Police focus on student drinkers ahead of Freshers Fortnight
Freshers Fortnight will mark the beginning of an initiative to reinforce the message that drunken and disorderly behaviour will not be tolerated - as it’s revealed nearly 50 per cent of violent crime...
View ArticleAnniversary of a special school
A special school with campuses in Dunstable and Houghton Regis marked its first birthday with a celebration of achievements last week.The Chiltern School’s festivities kicked off at the Houghton Regis...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: The Kings Of Summer, The Iceman, The Last Exorcism Part II,...
Coming-of-age comedy THE KINGS OF SUMMER (15: Studio Canal) owes more than a little to Rob Reiner’s classic Stand By Me. It’s a slightly uneven affair, but in some of its funny and tender moments, it’s...
View ArticleQuirky and funny stories in the Dunstable area
Costumed characters seen out and about this week really were super.Drivers and shoppers couldn’t believe their eyes when superheroes including Spider-Man and Captain America turned up on patrol.Our...
View ArticleTroubled lives ‘turned round’
A government programme is said to have already succeeded in transforming the lives of some “troubled families” in Central Beds.The Troubled Families programme aims to help change the lives of England’s...
View ArticleTragedy family lifted by community spirit
A Dunstable family who lost their ‘pack leader’ mum to a sudden heart attack returned home from a trip to find their house had been given a makeover by the local community.Anita De Silva was just 36...
View ArticleMixed response as plan for new homes gets go-ahead
Approved proposals to build up to 5,150 homes to the north of Houghton Regis have been met with a varied response from locals.Residents from Dunstable and Houghton Regis have been taking part in...
View ArticleCouncillor doesn’t fear her new role
The Dunstable Northfields ward by-election for the seat on Central Bedfordshire Council left vacant following the death of Denise Green was won by Bev Coleman.The independent candidate secured 434...
View ArticleHospital ‘told girl to walk off broken ankle’
A Toddington mother is “disgusted” with the Luton & Dunstable Hospital after it failed to spot her daughter’s broken ankle and told her to walk on it.Jackie Turney took 14-year-old Courtney to the...
View ArticleSomething for everyone in new book on town’s medieval years
The hotly anticipated book chronicling the importance of Dunstable’s medieval years was launched on Saturday to mark the 800th anniversary of the Augustinian Priory.Medieval Dunstable: Its Monasteries,...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: R.I.P.D. is initially attractive but doesn’t...
“They look like regular people, but they’re monsters inside. You see, if you slip through the cracks, and stay on Earth after you die, your soul rots. They rot, the world rots. Global warming, plague,...
View ArticleAssault victim’s £1k offer to find attacker thug
A 60-year-old man who was assaulted while jogging on Friday (September 20) is personally offering a £1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of his attacker.The man was running along the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Kensworth Beer Festival held to raise funds for village hall
Villagers held a beer festival on Saturday to raise money for their community hall.The committee running Kensworth Village Hall bought in eight real ales from Tring Brewery including a special brew for...
View ArticleManhunt for gunman
A gunman who is on the run from police could be somewhere in Bedfordshire.Francis O’Donoghue, 27, is the subject of an Essex Police manhunt following a shooting on a travellers’ site on August 27. Two...
View ArticlePoynters Road open to traffic
Poynters Road re-opened on Monday (September 23) after being closed for almost 11 weeks so that essential repair work could be completed.After being officially opened at 6am, traffic is now permitted...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: Hugh Jackman is a desperate dad in tense thriller...
Hugh Jackman steps up into Taken territory in Prisoners, a rough tough thriller about a dad who takes the law into his own hands when his daughter disappears.But this isn’t a comic book adventure of...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Here’s a grand idea - computer games could help to cut crime
All sorts of mealy-mouthed moralists have been tutting away since the much-hyped release of GTAV. If you’re not entirely up to the minute with acronyms du jour, GTAV is the fifth instalment of computer...
View Article‘Busway will connect us with the world’
Some of Dunstable and Houghton Regis’ key figures welcomed the Guided Busway at its offical launch event on Tuesday (September 24).Nigel Young – the man who Head of Traffic Management David Bowie...
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A second pizza delivery man has been attacked in Houghton Regis in the sppace of a week after an incident on Saturday September 21.At about 8.15pm as the victim was making a delivery in BrentwoodClose,...
View ArticleFormer florist Olive still blooming at 107
Full of life at the grand old age of 107, Olive Ashley welcomed the mayor of Dunstable to her birthday party at the Salvation Army Centre .Councillor John Chatterley and his wife Ann led the...
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