Top marks for middle school
IT was celebration time for a Dunstable school after news that it came top of the class in Central Beds in the government’s 2011 primary school performance tables.The table rated Priory Middle School...
View ArticleGoing to great lengths to swim for charities?
DUNSTABLE Leisure Centre is getting involved in the world’s biggest fundraising swim in April in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care and Sport Relief.Participants at the Swimathon Weekend – now in its 25th...
View ArticleJobs threatened after crisis talks at retail group
A NUMBER of Dunstable jobs hang in the balance as the Peacock Group announced they are looking to go into administration after crisis talks with the group’s lenders ended with no agreement reached.The...
View ArticleAlan Dee: I cut back on the ice cream, and it’s a meltdown...
THE fuss over grocery giant Tesco’s less than stellar showing in the run-up to Christmas has proved pricey, to say the least.Faced by a minor dip in takings, the level-headed long termists who control...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to this week’s new releases
THERE’S no doubt the biopic is the flavour of the month in Hollywood, with recent true-life tales including The Iron Lady and, if you think about it, The King’s Speech.And we return to the years before...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Haywire, J. Edgar, W.E.
HaywireThe best of this week’s new releases is a throwback to one of the worst eras in mainstream cinema – the 1980s. However, in the hands of chameleon director Steven Soderbergh it’s a riot of action...
View ArticleEngineers deal with gas leak
A DUNSTABLE school closed on Monday, January 16, after a gas leak was detected.Engineers were called in to deal with the leak at Ashton Middle School, High Street North.The problem was resolved and the...
View ArticleCouple bound in home raid
RAIDERS tied up a couple after demanding gold, jewellery and cash in a burglary at a Kensworth home.Now detectives are appealing for information about the aggravated burglary, which happened at 8.30pm...
View ArticleAll change as police set to restructure
BEDFORDSHIRE residents will vote for a new Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) to oversee justice across the county for the first time on November 15.The role will see a ‘corporation sole’ take charge...
View ArticleCracking comedy in aid of hospice
STAND UP for Keech Hospice Care by enjoying an evening of stand-up comedy at Luton’s G Casino.All profits will go to help provide patients and their families with vital support.Three talented...
View ArticleIt’s dragon boat time again
THE ever popular Milton Keynes Dragon Boat Festival will take place on Willen Lake on June 24.More than 60 crews representing various companies, organisation, clubs and groups are expected to enter in...
View ArticleF1 visit wheelie popular
SHOPPERS were wowed when a Red Bull Renault Formula One car paid a visit to ASDA’s Dunstable store recently.The car was there to celebrate the team’s championship win, and promote the Red Bull drive...
View ArticleVillage groups voice fears over airport expansion
ANTI-NOISE groups say plans to double the number of passengers at Luton Airport will mean “more sleepless nights” and are being pursued with “indecent haste”.Plans that would see the airport expand to...
View ArticleJohn Pilgrim: Gemma was seeing stars, I’m enjoying my second childhood
I HAVE never met a dog that can claim to having seen stars, at least until last week. Gemma was innocently chasing a ball in the park when she collided with ‘Henry’ and he knocked her head first into a...
View ArticlePupils can bank on bright future
ARE these Dunstable’s high-flying businessmen and women of the future?The youngsters gained early entrepreneurial experience with the help of a major national bank.Children at Lark Rise Academy, aged...
View ArticleLuton Airport ‘must expand or stagnate’
CAPACITY at Luton Airport has to be expanded so that it does not “stagnate” while demand for flights grows, a council boss said yesterday (Weds).On Monday plans to double the number of passengers using...
View ArticleSchool gets Olympics grant
A SCHOOL in Dunstable was awarded a £5,365 grant to help other local schools and themselves to get involved in the London 2012 Olympic Games.Hillcrest Special School is a member of the Get Set network,...
View ArticleShanghai visitors to university
The University of Bedfordshire welcomed academics from Shanghai University to strengthen their academic partnership this week.Deputy Vice-Chancellor Professor Ashraf Jawaid met the guests to discuss...
View ArticleRise in festive drink-drivers
THE number of people arrested for driving under the influence of drink and drugs in Bedfordshire has increased, according to figures released by the police on Friday (January 20).The findings of Beds...
View ArticleVIDEO: Hydrogen-powered vehicle launched
A GROUND-BREAKING project to tackle carbon emissions with a new hydrogen-powered car was unveiled on Tuesday at Vauxhall headquarters in Luton. HydroGen4, the fourth generation of Vauxhall’s...
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