130th anniversary.The NSPCC exhibited a garden,...
View ArticleNeighbours relieved after bird-feeding ban
Fed-up neighbours of a Houghton Regis man banned from feeding birds in his garden have spoken of their relief.Last week the Gazette revealed that 75-year-old John Coots, of Dunstable Road, had been...
View ArticleCar smashes into pub after narrowly missing passers-by
A driver escaped serious injury when his car crashed into the front of a Dunstable town centre pub, narrowly missing passers-by. The accident happened at around 12.45pm on Monday and eyewitnesses told...
View ArticleCrackdown on suspected paedophiles leads to 14 arrests across Bedfordshire
A nationwide crackdown on suspected paedophiles has led to 14 arrests across the county since April.Officers from Beds Police joined police forces across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland...
View ArticleHeatwave risk in Central Beds brings dangers to health
Residents are being warned by Central Bedfordshire Council that the area may experience ‘heatwave’ conditions over the next few days, according to Met Office forecasts. Warnings that a heatwave may be...
View ArticleDon’t get caught in the heatwave!
The Met Office is warning of an imminent heatwave as temperatures have remained high enough on two consecutive days to raise concerns about the elderly and vulnerable.Public Health England is advising...
View ArticleFears over bus route changes
A councillor has voiced concerns over changes to bus services covering Dunstable and Houghton Regis.Arriva say they are making the alterations from August 31 “to reflect the different ways people use...
View ArticleLuDun sale will help disabled
Proceeds from the sale of the former LuDun site in Dunstable have created a new trust fund to help local disabled people with education, training and employment. Members of Central Beds Council’s...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Noah, A Long Way Down, About Last Night
They said NOAH (12: Paramount) would be a biblical disaster of epic proportions, but they were wrong.The Old Testament favourite was sensationalised to make it more profitable and it quickly made three...
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