Beds Police Chief Constable Alf Hitchcock leaving force
Beds Police Chief Constable Alf Hitchcock is leaving the force after two and a half years.Mr Hitchcock, who joined Beds Police in October 2010, has been appointed next Chief Constable of the Ministry...
View ArticleHoughton firm is in Times Top 100
A Houghton Regis firm has been named in the Sunday Times list of the UK’s top 100 companies to work for.Staff at Ascertiva marked the award win by releasing 100 golden balloons from the company’s...
View ArticleLibrary feedback deadline extended
The deadline for residents to have their say on the way libraries are run has been extended until Wednesday, April 24 by Luton Borough Council.Two potential options are being sounded out for the future...
View ArticleMedieval past is talk of town at tourism event
Medieval Dunstable was the hot topic as Priory House hosted a presentation to promote tourism initiative Discover Bedfordshire.Restaurateurs, hoteliers and representatives of the tourism industry were...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Jack The Giant Slayer
Fee, fi, fo, fum…ask not whence the thunder comes, for between heaven and earth is a perilous place, home to a fearsome giant race, who hunger to conquer the mortals below, waiting for the seeds of...
View ArticleCaring Kevin’s marathon feat for brave Lilly
One of Dunstable toddler Lilly Macglashan’s biggest supporters will run the Brighton Marathon next month to raise funds fo r her vital cancer treatment.Kevin Cutler will be joined by childhood friend...
View ArticleQuirky and funny stories in the Dunstable area
Luton Road Wind Ensemble aren’t known for blowing their own trumpets.Quite the opposite, in fact.I love the way the good-natured musicians from Dunstable’s Luton Road Methodist Church keep a...
View ArticleUpper school’s 11-19 proposal
A Dunstable upper school has launched a public consultation on its proposal to become a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 19.Students at Manshead School currently range in age from 13 to 19.If the...
View ArticleAlan Dee: It’s never great to decide not to punctuate
So its crunch time tomorrow on whether councillor’s in Mid Devon decide to banish apostrophe’s from street signs.If you read the preceding paragraph without tutting, or even realising something was...
View ArticleEvery penny counts for cancer charity
A Dunstable pub restaurant is donating the “penny off the pint” saving, announced by the Chancellor, to a cancer charity this week.The Old Sugar Loaf will give Cancer Research UK a penny for every pint...
View ArticleFree outdoors fun that’s a family affair
Finding free outdoor play activities for families in Dunstable and Houghton Regis really is child’s play this Easter.Join the Community Active Rangers for activities including stilt-walking and sumo...
View ArticleStudents on 10-mile trek
More than 60 students from Central Bedfordshire College are taking part in a 10-mile trek today (Wednesday) to raise money for Help for Heroes.Half of the group will walk from Dunstable to Woburn,...
View ArticleLilly’s dad’s anger at NHS ‘boob’ over Josie Cunningham op
The father of Dunstable sweetheart Lilly Macglashan has branded the NHS’s decision to fund a wannabe glamour model’s breast implant surgery as “a waste of our money”.Thanks to generous donations from...
View ArticlePermission sought for planning projects
Latest planning applications which have been submitted to Central Bedfordshire Council include the following.DUNSTABLE: Convert existing redundant/derelict hotel into three one-bed and three two-bed...
View ArticleThe Poverty Challenge: Live Below The Line - Day Three
It’s day three of my Below The Line challenge and I’m starting to worry about my insides.I’ve eaten nothing but dry bread, rich tea biscuits and the odd bit of tomato soup, which I’m pretty sure has so...
View ArticleTraining to be Tough at PureGym: my first two weeks
Training to be tough is a lot harder than the montages in the ‘Rocky’ films might lead you to believe.I’m two weeks into my fitness programme at PureGym in Skimpot Lane with personal trainer Adam...
View ArticleTown chosen for centre
A digital office solutions provider has chosen Dunstable to locate its new national distribution centre.Apogee Corporation Ltd has signed a 10-year lease for 3a Woodside – a 25,958 sq-ft semi-detached...
View ArticleNurse’s night to boost hospice
Keech Hospice Care staff nurse Ellen Godfrey is holding a fundraiser to help patients.Ellen, who lives in Dunstable, is organising the charity night at the United Services Club, High Street South,...
View ArticleCat charity loses out on legacy fund
A homeless cat charity lost out on over a thousand pounds when a company it had bought new sheds from went bust.Stray Cat Rescue, a charity based in Tingrith, ordered new outdoor pens for the abandoned...
View ArticlePyjama power for Comic Relief boost
Dunstable’s Watling Forest Club raised more than £375 for Comic Relief with a sponsored pyjama day at the pre-school.The pre-school caters for children aged two-and-a-half to five and also runs an...
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