Neil Fox on film: Killing Them Softly, Savages
Killing Them SoftlyBeware the trailers that make this film seem like a Get Shorty or Burn After Reading-esque romp, because this is not that film. This is as brutal and violent and blistering a...
View ArticleBuckle backs Shaw to find his scoring touch
Hatters boss Paul Buckle has backed striker Jon Shaw to rediscover his goalscoring form, writes Mike Simmonds.The summer signing from Gateshead hit 35 goals last season, but has only found the net once...
View ArticleParcs exhibition
Center Parcs is holding a Woburn Forest Exhibition at The Rufus Centre in Flitwick today, Tuesday.Doors open at 10am and featured will be progress of the project, the jobs available and details about...
View ArticleLeighton society welcome new visitors
A society is encouraging the public to attend monthly meetings that feature demonstrations or talks by a professional artist. Leighton Buzzard Art Society is also welcoming Christine Goodman who has...
View ArticleFair will help Leighton businesses to connect
One of the largest business fairs ever to be held in Leighton will be opening its doors to people – without asking for a penny in entry fees.Leighton Buzzard Business Fair 2012 has been organised by...
View ArticleDaddy Cool Cancelled
Daddy Cool, a new musical featuring disco diva Sheila Ferguson and the songs of Boney M, has been scrapped. The show was to have run at the Royal & Derngate from Oct 9-13 but, as they say,”due to...
View ArticleStraw fire destroys barn
Firefighters were called to a barn fire in Dunton Road, Hoggeston, on Wednesday night when about 50 tonnes of baled straw caught fire.The blaze was spotted shortly after 8pm and crews from Winslow,...
View ArticleRough Justice (review)
Euthanasia is an emotive subject that polarises public opinion - and so it proved when the controversial “mercy killing” of a profoundly brain damaged baby was the story-line in Terence Frisby’s...
View ArticleInjuries hit Hatters hard ahead of Mariners test
Injuries have again hit the Hatters hard ahead of Friday night’s televised trip to Grimsby Town, writes Mark Wood.Versatile Jake Howells is fit after coming off at the weekend with blurred vision, but...
View ArticleRushmere plans for future visitors
On Wednesday everyone is invited to pop into Rushmere Visitor Centre between 2pm and 8pm when the proposals for the Visitor Centre improvements will be on display.Greensand Trust staff and the...
View ArticleHospitalised Howells shrugs off knock to face Grimsby
Despite being taken to hospital with blurred vision, Town’s versatile Wales U21 star Jake Howells is fit and raring to go for tomorrow night’s game at Grimsby according to Hatters boss Paul Buckle,...
View ArticleM1 overnight road block warnings
The installation of overhead gantries on the M1 will affect traffic from Thursday to Saturday night (September 20 - 22).Carriageways between junctions 12 and 13 will be reduced to one lane in each...
View ArticleOnly minor ‘surgery’ needed as Town look to go top with Mariners victory
Only minor surgery is needed to Town’s tactics according to boss Paul Buckle as they look to go top of the league with victory at Grimsby Town tomorrow night, writes Mark Wood.The Hatters bounced back...
View ArticleAll the odds as Town travel to Grimsby
The News/Gazette BetVictor column Town boss Paul Buckle seemed happy enough with last weekend’s clean sheet and point against promotion-rivals Wrexham but the layers weren’t too impressed and Luton are...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the pick of next week’s TV
SATURDAYComedy World Cup (Channel 4, 8.15pm)The first round of the knock-out tournament continues as two more teams battle it out to progress.Tonight, talk show host Alan Carr joins forces with...
View ArticlePREVIEW: Grimsby Town v Luton Town
Grimsby Town come into their home clash with Luton Town in front of the Premier TV cameras tonight on the back of a fine recent unbeaten run, writes Mike Simmonds.The Mariners have gone seven games...
View ArticlePark ‘is a drain on town’s resources’
Friends of the Earth are pushing for more house building in south Leighton in a bid to get vital funding for improved transport links.The group, and residents living near Astral Park, are furious that...
View ArticleArtist David has designs on £30,000 top prize!
Leighton-based gallery artist David Storey has a busy September. He is a finalist in this year’s prestigious Threadneedle Prize at The Mall Gallery in London as well as exhibiting at two other...
View ArticleDuo talk up Hatters’ runaway potential
No team will run away with the Blue Square Bet Premier title this season - unless it’s the Hatters according to keeper Mark Tyler and winger Dan Walker, writes Mark Wood.Walker, who made his first...
View ArticleThe wheels keep turning during cycle challenge
One dedicated MK Dons fan is two thirds of the way towards reaching his target amount of money he is raising to fund sports education for youngsters with disabilities - even though it is less than two...
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