Tilsworth care home’s feud with neighbour over huge hedge
A boundary feud involving a care home for people with dementia has turned bitter with a neighbour reporting the owners to the police for cutting at his hedge.Steve Barker, of Stanbridge Road,...
View ArticleEx Hatter Miller denies race attack
Former Luton Town striker Ricky Miller today denied a race attack on a taxi driver.Mr Miller, 26, is accused of racially aggravated fear of violence, racially aggravated common assault and an...
View ArticleTeachers say a fond farewell
A teacher who has seen generations of families pass through her classroom, has retired.Gaynor Martin who was born and brought up in Dunstable started her teaching career at Manshead in 1974. She...
View ArticleWife’s killing was not preventable - report
Mental health services could have done more to prevent a Dunstable man killing his estranged wife, an independent investigation has found.Lee Anstice stabbed his wife Tracy, 37, through the heart on...
View ArticleAppeal to find missing Houghton Regis teen Yuri
Beds Police are launching an appeal to find a missing teenager from Houghton Regis who has not returned home in over two weeks.Alan Neves, 15, has been reported as missing from his family home since...
View ArticleTerror accused ‘plotted attack on US military’
A Luton man who has been charged with terror offences was allegedly planning to attack US military based in the UK, it has emerged.Junead Ahmed Khan, 24 and his uncle Shazib Ahmed Khan, 22, were both...
View ArticleCops ride in memory of tragic Mandy
A former detective is to cycle 180 miles in memory of Mandy Rayner from Luton, the first woman police officer to be killed in Britain while on duty.Mandy was based at Hitchin Police Station, and now...
View ArticleApproval for housing despite green belt fears
Plans for 1,850 homes west of Bidwell received outline planning approval today, despite the ‘harmful’ impact it would have on the green belt.Councillors on Central Beds Council’s development committee...
View ArticleFinal show-piece to celebrate I Choose To Succeed project
Twelve young people are getting ready for the final show-piece of a project they have been working on for three months.The I Choose To Succeed project has been run in partnership with ACE and Active...
View ArticleControversial plans for outsourcing at Luton & Dunstable Hospital agreed
Controversial plans to outsource catering, cleaning and housekeeping services at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital have been agreed despite fierce protests.The decision came just hours after...
View ArticleNight out to raise cash for charity
Miss Bedfordshire is organising a charity night at Club Cookies on Friday, July 31.Megan Bayliss, of Barton, is co-hosting the event with Mr Buckinghamshire, Robert Dawe. They are hoping to raise...
View ArticleREVIEW: And Then There Were None, Milton Keynes Theatre
As Agatha Christie’s classic play And Then There Were None came to Milton Keynes Theatre on Monday, reporters Bev Creagh and Stewart Carr went along to give their verdict.CREAGH says...This riveting...
View ArticlePolice search for missing 15-year-old boy
Police are appealing for the public’s help in tracing a missing teenager from Bedfordshire. Tyler Ogden-Hooper, aged 15, has been missing since July 13. He has links to Leighton Buzzard, Houghton Regis...
View ArticleMan left seriously injured after Houghton Regis collision
Police are appealing for witnesses after a road traffic collision in Porz Avenue, Houghton Regis, this morning left a young man with serious injuries.The collision happened at approximately 4.15am when...
View ArticlePupils had best keep their new teacher onside!
It’s official! A graduate who is set to start his first teaching job has become the youngest ever person on the Football League list.Josh Smith, 22, who begins his career in the classroom as a maths...
View ArticleCouncil calls for thoughts on Downs Road one way system
A controversial one way system in Downs Road is coming under scrutiny.Central Bedfordshire Council has opened a consultation on the system after receiving a petition demanding it be scrapped.The road...
View ArticleFinance director of Norfolk and Suffolk’s mental health trust resigns
The finance director of Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has resigned five months after it became the first mental health trust put in special measures.Andrew Hopkins has announced his resignation...
View ArticlePolice commissioner wants to see the ‘Revolving Door of Crime’ stopped
Bedfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Olly Martins, believes compulsory GPS tagging for offenders would help them to step off the criminal conveyor belt.Speaking earlier today (Friday) he added...
View ArticleIconic bridge restored to former glory
The iconic Wardown Park Suspension bridge will be officially re-opened to the public on Thursday 30 July following an extensive repair and renovationThe Council has spent four months on the project...
View ArticleCharity gets shoppers vote
A major supermarket will be launching a new partnership with a local charity after it was chosen by customers.Sainsburys Dunstable has chosen the South Bedfordshire Downs Syndrome Society with the...
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