Double departure at Leighton shopping precinct
More departures from a Leighton Buzzard shopping centre have left customers scratching their heads.Poundstretcher and Coffee & More have been fixtures in Waterborne Walk, off the High Street, for...
View ArticlePCC heads to supermarket to offer burglary advice
Bedfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Olly Martins will be at Morrisons supermarket in Leighton Buzzard on Wednesday (October 28), to issue burglary advice to residents and advise how to keep...
View ArticleAudiences get ready to rumble at theatre
Wrestling fanatics will be in for a treat when an event comes to the Leighton Buzzard Library Theatre at the weekend.Wrestleforce will be bringing some of the elite to the wrestling world to the town...
View ArticleChance to have your pick of young people’s groups
There’s a chance for young people – and their parents – to find out about a whole range of youth organisations they might like to join.Ten uniformed groups for young people in Beds will be represented...
View ArticleFright-fully good fun at Gullivers this Halloween
Fancy a spook-tacular time this Halloween half term?Then you’ll be missing a trick, and a real treat, if you don’t check out Gullivers Land in Milton Keynes. With my children (aged 7 and 9) rather too...
View ArticleFormer captains gather in Leighton to watch President David lift trophy
Sixty former Captains of golf clubs in Bedfordshire met at Leighton’s Plantation Road course last week for their Autumn shoot-out but it was three local men who stole the show.Leading the hit-parade...
View ArticleProtesters demand to know plans for the future of The Buszy
Protesters are planning a Freedom of Information probe to discover exactly what MK Development Partnership plans to do with the Buszy building.More than 100 people marched to Milton Keynes Council last...
View ArticleArt exhibition in Leighton Buzzard to go ahead as planned
Leighton Buzzard Arts Society is holding an exhibition at Leighton Middle School this Friday and Saturday (October 30-31).The event is free to enter (Church Square entrance) and is open from 10am to...
View ArticleCREAGH/CARR REVIEW: The Glenn Miller Story
As 50s rocker Tommy Steele swung into Milton Keynes Theatre yesterday to star in The Glenn Miller Story, we got two very different perspectives on the show from elderly hackette Bev Creagh and young...
View ArticleIs the managerial merry go round slowing down?
Russ Wilcox (York City), Tim Sherwood (Aston Villa) and Guy Luzon (Charlton Athletic) are the latest managers to bite the bullet in the cut-throat business of English league football management, but...
View ArticleWoman must pay £1,000 in penalties for dropping a cigarette butt on the ground
A young smoker who dropped her cigarette butt on the floor just feet away from a litter bin has been ordered to pay nearly £1,000 by Milton Keynes magistrates.Tiffany Cobb, who is 25, was convicted in...
View ArticleAdvice to help keep out vomiting bug
With the weather getting colder, we can expect to see winter illnesses coming to the fore,such as diarrhoea and vomiting, which is often caused by norovirus. Such infections are highly contagious so...
View ArticleMan absconds from Milton Keynes secure unit
Police are warning the public not to approach a man from a secure mental health unit who disappeared on a day trip to a Buddhist monastery.Malcolm Millman, 58, was being detained at Chadwick Lodge, a...
View ArticleMan jailed for sexual charges against girl under the age of 13
A 31-year-old man has been jailed for four years for inciting a child under the age of 13 into sexual activity.Paul Woodcock, aged 31, pleaded guilty to two counts of the charge at Aylesbury Crown...
View ArticleBedfordshire League: top four win again
Once again there is no change at the head of the Premier Division supported by Sportsform league table following wins for the top four clubs on Saturday. For league leaders Renhold United that meant an...
View ArticleFormer South West Beds UKIP candidate given assault discharge
A 74-year-old martial arts instructor with an MBE assaulted his girlfriend during a row over his alleged infidelity.Former This is Your Life guest John van Weenen pleaded guilty to common assault after...
View ArticleFormer parliamentary candidate set to be named new deputy PCC
Saqhib Ali is set to be named as the new deputy police and crime commissioner, we can reveal.Mr Ali, who stood for Labour in North East Bedfordshire in May, has been recommended to the post by PCC Olly...
View ArticleCar park resurfacing should be complete by end of November
Resurfacing work on Leighton Buzzard’s multi-storey car park should hopefully be complete before the Christmas shopping season hots up.Improvements began several weeks ago and have another month to run...
View ArticleTheft of groceries at Co-op store
Police would like to speak to the man in the image in connection with the theft of groceries from the Co-op in Waterdell, Leighton Buzzard, on Wednesday, August 26. Call 101 with information quoting...
View ArticleBedfordshire League preview: October 31
Premier Division supported by Sportsform action this weekend sees leaders Renhold United defending their perfect home record against Wilstead - who hit the road looking to extend their unbeaten run to...
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