£40k heist in Kensworth
More than £40,000 worth of irreplaceable jewellery and commemorative coins were stolen from a house in Kensworth on Thursday (May 10).The victims have been left ‘absolutely devastated’ by the burglary,...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: After Earth, The Last Exorcism: Beginning Of The End
Smith & Son is the story we’re being sold for this week’s big new release – glossy special effects thriller After Earth features both Will and his boy Jaden, both of whom are perfectly bankable...
View ArticleFinal farewell for gun victim Paul
Family and friends of Paul Foster – who was gunned down in Lewsey Farm in April – gathered for his funeral at Calvary Church in Bury Park on Friday (May 31).His coffin arrived in a horse-drawn carriage.
View ArticleCrimewatch appeal’s fresh assault details
BBC’s Crimewatch last week featured an appeal regarding a sexual assault in Dunstable, revealing fresh information about the incident.The programme featured a reconstruction of the attack which...
View ArticlePlanned M1 roadworks
Major upgrade work is currently taking place between junctions 10 and 13 on the M1.The northbound entry slip road at junction 10 will be closed tomorrow (June 6) between 10pm and 6am the following...
View ArticleWhipsnade Zoo’s Big Night Out
Whipsnade Zoo will open its doors after hours for a unique family night out on Saturday, June 29.As well as seeing the animals, you can experience a food festival featuring everything from hog roasts...
View ArticleTime to gear up for classic motor rally
Organisers are revving up for this year’s Dunstable Classic Motor Rally, in Priory Gardens, from 10am-4pm on Saturday, June 8.The rally is in its fifth year. Vehicles taking part should enter via High...
View ArticleWork starts on roadworks scheme
Four weeks of roadworks lie ahead as work starts on a £210,000 scheme to cut congestion at Dunstable’s Boscombe Road/Luton Road junction.Central Beds Council says work starts on Saturday. It involves...
View ArticleHomes group is upping sales as way to re-invest
A housing association is aiming to increase sales of shared ownership homes as a way to plough cash into building more affordable properties.Aldwyck Housing Association owns, manages and administers...
View ArticleGet gladrags on for a season of awards events
Bedfordshire’s business awards season is in full swing with a host of glittering events gearing up to congratulate the county’s best.The Bedfordshire Business Excellence Awards has announced a new...
View ArticleWoodside Link road plan gets £5m cash boost
A £5 million cash boost is being given by the government towards the costs of the planned new £42 million Woodside Link road.The proposed link road would connect Houghton Regis and industrial areas in...
View ArticleZoo event had Max Appeal
Whipsnade Zoo took centre stage when it played host to an international event raising awareness of a chromosome disorder.About 15,000 people attended simultaneous events at 80 zoos across the globe to...
View ArticleTown backdrop for a cracking crime thriller
A Dunstable born-and-bred film-maker has chosen his home town as the location for a crime thriller – and the whole project will be a local affair from crew to caterers.Former Northfields School student...
View ArticleDiabetes Voices network
People living with diabetes in Bedfordshire are being asked to join the Diabetes Voices network to help improve care in the region.> To get involved and find out more contact...
View ArticleVideo: Solicitors named Bedfordshire’s best business d
A firm of super solicitors picked up the top accolade at the Bedfordshire Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) awards last night (Thursday).Osborne Morris & Morgan (OMM), based in West Street,...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Lincoln, Die Hard 5
Playing like The West Wing in stove-pipe hats, Steven Spielberg’s biopic LINCOLN (12: Twentieth Century Fox) may be a little stolid for some.But others will be captivated by this film about the 16th...
View ArticleNew Chief Constable approved by panel
The official confirmation of Bedfordshire’s new Chief Constable took place on Tuesday (June 4).Colette Paul, currently deputy chief constable of South Wales Police, was unanimously recommended by The...
View ArticleCareworker thwarts would-be robber in Dunstable
A 47-year-old careworker fought off a would-be robber who attacked her in Dunstable on Wednesday (June 5).The victim was walking along Beech Green, near the junction with Beecroft Way between 7.30 and...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: Man Of Steel, Admission
Let’s be honest, when the version of Superman which most of us have hot-wired into our cinematic memory banks first hit the screen, we didn’t believe a man could fly despite what the tagline claimed.It...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Grinding my teeth over retractable receipts
It’s the little things that can be relied on to reach out, grab hold of the sensitive parts of my individual goat and squeeze hard, I always find.But when one thing that gets my goat is replaced by...
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