- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- GPs 'over-paid for ghost patients'
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
- 'Anxious' teacher 'set self alight'
- 'Crush racism' in football: PM
What's On
Save The Last Dance For Me (review)
THE audience gave Save The Last Dance For Me a big thumbs up when it opened at Aylesbury’s Waterside Theatre this week.
Nutcracker! (review)
A SWEETIE-induced sugar rush left ballet fans at Milton Keynes Theatre on a high following the opening night of Matthew Bourne’s sumptuous production of Nutcracker!
Sending out an SOS on Valentine’s Day
A TALENTED new band showcased their music at a Love Luton festival event in The Mall on Valentine’s Day.
Louie Spence announced as panto star
TV PERSONALITY Louie Spence will be this year’s pantomime star at Milton Keynes Theatre it was announced today.
Oedipussy (review)
YOU can always expect the unexpected from Fringe favourites, Spymonkey, and the opening night at the world premiere of their new production at the Royal & Derngate proved no different.
Xtra What's on
Singer returns to home town for Valentine’s Day
ENGLAND’S answer to Michael Buble is performing in his home town of Luton this week.
VIDEO: Birds of prey play in snow video
BIRDS of prey came out to play in the snow at Whipsnade Zoo on Monday.
Chart topper Olly Murs named as Love Luton artist
CHART topper Olly Murs has been announced as the second act to headline the Love Luton Festival in July.
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Girls dance for Charles Dickens’ birthday
TWO girls are set to perform for Charles Dickens’ family at a dinner in London to celebrate his bicentenary on February 7.
Radio 1 DJ at Nightclub
LEGENDARY Radio 1 DJ MistaJam will be doing a live set at Liquid in Luton on Monday.
Theatre
REVIEW: Furniture frolics at The Abbey
It’s hard to know what to expect from a show entitled ‘Sofa / Bed Double Feature’, but the Breakaway Theatre Company show turned out to be a quirky production with both laughs and powerful acting that kept the audiences entertained at The Abbey Theatre last night.
Save The Last Dance For Me review by Adam King
PERFORM nearly 40 songs of varying quality from the late 50s and early 60s, add a flimsy plot and you get a standing ovation at the Waterside Theatre.
REVIEW: Essex – it’s the only way to enjoy the Fun Fair!
A snap shot of the 1970s is superbly recreated at Milton Keynes Theatre this week with the production of All the Fun of the Fair which highlights the trials and tribulations of travelling fairground folk.
Little Theatre hosts Little Night Music
A LITTLE Night Music is coming to the Little Theatre in Dunstable from January 31 to February 4.
Cinema & DVD
Gift shop feels power of the dark side
LORD Vader showed his charitable side as he sent two of his minions to Just Us in Stopsley to collect money for Macmillan Nurses on Saturday (January 28).
Music
Kevin Bryan’s record reviews
The Lemonheads, “Laughing All The Way to the Cleaners / The Best Of” (Music Club Deluxe MCDLX 531)- This definitive 2 CD set delivers a very comprehensive overview of the contribution that Evan Dando and his various cohorts made to the alternative rock scene during their creative heyday in their early nineties. The bulk of the 47 tracks showcased here date from this highly productive period in Dando’s rather erratic career , including self-penned gems such as “It’s A Shame About Ray” and an eclectic assortment of cover versions led by Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs.Robinson,” Suzanne Vega’s “Luka” and the late great Kirsty MacColl’s “He’s On the Beach.”
Singer returns to home town for Valentine’s Day
ENGLAND’S answer to Michael Buble is performing in his home town of Luton this week.
Chart topper Olly Murs named as Love Luton artist
CHART topper Olly Murs has been announced as the second act to headline the Love Luton Festival in July.
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Radio 1 DJ at Nightclub
LEGENDARY Radio 1 DJ MistaJam will be doing a live set at Liquid in Luton on Monday.
Boyband unveiled as Luton festival act
CHART-topping boyband The Wanted were unveiled as the first headline act at July’s Love Luton Festival in front of scores of excited school children yesterday.
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Reviews
Mecca’s in the money!
MORE THAN £4 million – that’s the staggering amount of prize money Mecca Bingo in Luton’s Skimpot Road paid out to customers last year.
Damian in the dark about his big role
Described as “24 for grown-ups”, Homeland has already won a Golden Globe and critical acclaim. As the show begins in Britain on Channel 4, its main star Damian Lewis talks to Shereen Low about portraying a US marine sergeant suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and why he really wants to play Don Draper from Mad Men.
Menswear collection hits the catwalk
LOCAL designer Lewis-Duncan Weedon is showing his first menswear range at London Fashion Week.
VIDEO: Beer lovers hail the ale at annual festival video
BEER enthusiasts raised a glass to the creme of a bumper crop of locally sourced tipples at a packed Luton Beer Festival at the weekend.
TRAVEL: Botswana, a real African adventure
On a Saga holiday with a difference, Lauren Taylor discovers the joys of a safari in the famed Okavango Delta.
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Weather for Luton
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 9 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 2 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: West
