Developers of the future up for app award
A team of students from a Luton school has beaten more than 600 others to make it through to the finals of the Apps for Good Awards.The Denbigh High School team will be heading off to the Barbical in...
View ArticleGiving pupils a sporting chance
Pupils at a Houghton Regis Primary school have celebrated the official opening of their new outdoor multi-sports area.Hawthorn Park Primary School received a grant worth £30,000 to improve sports...
View ArticleFilming of Fungus the Bogeyman in Totternhoe
Classic children’s story Fungus the Bogeyman is being adapted for a Christmas TV special – and you’ll never guess where his special lair is...The lush countryside of Sewell Cutting in Totternhoe has...
View ArticleSeventeen arrests after lorry stopped on M1
Seventeen people have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences today after a lorry driver flagged down a traffic police car on the M1 after hearing noises in the back of the lorry. Police...
View ArticleLong queues on the M1 following accident
One lane is closed southbound on the M1 between junctions 13/12 following a multi car collision.There are now long queues back to junction 14 for Milton Keynes, following the accident.Emergency...
View ArticleExclusive: L&D plans to permanently move department to Travelodge as part of...
Plans are afoot to move a hospital department into the ground floor of a hotel, the Gazette can reveal.The move– which is part of a £150m scheme to overhaul the Luton & Dunstable Hospital– would...
View ArticleMediation boss given honour
Potton resident and the former East of England Area Director of Acas,Peter Harwood, has been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday honours list with an OBE for Services to the economy and employment...
View ArticleMan arrested after brutal assault in Dunstable
An 18-year-old man from Houghton Regis has been arrested after a brutal assault in Dunstable.The attack on Brandon Swann, pictured, took place on Tuesday 9 June. He was cycling along Church Street at...
View ArticleBeds Police reveal 27 rapes committed against men last year
It’s a crime known to be under-reported, but this week Beds Police are raising awareness of male rape as part of Men’s Health Week.In the last year to 31 May, 16.8 per cent of all serious sexual...
View ArticleHoughton Regis couple overjoyed as community raise cash to fund baby’s headstone
A couple who lost their baby 11 years ago were overjoyed when big-hearted friends and family secretly raised funds for a headstone.For Gemma Pritchett and her partner Leigh Elms, of Houghton Regis, the...
View ArticleBREAKING: Seventeen further immigrants arrested at Toddington
Seventeen people have been arrested today on suspicion of immigration offences after they were seen running in fields in Toddington.Police attended a farm in Toddington after receiving a call at around...
View ArticleBobby’s on the mend after road accident in Houghton Regis
A ten-year-old boxing enthusiast was “heartbroken” after his elbow was shattered in a collision with a motorbike last week.Bobby Harwood was riding his scooter home from Houghton Regis Primary School...
View ArticleEx-Luton and Chelsea star gets nine months in jail
Former Luton Town and Chelsea centre forward Kerry Dixon was today jailed for nine months for assaulting a man in a Dunstable pub.Dixon, 53, had punched a drinker off a bar stool in a late night attack...
View ArticleBig picnic at the nature reserve
Enjoy the great outdoors with a big family picnic this weekend.The Wildlife Trust BCN has teamed up with Luton Borough Council to improve Galley and Warden Hill for wildlife and local people. And at...
View ArticleCountdown to charity cycle ride has begun
The countdown to the London Luton Airport charity cycle challenge has begun. A team of 29 will cycle for from Luton to Brussels over three days to raise in excess of £30,000 for the Airport’s charity...
View ArticleToddington farmer captures 50 illegal immigrants in one month
A farmer is taking the battle against illegal immigrants into his own hands - by catching them on his land.Chris Gadsden, 60, said the problem has gone way beyond Britain’s ports to the very heart of...
View ArticleOutgoing police chief Colette Paul brands new operation model her ‘legacy to...
A new police model which outgoing chief constable Colette Paul calls her “legacy to Bedfordshire” will be in place by early 2016, it has been announced.Under the new plan Beds Police will split its...
View ArticleDon’t be caught by telephone scams by following these simple steps
Advice on how to avoid being scammed on the telephone is being put out by Neighbourhood Watch this week.The community group is running a national awareness week with the aim to reduce the chances of...
View ArticleFootball match to help Pete’s Fighting Fund
Members of the public are being encouraged to attend a charity extravaganza to raise money for Macmillan and Pete’s Fighting Fund.The fund was set up by Pete Hilliard’s friend Helen Mead, following his...
View ArticleInspiring music from Dunstable schools
Two concerts are taking place today and tomorrow involving children from schools across Central Bedfordshire.The concerts are being held on Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 June at the Grove Theatre, in...
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