Regional press industry leader calls for scrapping of controversial BBC plans A regional press industry leader has welcomed the BBC Trust review group's findings to reject plans for a head-to-head launch against local newspapers with news and sports video services ...
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Detectives hunt 'cowardly' schooboy robbers Detectives in Luton are appealing for witnesses after two teenagers repeatedly thumped a schoolboy before robbing him of the £3 they found in his pockets ...
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Conference to examine domestic abuse A conference organised by the Luton Multi-Agency Domestic Forum is to address the subject of violence against women and explore the impact of domestic abuse in minority communities ...
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PC pillars set for shopping centre Bedfordshire Police officers are pillars of the community... and nowhere is that more obvious than in Dunstable. Because for the first time officers' pictures and contact details will feature on a ...
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Helicopter homes in on stolen motorcycles Bedfordshire Police seized more than £1,000 worth of stolen motorcycles this weekend - thanks to a team effort by officers on the ground and the force helicopter ...
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Police search for school burglar Police in Luton are appealing for help to identify the man in this picture after a laptop computer was stolen from a junior school ...
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Hunt on for bookie robbersDetectives in Dunstable are appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery at a Dunstable bookmakers ... (21/11/2008)
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Major fire at abandoned tailors Dudley Street in Luton was sealed off by police today (Monday) as a major fire ripped through a deserted building.
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Scrapwood goes up in flamesFire crews raced to a fire at The Lion Kilns in Totternhoe after they were alerted to a large fire there on Sunday night. (21/11/2008)
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One in four mental care staff assaulted in a yearBY L UI STRACCIAA quarter of all mental and social care staff in the county have been assaulted in the last year. In 2007/8, 448 assaults have taken place on Bedfordshire and Luton Mental... (21/11/2008)
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Time to get in the swimThe exciting news has been a long time coming for the town's residents, who have seen so many false dawns since the idea of a 50m pool was first mooted ...
(15/11/2008)
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Former Tory candidate in court on wounding chargeA man who narrowly missed out on winning a seat on Luton Borough Council has appeared in court charged with wounding with intent. Meherban Khan, 53, appeared at Luton Crown Court... (21/11/2008)
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Respite care shortage puts strain on motherBY CLIVE GRESSWELL A mother who looks after her disabled son has hit out at a lack of adequate respite care in the area. Jeanette Baverstock, ...
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L&D baby unit reopensBY LUI STRACCIA Luton and Dunstable Hospital has reopened its neonatal intensive care Unit after two babies died following an E.coli outbreak last month.But it is still not known how...
(15/11/2008)
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Council officer receives MBE for police serviceA housing surveyor has been awarded an MBE for his long service to the community as a parttime policeman. Paul Thapar, a technical surveyor at South Bedfordshire District Council's landlord services... (21/11/2008)
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Rallying call to save The Dog and DuckBY CLIVE GRESSWELL Who gives a flying duck about the future of this community pub? That is the cry from pub company Charles Wells which wants to save...
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Top 50 crooks get extra helping handBY CLIVE GRESSWELL Police and the probation service joining forces to help criminals with their social problems smacks of the sort of 'soft option' policy that gets people singing the praises of 'string-'em-up'...
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Police uniforms to become more uniformPolice officers could end up wearing the same uniform as others across the country to save money. Of the 43 forces in England and Wales, no two currently have the same ... (21/11/2008)
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Forces forge links as counties co-operateBY LUI STRACCIAMore links could be forged between Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire police forces if business plans are agreed this week. The two constabularies already work together under the Major Crime Unit (MCU), which... (21/11/2008)
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Diabetes levels heading for epidemic proportionsThe number of diabetes sufferers in Bedfordshire has rocketed over the past three years. In 2005 there were 13,500 people aged 17 and above with the condition but, in 2008, that... (21/11/2008)
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Enthusiasts delighted as paths are reopenedBY CLIVE GRESSWELL A countryside group has welcomed the reopening of two footpaths in rural Luton. The paths are the Beech Hill Path and Strathmore Avenue and the Open Spaces Society ...
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Flyers are urged to 'Lighten Up'BY CLIVE GRESSWELLAir passengers have been urged to 'lose pounds'. The message comes from trade union Unite which lobbied passengers at Luton Airport on Monday. It wants to see a reduction in the weight... (21/11/2008)
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Area set to receive massive business boostLuton is set to be in the money when the Milton Keynes South Midlands (MKSM) project takes off. A business plan has now been drawn up with key plans for the... (21/11/2008)
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Helpline 'failing'BY LUI STRACCIA Some of Britain's neediest people are being failed by not being able to get through on a telephone helpline to apply for emergency loans and grants. South West Bedfordshire MP Andrew ...
(21/11/2008)
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L&D no smoking targets missedBY CLIVE GRESSWELLThe Luton and Dunstable Hospital is taking extra measures to stop mumsto- be from smoking following a Healthcare Commission report. The commission said that stopping expectant mothers from smoking and ...
(21/11/2008)
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Detectives appeal after spate of robberies Do you know this man? Bedfordshire detectives investigating four knifepoint robberies or attempted robberies at Dunstable businesses since the weekend, want to hear from you if you do...
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Operation called off at last minute after X-ray mix-up A sixty-seven-year-old's hip replacement operation was cancelled minutes before it was due to start after hospital staff mixed up his X-ray with that of a woman patient ...
(08/11/2008)
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Family misfortunesBY CLIVE GRESSWELLFive severely disabled children facing family breakdowns are having to wait to get respite care in Luton. The town's main centre Fairway in London Road, Luton, which only has six beds ... (21/11/2008)
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OAP, 88, told window upgrade set for 2018BY LUI STRACCIA Elderly council tenants in their 80s have been told to wait ten years until their homes are fitted with doubleglazing. Pensioners living at Felmersham Court in Wellhouse Close, Luton ...
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Most council bosses live away from LutonBY LUI STRACCIAOnly six heads of department at Luton Borough Council live in the town. Of the 27 most senior members of staff at the council, 78 per cent reside outside the borough ... (21/11/2008)
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Fill-in firemen strike plan branded 'dangerous'Proposals to bring in makeshift firefighters in the event of a strike have been branded 'dangerous' by a trade union. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has slammed the Government's national Fireguard ... (21/11/2008)
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Franks a million say wedding couple as probe is launchedBY CLIVE GRESSWELLAn official investigation has been launched into a complaint that a former leader of Luton Borough Council acted inappropriately by complaining about the noise coming from a wedding party ... (21/11/2008)
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Fire hero saves man's lifeBY CLIVE GRESSWELL Modest hero Mark Jones battled a fire to save the life of a man trapped inside a blazing house. Brave 40-year-old Mark of Rochester Avenue, Luton ...
(21/11/2008)
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Earl joins search for boxing kingBY JAMES CUNLIFFE You can't keep a good fighter down and only weeks after retiring from professional boxing Luton's Graham Earl has opened a state-of-the-art gym with a big goal - to wage...
(09/11/2008)
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Dealer drops his stash of heroin on prison visitA drug dealer who tried to supply a prison inmate has been jailed. Khalid Khan had agreed to deliver the drugs to help cut his debts, Ipswich Crown Court heard on... (21/11/2008)
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Firework vandals may have targeted asthma sufferer in attack on flatsA twenty-one-year old asthma sufferer fears she was the target of a firework thrown by yobs outside her front door ... (21/11/2008)
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Library to shut next year for £1.8m lottery-funded facelift Luton central Library will be closed for the first four months of next year for refurbishment. Around £1.8million will be spent on improving the library, following a Big Lottery Fund grant ...
(08/11/2008)
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MP slams Post Office watchdog's expenditure on bookThe body which failed to save Luton and South Bedfordshire's much-needed Post Offices has spent thousands of pounds on producing its own biography ... (21/11/2008)
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Recalling a special day from the last warBY LUI STRACCIA For George Walker, 'there is not a day or night goes by' that he does not think about what happened in the early hours of June 29, 1944...
(07/11/2008)
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Men nine times more likely to be stopped by copsBY CLIVE GRESSWELL More than 3,000 people were stopped and searched by the police in Luton from January to September this year. The figures have been released by divisional commander for Luton chief superintendent ...
(21/11/2008)
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Lighting up XmasBY CRAIG LEWIS As a frizzy-haired seventies rocker once famously screamed: "It's Christmas." Well, nearly - and the festive season is set to kick off in Luton next week with the switching on...
(21/11/2008)
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Housing resistanceBY CLIVE GRESSWELLTown and country have united in a bid to stave off development of 5,500 new houses in Stopsley. Outlying villages such as Lilley, which would be cut off by a swathe... (07/11/2008)
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