Information day on fostering and adoption
Luton Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire County Councils have joined forces to encourage residents to consider adopting or fostering a child. They will be hosting an information day on...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Nightcrawler, The Imitation Game, The Hundred-Foot Journey
A cynical petty crook is inspired when he sees a freelance camera crew and decides to go into business filming crime scenes and accidents in NIGHTCRAWLER (15: Entertainment One).He sells the footage to...
View ArticleAttempt to solve murder mystery at Little Theatre, Dunstable
Dunstable’s Little Theatre in High Street South is about to be turned into a crime scene, writes Geoff Cox.And Dunstable Today readers are being invited to find out whodunnit after murder most foul is...
View ArticleCouncil pays up £17k in fines fiasco
Central Beds have refunded £17,600 to drivers in illegal penalty charge notices so far after an incorrect sign was displayed for nearly 18 months.Following the parking adjudicator’s decision in June...
View ArticleMan convicted of taking incedent photos of 16-year-old
A rugby player from Houghton Regis was on Thursday convicted of sexually abusing a 16-year-old boy who had gone into his bedroom to play on an Xbox game.Emmitt Black, now 21, had asked the boy: “Have...
View ArticleSchool pupils taken to hospital with mystery illness
Alarms were raised this morning after six Luton school pupils were taken to Luton & Dunstable hospital after showing signs of illness.At first it was though just one students was affected at...
View ArticleToddington OAP foils would-be distraction burglars
A Toddington OAP has been congratulated by police after warding off would-be distraction burglars.On Wednesday two men knocked on the rear fence of a home in Grange Gardens.They told the resident, a...
View ArticleDrug drivers will be caught say Beds police
New drug driving legislation that comes into force from Monday (2 March) will make it easier to catch and convict drug drivers of illegal drugs, say Beds police. Low levels have been set for eight well...
View ArticleConmen tried to talk their way into Toddington pensioner’s home
Beds Police is warning residents in Grange Gardens, Toddington, to beware of distraction burglars following an attempt by two men to get into an elderly woman’s home on Wednesday 25 February. Between...
View ArticleCertificate will help raise home care standards says company boss
A home care provider in Luton and Central Bedfordshire is welcoming the introduction of the National Care Certificate as a significant step towards increasing standards.Maria Collins, the owner of Home...
View ArticleLooking to generate lots of ‘funny’ money
by Sue Palmer from the Volunteer Centre at Bossard House, West Street, Leighton BuzzardSo what is a red nose’s favourite sweet? A-chew! Yes its back; Comic Relief brings us Red Nose Day once again on...
View ArticleFarmers seek assurances from PCC on rural policing
Farmers are urging Beds Police and Crime Commissioner Olly Martins to make rural policing a higher priority.At a meeting organised by the NFU’s Leighton Buzzard branch, members set out their concerns...
View ArticleMatt Adcock at the cinema: It Follows review
Meet lovely young 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe). She’s scared for her life and for good reason, writes Matt Adcock. Jay has been ‘marked’ after having sex with her new boyfriend Hugh (Jake Weary) and...
View ArticleMan dies in Houghton Regis blaze
A man has died in a house fire in Houghton Regis in the early hours of this morning.Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service’s Fire Control received several 999 calls to report a fire in a house in Chelsea...
View ArticleNervous pupils celebrate with their first choice school on National Secondary...
All pupils transferring to secondary and upper schools across Central Bedfordshire in September have been granted their first choice.Yesterday was National Secondary Offer Day, when parents and pupils...
View Article‘Cyclist’ stopped on the M1 after arriving at Luton airport
A cyclist took a novel way to get to London after arriving at Luton Airport - he headed down the M1.He was pulled over by police officers this morning at Junction 9 of the motorway.Police escorted him...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man and his two dogs die after house blaze
A man and his two dogs died and another man was seriously injured in a house fire in Houghton Regis in the early hours of Monday morning.Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service received several phone...
View ArticleAll hail Helen at London Fashion Week
A fashion designer from Dunstable was lauded with a standing ovation after her first show at London Fashion Week.Helen Woollams, 33, is the brains behind Hellavagirl, an avant-garde couture label that...
View ArticleVIDEO: Fire crews tackle Fancott pub blaze
Firecrews are at The Fancott pub in Chalton following a blaze at the rear of the building.Fire broke out this afternoon, and Beds Fire and Rescue Service used hose reels and the hydraulic lift to bring...
View ArticleBoy, nine, plunges down unsafe manhole in Dunstable town centre
A boy with epilepsy was left hysterical and bruised after plunging down an unsafe manhole in Dunstable town centre.Nine-year-old Lorcan Marks was out with mum Nicola when he suffered his ordeal outside...
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