Still at a loss to explain Southport defeat
Town boss John Still couldn’t put a finger on why his side turned in such a lacklustre performance during their opening day defeat at Southport on Saturday, writes Mike Simmonds.After a fantastic...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Dear Masterchef, please answer the continuing conundrum of the...
My guilty TV treats are few, but I have to admit that Masterchef is among them. I know it’s all as much an assembly-line exercise in entertainment as any other successful format, and follows a formula...
View ArticleSmith and McKenzie-Lowe double up in Hatters win
Luton Town’s U18s claimed a fine 4-2 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge at Spurs Lodge in Chigwell on Saturday Two goals apiece for Charlie Smith and Jemale McKenzie-Lowe ensured they made the...
View ArticleEx-Hatter Andrew seals Mansfield Town move
Last year’s Skrill Premier champions Mansfield Town have signed ex-Hatters striker Calvin Andrew.The 26-year-old forward played 81 minutes for the League Two side as they were held to a goalless by...
View ArticleDaytona (review). Maureen Lipman in three-hander that explores love, revenge...
Hunting down the last dregs of the Third Reich has been in the news recently so Daytona, a shocking, poignant and moving story about a group of Holocaust survivors, which comes to Watford Palace...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: 2 Guns has high-calibre stars but goes off at...
Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg in a cop drama? Now that sounds like a grown-up movie.Both stars have built up a body of work that includes a whole string of intense, conflicted law enforcement...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: A-ha and ha ha, Alan Partidge makes a welcome big...
This message comes to you from the home of international broadcasting and the world famous nerve centre for all things chat, That’s right, North Norfolk Digital…I’m Alan Partridge (A-ha!) and this is...
View ArticleHousing market may have finally turned a corner, say experts
The East of England’s housing market appears to have finally turned a corner as buyers returned to the market in their biggest numbers for four years, says the latest RICS Residential Market...
View ArticleThe Same Deep Water As Me (review). Anne Cox joins West End crowd for Luton...
Local Boy Nick Payne has his latest stage play set in the Luton offices of a pair of down at heel ambulance chasers who are looking for a miracle to save their struggling business.Scorpion Claims looks...
View ArticleRogue trader jailed for fraud over kitchen
Central Bedfordshire Council’s Trading Standards team has taken action against a rogue trader.Peter Dennis English, 39, of Chesford Road, Stopsley, Luton, trading as PDE Kitchens pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleHenry VI (review). Anne Cox watches bloody rebellion at Milton Keynes Theatre
Shakespeare came up with his own version of our troubled royal antecedents in an epic trilogy that put one of England’s weakest kings, Henry VI, at its heart.Under scrutiny there are probably quite a...
View ArticleRushmere holds summer fair
Head to the woods this Sunday for the you can join in the Greensand Trust Summer Fair and fun Dog Show! There will be craft stalls with beautiful jewellery, cards and stationery, aloe and bee hive...
View ArticleFamilies’ distress at dead calf
Dog walkers and families were confronted with the stench of a dead calf that was left rotting in the sunshine in Leighton-Linslade’s Riverside Meadows over the weekend.The young animal had died of...
View ArticleTown launch McNulty appeal
Hatters boss John Still has confirmed the club have appealed Steve McNulty’s red card against Southport at the weekend, writes Mike Simmonds.The Town skipper was dismissed early in the second half...
View ArticleHenry out for Hatters’ opening home clash
Hatters will be without Ronnie Henry for tomorrow night’s Skrill Premier home clash against Salisbury City, writes Mike Simmonds.The skipper missed Saturday’s pre-season opener against Southport with a...
View ArticleHundreds sign up to campaign over policing of town
Councillors vowing to stand up against plans to base Beds Police officers in supermarkets saw their petition backed over the weekend.Leighton-Linslade Town Councillors fighting against the closure of...
View ArticleStill believes Town squad have the ability to cope with pressure
Hatters boss John Still believes he has a squad capable of playing under the pressure of being overwhelming favourites in the majority of their games this season, writes Mike Simmonds.Town start their...
View ArticleVIDEO: Watch Steve McNulty’s sending off at Southport
Young defender Alex Lacey admitted he didn’t even see the incident that led to skipper Steve McNulty’s controversial dismissal in Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Southport - which led to the armband heading...
View ArticleGuttridge warns against complacency
Hatters midfielder Luke Guttridge felt an excellent pre-season may have led to complacency setting in amongst Town’s squad at Southport on Saturday, writes Mike Simmonds.Hatters had won eight out of 10...
View ArticleMan jailed for causing Leighton Buzzard five-hour siege
A former soldier who pleaded guilty to possessing an imitation gun with intent to cause fear of violence has been sentenced to two years in prison.Marc McLees was arrested after a stand-off with armed...
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