Football: Town target winning end to great season
LEIGHTON Town manager Craig Wells is calling on football fans to get down to Bell Close this Saturday and help the club finish the Evo-Stik League Division One season in style.His in-form side welcome...
View ArticleBuckle urges Hatters to cement play-off place at Gateshead
HATTERS boss Paul Buckle is determined for his side to cement their play-off place at the first time of asking in Gateshead this evening, writes Mike Simmonds.Town’s win over Kidderminster on Saturday,...
View ArticleFancy a Fairtrade feast?
Fairtrade enthusiasts are urging Leightonians to take part in the world’s biggest breakfast at the town’s smallest coffee shop. Espresso Head in Hockliffe Street has teamed up with Fairtrade Leighton...
View ArticleBe a business winner
BUSINESSES in Leighton Buzzard have until Thursday, May 3 to get their entries in to a county awards scheme.Companies will be able to fine tune their entries to the Bedfordshire Federation of Small...
View ArticleThe King’s Speech (review)
I WAS shocked and saddened to hear that The King’s Speech is to close. The closing notices were posted on Friday yet I saw the production at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre two days earlier and, like...
View ArticleKovacs dominates awards ceremony
DEFENDER Janos Kovacs has dominated the end-of-season awards at Kenilworth Road.Having been awarded the Loyal Luton Supporters Club and Bobbers Travel Club player of the year awards before Saturday’s...
View ArticlePaula’s princesses prove a novel idea
A LEIGHTON mum-of-two who recently fulfilled her dream of becoming a published children’s author has credited her recent success to the exacting standards imposed by her own daughters.Former Cedars...
View ArticleHerds of runners set for Whipsnade Stampede
HUNDREDS of runners are busy limbering up for Whipsnade Zoo’s annual Stampede which returns next month.Putting their best foot forward, laps around the zoo will take runners past some of the world’s...
View ArticleWould-be Olympians offered marathon task
FITNESS fanatics in LBO-land are being offered the chance to emulate their Olympic heroes with a month of sporting challenges designed to emulate the length of the London Marathon through a range of...
View ArticleTyne to cement play-off place say players
TOWN’S stars are looking to make it job when they face Gateshead at the International Stadium in front of the Premier Sports cameras this evening, writes Mark Wood.Victory will cement their place in...
View ArticleTyler saves day as Town inch towards play-offs
Blue Square Bet Premier Gateshead 0 (0) Luton Town 0 (0)AN instinctive Mark Tyler save helped the Hatters claim a hard-fought point as they held out for a goalless draw at Gateshead last night, writes...
View ArticleOsano aiming to cement his Hatters place
KENYAN full-back Curtis Osano knows he has to stay on his game if he wants to hold on to his shirt for the rest of the season, writes Mark Wood.The 25-year-old right-back enjoyed his best game for...
View ArticleA new chapter for Leighton’s library?
LEIGHTON Buzzard Library has the highest number of issues of all the libraries in Central Bedfordshire, according to a new report.A Library Service Strategy has been presented to Central Beds Council’s...
View ArticleCan gaming be a spectator sport as well?
Game Guy by Leighton Buzzard’s Darren Gargette. There are few videogames which can be tolerated by your significant other as you blissfully stare at your TV screen making sure that the other folk...
View ArticleHand fined over Twitter outburst
FORMER Luton and Watford midfielder Jamie Hand has been fined by the FA over his Twitter spat with Luton fans.A series of unsavoury comments were posted by the 28-year-old Hayes & Yeading captain...
View ArticleCricket: Easy friendly win for Leighton
DROUGHT, what drought? Was probably the question most asked by cricket groundsmen last week as regular rain showers – some very heavy ones – had made pitch preparation very difficult. Whilst every...
View ArticleTyler quick to play down his heroics
MODEST Hatters keeper Mark Tyler played down his brilliant instinctive stop that earned Luton a potentially invaluable point at Gateshead on Tuesday night, writes Mark Wood.His reaction save diverted...
View ArticleMP Dorries hits out at ‘posh boys’
MID Beds MP Nadine Dorries has hit the headlines after describing Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne as “two arrogant posh boys”.Ms Dorries, whose constituency includes Woburn,...
View ArticleHatters rated v Gateshead
Mark Tyler: 7.5 – Showed his class with an instinctive late reaction save from Taylor.Keith Keane: 6 – Looked to get stuck in but Town increasingly lost the midfield battle.George Pilkington: 7 –...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Marvel Avengers Assemble
Marvel Avengers Assemble 3DThe thing that worries, scares and disappoints me the most about this film, apart from that horrid, awful, terrible title (just look at it!) is how visually inspired by...
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