Bedfordshire charity benefits from lottery handout
A BEDFORDSHIRE volunteer service has been handed a £37,500 grant from the Health Lottery.The WRVS Good Neighbours Scheme Bedfordshire has benefitted from a chunk of £1,561,658 raised by health lottery...
View ArticleVillages’ Jubilympics fun
EDLESBOROUGH, Dagnall and Northall villages celebrate Mayday with a free ‘Jubilympics’ day at Edlesborough village green on Saturday, May 5.The villages’ ‘green man’ will crown the 2012 May Queen at...
View ArticleKeech raises charity tax concerns
KEECH Hospice Care has joined the growing number of charities concerned about the controversial decision to cap tax relief on charitable giving.The Luton-based charity says it is extremely worried...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy
Can it really be 15 years since the awesome Trainspotting put Scotland and drugs on the big screen in a smart, funny and engaging masterpiece based on the ground-breaking novel by Irvine Welsh?Welsh...
View ArticleA licence to level retail playing field
SO, what’s the only type of outfit that’s still expanding on our High Streets?The fish spa craze appears to have come and gone, the coffee bar boom seems to have slowed down, new nail stylists are...
View ArticleScouts step it out, by George!
HUNDREDS of marchers created an eye-catching spectacle at the St George’s Day parade by Dunstable District Scouts.More than 400 Beavers, Cubs, Scouts, Explorer Scouts and leaders paraded through...
View ArticleTop rating for college from quality team
A “CONFIDENCE” judgement has been given on Central Bedfordshire College’s delivery of higher education programmes.Reviewers from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education visited the college...
View ArticlePolice appeal after fatal road accident on Hemel Hempstead Road, near Little...
A WOMAN in her 70s has died after a collision between two cars on a single carriageway.Police were called to the scene at the junction between Pedley Hill, Hudnall Lane and Hemel Hempstead Road, just...
View ArticleJoin in world record fun for ChildLine
SCHOOLS in the Dunstable area are urged to get involved in the ChildLine Big Birthday week, October 8-12.To mark ChildLine’s 25th anniversary, schools are invited to take part in fun and quirky...
View ArticleMP Dorries hits out at ‘arrogant posh boys’ Cameron and Osborne
MID Beds MP Nadine Dorries has hit the headlines after describing Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne as “two arrogant posh boys”.Ms Dorries, whose constituency includes...
View ArticleBedfordshire businesses have only days left to enter awards
BUSINESSES across Bedfordshire have until Thursday, May 3 to get their entries in to a county awards scheme.Companies will be able to fine tune their entries to the Bedfordshire Federation of Small...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to new DVDs: The Iron Lady, Mission Impssible
POLITICAL biopic THE IRON LADY (12: Twentieth Century Fox) treads a road not covered by BBC4’s The Long Walk To Finchley.The TV drama examined ten years in the young life of future Prime Minister...
View ArticleHerds of runners set for Whipsnade Stampede
HUNDREDS of runners are busy limbering up for Whipsnade Zoo’s annual Stampede which returns next month.Putting their best foot forward, laps around the zoo will take runners past some of the world’s...
View ArticleNew health campaign is under way
A CAMPAIGN to help people recognise the early symptoms of cancer of the oesophagus or stomach is under way in South Beds.It is all part of the national Be Clear On Cancer campaign. The oesophagus is...
View ArticleReprieved leisure centre shapes up
A £100,000 revamp at Houghton Regis Leisure Centre, which escaped the axe earlier this year, has now been completed.The official relaunch of the Parkside Drive leisure venue took place on Monday, April...
View ArticleExcitement builds as store goes up
CONSTRUCTION is progressing apace on the new Morrison’s store in Houghton Regis.Part of the steel frame of the new £12 million supermarket has been erected in the past week, after several weeks of...
View ArticleGardens turn into knight spot
A GIANT green dragon was spotted in Dunstable’s Priory Gardens on Saturday, April 21.Luckily, St George was on hand to come to the rescue.And the cuddly dragon turned out to be friendly rather than...
View ArticleAnimal cruelty increases in Bedfordshire
NEW statistics from the RSPCA show that animal cruelty rose by a quarter in England in 2011. An animal cruelty case in Houghton Regis was included as one of the worst examples in this week’s report by...
View ArticlePolice search for driver who exposed himself
POLICE are searching for a motorist who was masturbating in his car in Dunstable on Monday.The incident happened at around 8.15am in Victoria Street as a 16 year old girl was walking to school. The...
View ArticleSpeaker Gail stands up for older people
THE next meeting of Dunstable & District Association of Senior Citizens is on April 26 at St Mary’s Social Club, in front of the Catholic Church in West Street, Dunstable, from 2pm to 4pm. The...
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