Justham has every faith in his ability
Confident keeper Elliot Justham has every faith in his own attributes as he looks to challenge for the number one spot at Kenilworth Road next season, writes Mark Wood.The 22-year-old 6ft 3ins stopper...
View ArticleOutside comes in for barn art show
Over the years the barns at Sunnyside Close in Rowsham have been gradually consumed by nature. Mosses and lichens, grasses and weeds grow on and in and through the wood and tin structures.For Bucks...
View ArticleSeason’s Greetings from Slapton!
It’s the height of summer (!), and six months before we get out the Christmas lights and celebrate Yule, but the Slapton Players have decided to celebrate early by staging Alan Ayckbourn’s yo-ho-ho...
View ArticleTown boss impressed by Cullen’s ambition
Landing former Hull City striker Mark Cullen was a real coup for Town boss John Still, writes Mike Simmonds.The 21-year-old was released by the Premier League-bound Tigers and has had spells with both...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Purge
“Things like this don’t happen in neighbourhoods like ours…”Welcome to a tale of crime and punishment, a sort of Hunger Games for adults where in a near future the government of the USA has decreed...
View ArticleChance to find out about jobs on offer at new Center Parcs
Jobseekers will be able to find out about opportunities at the new Woburn Forest Center Parcs at a community exhibition.The Bedfordshire holiday destination will be holding a meet and greet event at...
View ArticleCricket: Town blow Brickhill away
Leighton Buzzard Town lifted themselves off the bottom of the Cherwell League Division One table with a surprise win over Great Brickhil.The victory at Bell Close by 44 runs was something of a shock...
View ArticlePolice hunt violent brute in Leighton
A feisty 78-year-old great-granny has vowed to carry on walking alone through Leighton despite being the victim of a horrific attack.Tiny Frances Gordon was slammed into a nettlebed, throttled and...
View ArticleCouncil field a family fun day
This Sunday sees a family fun day at Pages Field to mark the field becoming a ‘Queen Elizabeth II Field’ in celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Pages Field joins more than 1,500 open spaces...
View ArticleAuschwitz experience for Cedars students
Over the past few weeks a group of Cedars students have been taking part in the lessons from Auschwitz programme run by the Holocaust Education Trust.The first part of the programme involved attending...
View ArticleJoin new business networking event
The Clark Howes Group in conjuction with Osborne, Morris and Morgan Solicitors are holding a Leighton Buzzard Business Briefing and Networking tomorrow (June 5).It takes place between 10am and 12noon...
View ArticleAlan Dee: We’re walking into this with our eyes closed...
So, here’s the proof, if any were needed: mobile phones are making us dimmer by the day, and it won’t be long before they take over the world.The tipping point for me came when I was reading about a...
View ArticleRat owner convicted of animal cruelty
A 29-year-old Leighton schizophrenic, who claimed that his pet rats talked to him, has been found guilty of animal cruelty after one was found with four shattered legs.RSPCA inspectors called at Adam...
View ArticleLeighton Town set to name new boss as ‘rebirth’ begins
Leighton Town are close to naming the man who will be tasked with improving the club’s on-field fortunes next season.The battle to take over from Paul Copson is down to just two candidates and a final...
View ArticleTwo arrests at car dealership by immigration officers
Two immigration offenders have been arrested by Home Office immigration enforcement officers at a car dealership. Acting on intelligence, officers visited A5 Auto Group in Watling Street, Hockliffe, on...
View ArticleLeighton woman robbed at knifepoint
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 63-year-old woman was robbed at knifepoint as she walked along a lonely footpath in Leighton Buzzard.The victim was on a path near Riverside when she was...
View ArticleBlue Remembered Hills (review)
In a time long forgotten, when children possessed an imagination not crushed by new technology and health and safety restrictions, children played games of cowboys and Indians, pirates, heroes and...
View ArticleAndy Abraham: CUE & PLAY
Andy Abraham will be in Leighton Buzzard on Saturday night, presenting a History of the Big Bands.The X-Factor success will be celebrating 30 years of Leighton-Linslade Music Centre.GO! asked Andy to...
View ArticleHatters set to benefit from FA Cup boost
Luton Town are set to benefit from an unexpected boost of £11,313.All 32 non-league clubs who played in the FA Cup first round last season will each receive the sum.The money comes from the the FA Cup...
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...
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