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Stacey’s TV show gets watchers all a-twitter

It is perhaps a little naive for Hazel Simmons to celebrate multiculturalism when the EDL and extreme fundamentalism both fester in Luton’s subculture. LUTON-born TV personality Stacey Dooley caused something of a social networking stir on Monday night as her latest documentary on the rise of extremism in her home town aired. BBC Three show [keep reading...]

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Help is at hand from reopened training centre

In these times there’s no downside to this laudable work. A CENTRE that provides support for young people struggling with education in order to help them take their next step towards employment has reopened in Dunstable. First Place Training, in Albion Street, helps youngsters like those with learning disabilities, who have dropped out of education, [keep reading...]

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The final Straw – again

Hypocrisy. It’s a powerful word. It has the feel of a silver bullet. A coup de gras. A final kill. You feel good when you use it. He’s such a hypocrite. That’s it. Nothing more is required. The argument is over. But that, surely, is wrong. It’s not okay to stop there, to say, I [keep reading...]

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Guns, knives and swords seized on Luton streets

Good as it is to get weapons out of the hands of villains, it seems a little surprising the cops are reluctant to pin the weapons on specific convictions obtained which resulted from seizing of the weapons. A SHOCKING array of more than 300 weapons including swords, axes and a crossbow were seized by armed [keep reading...]

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Sorry, Prime Minister, have you forgotten, you vetoed us

Yesterday was a watershed day. Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away. Yesterday. Yes. Only yesterday – well, yesterday’s yesterday now – it was the day The Prime Minister, The Right Honourable David Cameron MP, inheritor of the mantle of Oliver Cromwell, the Puritan who freed the House of Commons from control by Charles [keep reading...]

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Firms can get money for automation

In case you were wondering about how to improve your world, here’s the answer from the Con-Dems – get an automation review done. Sarcastic comments on a postcard please. LUTON companies are being invited to apply for help to automate their procedures. The British Automation and Robot Association (BARA) is promoting the availability of government [keep reading...]