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The uncovered River Lea running through the Hat Gardens
Music

Summer Sounds series returns to Luton town centre with wellness events

June 16, 2025 Music and arts desk Comments Off on Summer Sounds series returns to Luton town centre with wellness events

The Summer Sounds live music series is set to return to Luton town centre alongside expanded fitness activities. Selected Saturdays will see free live music light up the Hat Gardens, featuring: The programme extends beyond […]

London Luton Airport
News

Investigation under way after car plunges from Luton Airport car park

June 16, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Investigation under way after car plunges from Luton Airport car park

An investigation is under way after a car fell from a multi-storey car park at London Luton Airport on Sunday, leaving a man with minor injuries. Emergency services were called to Terminal Car Park One […]

Stacey Dooley (left) and Lilly Phillips
News

Stacey Dooley returns to UK screens — but OnlyFans star’s inclusion sparks controversy

June 13, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Stacey Dooley returns to UK screens — but OnlyFans star’s inclusion sparks controversy

One of Luton’s favourite daughters is returning to our screens later this year with a brand-new series of Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over, set to hit the airwaves — but the inclusion of controversial OnlyFans star […]

Rachel Hopkins MP speaking in another debate
News

Left on the steps of a church as a baby: Luton MP tells survivor’s story and backs law change

June 13, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Left on the steps of a church as a baby: Luton MP tells survivor’s story and backs law change

A Luton woman’s harrowing childhood experience was told as part of a fresh push in Parliament to protect the benefits of survivors of Ireland’s notorious mother and baby homes. Liam Conlon MP introduced a ten-minute […]

Festivals

Pride in Luton launches with powerful speech in protest against hate and a call for change

June 13, 2025 Newsdesk 1

The fourth annual Pride in Luton event was launched last night with a vigil including a powerful speech that reflected on the cost of living authentically as LGBTQI+ in a world that so often resists […]

Festivalgoers will be travelling to major music destinations from Luton Airport this summer
Travel

Festival fever takes off at Luton Airport

June 13, 2025 Music and arts desk Comments Off on Festival fever takes off at Luton Airport

Luton Airport is set to welcome thousands of festivalgoers travelling to major music destinations this summer, proving that many travellers are swapping beach towels for backstage passes. Research commissioned by the airport highlights that 45 […]

Work has not yet begun on The Stage regeneration project the site of which can be seen here on the left, the scene of which immediately greets passengers as they exit Luton Train Station and head down Bute Street
News

Delay to £136m Luton regeneration project The Stage blamed on safety regulator backlog

June 12, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Delay to £136m Luton regeneration project The Stage blamed on safety regulator backlog

Luton Council’s flagship £136 million town centre regeneration scheme, The Stage, has been hit by delays which are costing £100,000 a per month amid a lack of response from the Building Safety Regulator (BSR), it […]

Sarah Owen MP (Luton North) pictured speaking in the House of Commons
News

‘In urgent need of an overhaul’: Luton MP backs call for extended paternity leave in new report

June 12, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on ‘In urgent need of an overhaul’: Luton MP backs call for extended paternity leave in new report

Luton North MP Sarah Owen has called for a major overhaul of the UK’s parental leave system, saying the current two-week allowance for new fathers is “not good for families, not good for the economy […]

Ava and her sibling in the easyJet airplane cockpit
News

Luton landing marks 100th easyJet flight for critically ill children

June 11, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Luton landing marks 100th easyJet flight for critically ill children

The 100th easyJet flight supporting the travel wishes of children living with critical illnesses across Europe landed in Luton. Every 25 seconds, a family hears the devastating news that their child is diagnosed with a […]

Sarah Owen MP (Luton North) pictured speaking in the House of Commons
News

Luton MP condemns new Reform MP’s call to ‘ban the burka’ in heated BBC clash

June 11, 2025 Newsdesk Comments Off on Luton MP condemns new Reform MP’s call to ‘ban the burka’ in heated BBC clash

Luton North MP Sarah Owen has condemned as “dangerous and disingenuous” a call by newly elected Reform MP Sarah Pochin for a national ban on the burka, in a heated exchange aired live on BBC […]

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