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ACCORDING to some, Buckinghamshire is a great place to live and work - and the Health and Wellbeing Board wants your help to make it an even happier, healthier environment by providing feedback in a...
View ArticleEuropean health card warning
ANYONE applying for a European Healthcare Insurance Card (EHIC), or renewing one, is warned to beware of internet sites charging up to £20 to supply them online.A Department of Health spokesperson...
View Article‘Scrap policy for admissons’
BARNFIELD Academies’ admissions policy is coming under renewed attack – this time from Luton Borough Council leader Hazel Simmons. She has called for it to be scrapped.Cllr Simmons, who represents...
View ArticleThe Hatters Microsite
YOUR number one site for the very best Luton Town FC news.Match reports on the whistle, interviews with Hatters players and management, in-depth previews, the highly popular prediction league,...
View ArticlePREVIEW: Hatters facing toughest Trophy test so far
TUESDAY night’s 2-1 win at York City has put Gateshead right back into the play-off pack in the Blue Square Bet Premier once more, writes Mike Simmonds.The Tynesiders hadn’t won in the league since...
View ArticleHatters to deal with ref justice
A LACK of protection from referees is something the Hatters will have to overcome as Barrow were allowed to bully Town into submission at Holker Street on Tuesday night, writes Mark Wood.Hailed by the...
View ArticleNew adoption guidelines from Central Beds
CENTRAL Bedfordshire Council has embraced the Government’s new guidelines on adoption as great news for children waiting to be part of a new family.And Councillor Mark Versallion, Executive Member for...
View ArticleUni chief delighted to accept job OFFA
A POLITICAL feud centering around University of Bedfordshire vice chancellor Les Ebdon’s suitability for a top government quango role has ended with the professor being given the job.Professor Ebdon...
View ArticleDean is Playing It Straight into the Final!
DISHY Dean Dibsdall proved he was all man when he took on his toughest challenges yet to win a place in Monday’s final of Channel 4’s dating game Playing It Straight.If the show’s star, a blonde called...
View ArticleHomelessness charity calls for change after regional rise in rough sleepers
HOMELESSNESS charity Crisis is pressing for a change in the law to ensure that local councils help anyone facing homelessness after figure revealed a 17 per cent rise in rough sleepers in the...
View ArticleOPINION: Zoo’s animal magic pricey for families
I’M a regular visitor to Whipsnade Zoo, being a big fan of the attraction and also a lover of the nostalgic feeling I get returning to somewhere I went as a a child.But after going along last week I...
View ArticleTown are Heed and shoulders above Tynesiders as they ease into Trophy...
FA Trophy, quarter-finals: Luton Town 2 (1) Gateshead 0 (0)CLASSY Hatters eased into the semi-finals of the FA Trophy for the second year running as they easily brushed aside Gateshead 2-0 at...
View ArticleBrabin satisfied as Luton bounce back
LUTON Town boss Gary Brabin was delighted to see his players bounce back immediately from Tuesday night’s 1-0 defeat at Barrow to reach the FA Trophy semi-finals with a 2-0 win over Gateshead at...
View ArticleGet Uke’d at The Wheatie
GEORGE Formby would have been proud. The ukulele has become fashionable once again and a group of Leighton musicians will this week launch themselves onto the listening public.Uke’d are appearing at...
View ArticleVIDEO: Scenic backdrop to this year’s Cycletta
LAST year’s popular women-only cycling event, Cycletta, is moving to the scenic surroundings of Woburn Abbey for its second outing.Cycletta Bedfordshire, which last year took place in Whipsnade, will...
View ArticleCouncil hits back at ‘£300m’ airport bill ‘speculative’
LUTON Airport bosses have said that any talk of terminating its operating company’s contract is ‘premature’ after concerns were raised over plans to almost double passenger capacity. Media reports last...
View ArticleAirport pledges £50,000 to local community projects
LUTON Airport is to continue its support for community projects after pledging another £50,000 for its Community Trust Fund.The fund was set up in 2009 to provide support for local community...
View ArticleNew HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire
HELEN Nellis has today (22 February 2012) taken up the appointment of Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant for the County of Bedfordshire. She succeeds Sir Samuel Whitbread KCVO who held the position for more...
View ArticleKissock hoping for Wealdstone tie
HATTERS midfielder John Paul Kissock is hoping his side are pitted again Ryman Premier Division Wealdstone in tomorrow morning’s FA Trophy semi-final draw, writes Mike Simmonds.The Stones, who are 11th...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Safe House
“When they tell you: ‘You’ve done a fine job, son. We’ll take it from here.” That’s when you know you’re screwed.’Step right up for a high-energy espionage action thriller from director Daniel ‘Tony...
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