Mentmore Arts Festival to draw crowds
A major event in the arts calendar takes place this weekend when Mentmore holds its fifth annual Arts Festival.This year, for the first time, artists can compete for a new £200 award . Participating...
View ArticlePsychic and craft fair to support KidsOut
A holistic therapy centre is hosting a special event to raise money for children’s charity.Crystal House Wellbeing Centre has organised a psychic and craft fayre to support KidsOut and will be...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Great Gatsby
“Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past….”Buckle up for a lavish and stylish new big screen...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Tactics must change for next year’s Eurovision campaign
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this debriefing session of the GB Eurovision task force 2013.First, let me congratulate you, one and all. Our plan once again worked perfectly.As you know, it’s...
View ArticlePop-up shop idea for Leighton’s aspiring Dragons
Budding entrepreneurs in town are being given a helping hand in launching their own businesses.Leighton-Linslade Town Council is planning to open a pop-up “shop” in a bid to give someone a startup with...
View ArticleGet an Abbott’s View of alpacas
The area’s newest alpaca farm is throwing open its doors to the public this Saturday.Abbott’s View Alpacas, based in Aston Abbotts, was established a year ago by James and Jo Dell who decided to follow...
View ArticleVersatile Parry happy to fill either role for Hatters
New Town signing Andrew Parry is happy to be employed in either defence or midfield for Luton next season, writes Mark WoodParry has played most of his youth football in midfield, but Hatters boss John...
View ArticlePCC picks his choice for Beds Chief Constable
Beds Police crime commissioner Olly Martins is putting up Colette Paul, currently Deputy Chief Constable of South Wales Police, as the county’s new Chief Constable.“Colette impressed us all with her...
View ArticleHatters sign Histon duo
Luton Town have completed the signings of Histon duo Jim Stevenson and Danny Fitzsimons.Stevenson and Fitzsimons, both 21, arrive at Kenilworth Road on two-year contracts from the Blue Square North...
View ArticleNew Mayor to be decided for Leighton-Linslade
The election of a new Town Mayor will take place this evening at the annual meeting of Leighton-Linslade Town Council.Councillor Alan Brandham will step down from his post of Leighton-Linslade Mayor...
View ArticleHammer attack on teenager
A teenager has been left shaken after he was attacked with a hammer and robbed by masked men as he rode his bike through an alleyway in Leighton.The 18-year-old victim was assaulted as he walked...
View ArticleHutch (review)
Leslie “Hutch” Hutchinson left his home in Grenada as a teenager and went on to become one of the greatest cabaret stars of the 1920s and ‘30s.Songs like These Foolish Things, Begin The Beguine and...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: The Hangover Part 3, Epic
It’s not uncommon for those who have supped not wisely but too well to wake up the morning after and make heartfelt vows about their future behaviour.If they haven’t taken enough water with their wine,...
View ArticleStricken Dance thinks Luton’s luck with injuries has been out
Injury-plagued James Dance is at a loss to explain the terrible ‘luck’ the Hatters have endured with injury since being relegated, writes Mark Wood.The departing winger made a lightning return from a...
View ArticleChildline marathon
A young mother and loyal supporter of the NSPCC is determined to help raise half a million pounds for the children’s charity.Hazel Calvert, 24, of Hockliffe Road, Leighton, is set to take on the...
View ArticleTop 10 things to bear in mind when applying for planning permission
“Applying for planning permission can be a daunting experience, but it needn’t be that way if some thought is put into potential pitfalls that can be avoided,” says Michael Holmes, spokesperson for The...
View Article‘First quarter figures showing a move in the right direction’
Overall market conditions for the UK show welcome signs of improvement, according to data collated in the Move with Us Residential Market Review for the first quarter of 2013.In March, the average...
View ArticleMature student sets up menopause group in Leighton
A mature university student who has set her mind on investigating women’s experiences during menopause says she is determined to give Leighton people local support.Angela Thorogood, 53, of Ashwell...
View ArticleLove Is All Around as Marti takes on coveted Evita role
Lead singer of Wet Wet Wet Marti Pellow will undertake one of the industry’s most coveted roles, when he plays Che in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of Evita.The show makes a return to...
View ArticleAntiques set to go under the hammer
The end of May is a special time for the 50-plus antiques dealers based at Woburn Abbey Antiques Centre.They have joined forces to form an association entitled the Antique & Fine Art Dealers...
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