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London Luton Airport
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New £160m loan to help drive Luton Airport expansion, creating thousands of local jobs

July 2, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on New £160m loan to help drive Luton Airport expansion, creating thousands of local jobs

Luton Airport has secured a major £160million loan that will help unlock plans to nearly double its passenger capacity – a move that could create up to 11,000 new jobs and boost the local economy […]

Sarah Owen MP (Luton North, Labour), during a different debate. Photo by House of Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
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Luton MP will pull support for Welfare Bill if government backtracks on key pledges

July 2, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Luton MP will pull support for Welfare Bill if government backtracks on key pledges

Luton North MP Sarah Owen has welcomed significant concessions made by the government to the controversial Welfare Reform Bill but has warned she will not support the legislation at its final stage if there is […]

Luton and Dunstable Hospital
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Luton Hospital adopts Martha’s Rule to improve patient safety

July 1, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Luton Hospital adopts Martha’s Rule to improve patient safety

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital has begun rolling out Martha’s Rule – a new patient safety measure designed to ensure concerns about seriously ill patients are acted upon swiftly. The initiative, named after 13-year-old Martha […]

Luton and Dunstable University Hospital
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Hospital introduces ground-breaking kidney stone op for faster, safer patient recovery

June 28, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Hospital introduces ground-breaking kidney stone op for faster, safer patient recovery

Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is now offering a cutting-edge, minimally invasive procedure for kidney stone removal, one of only a handful of hospitals in the country to do so. The Luton and Dunstable University […]

The Mayor of Luton, Amy Nicholls, onstage at Pride in Luton
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History made as Luton’s first openly LGBTQ+ mayor officially appointed with inclusion promise

June 27, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on History made as Luton’s first openly LGBTQ+ mayor officially appointed with inclusion promise

Luton’s first openly LGBTQ+ mayor has been officially appointed and has promised to use her term in office to champion inclusion and stand up for all marginalised communities in the town that continue to face […]

Myles Smith
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‘Life’s wild’ – rising pop star Myles Smith goes from ‘Luton to the cover of GQ’

June 26, 2025 Music and arts desk Comments Off on ‘Life’s wild’ – rising pop star Myles Smith goes from ‘Luton to the cover of GQ’

With billions of streams, a BRIT Award win, a place on Time magazine’s 100 Next list and now the cover of British GQ, Myles Smith is fast becoming one of the most influential voices in […]

A statue of justice, commonly called Lady Justice. She is an allegorical figure representing the moral force in judicial systems
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Victims of prolific paedophile speak out after he is handed another life sentence

June 25, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Victims of prolific paedophile speak out after he is handed another life sentence

Multiple victims who were abused by a prolific sex offender in Luton have described their trauma after he was handed another life sentence. Carson Grimes, also known as Carson Phillips, now 69, was handed an […]

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Luton Council to spend more money than ever on road repairs

June 25, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Luton Council to spend more money than ever on road repairs

Luton council is spending more money than ever to improve the condition of the town’s roads including using a specialist low-carbon pothole repair method that will complete repairs faster, more efficiently, and with reduced noise […]

PC Darren Attwood
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Off-duty officer stabbed in machete attack hailed for ‘extraordinary bravery’

June 24, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Off-duty officer stabbed in machete attack hailed for ‘extraordinary bravery’

An off-duty Metropolitan Police officer who was slashed with a machete while stepping in to stop a robbery in Luton town centre has been praised for his extraordinary bravery. PC Darren Attwood, who was in […]

Aviva's low-emission buses at Luton Airport
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‘Raising the standard of public transport’: Luton Airport to benefit from low-emission 24/7 buses

June 24, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on ‘Raising the standard of public transport’: Luton Airport to benefit from low-emission 24/7 buses

Local passengers travelling to and from London Luton Airport by bus are set to benefit from a brand-new fleet of 30 state-of-the-art, low-emission buses, launched as part of Arriva’s £9.7 million investment into its enhanced, […]

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    Myles Smith dedicates new short film with Stephen Graham to Luton Hospital as debut album on course for No.1

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    Luton singer-songwriter Myles Smith has released a powerful new short film dedicated to children and staff at Luton & Dunstable University Hospital while also announcing that his debut album is in early contention to go [...]
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    Kaiser Chiefs to headline Luton’s biggest party of the year

    June 5, 2026 Comments Off on Kaiser Chiefs to headline Luton’s biggest party of the year
    Rock band Kaiser Chiefs have been announced as the headline act for Luton’s biggest music event of 2026 as the town celebrates 150 years of borough status. The Leeds group, best known for hits including [...]
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