Hop on, jab in: People queue for drop-in Covid vaccination bus in Luton in new scheme to tackle low take-up of vaccinations Temporary facility was set up in the car park of Sainsbury’s in Bury Park, Luton Coronavirus cases increase in area with 4 per cent rise in people testing positive It comes after the … Read more
Former Sheffield United and Jamaica striker Luton Shelton dies aged 35 following battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Former Sheffield United striker Luton Shelton has passed away at the age of 35 Shelton had been battling with progressive neurodegenerative disease ALS There remains no cure for the illness, with which he was diagnosed in 2018 Shelton … Read more
Police are called to Luton mosque after huge row erupts involving up to 300 worshippers inside building Six police cars arrived at Jalalabad Jame Masjid Mosque in Luton on Friday Footage of police breaking up altercation emerged on social media on Monday Allegedly started following dispute involving secretary Syedul Islam Khan Arrived to worship as … Read more
Luton, Wolverhampton and Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly were the only three places in England to record a fall in Covid-19 infection rates over the past week – and only one of them is in a local lockdown. Wolverhampton, where residents are not allowed to meet friends and family in each other’s homes or … Read more
PureGym came under fire today after a personal trainer compared his workout to the slave trade in a social media post. Matt Simpson, a black man, posted a new workout for his clients on the PureGym Luton and Dunstable Facebook page, saying: ‘Slavery is hard and so is this’. He wrote: ‘Entitled ’12YearsOfSlave’ (after the … Read more
Mayor of Luton QUITS for breaking lockdown rules by attending party – as he apologises again for ‘regrettable’ actions despite Covid risk Labour councillor Tahir Malik attended an event in a back garden in Luton The Mayor of Luton said there was no excuse for breaching lockdown rules Cllr Malik said he was standing down … Read more
The Mayor of Luton and two councillors were pictured breaking lockdown rules by attending a party, just days before Luton was designated an ‘area of intervention’ by government health officials because of rising coronavirus cases. Mayor Tahir Malik was pictured at the outdoor gathering for 12 people in a back garden on July 21, along with councillors Waheed … Read more
Luton has been made an ‘area of intervention’ after seeing a spike in coronavirus cases – meaning long-awaited plans to open indoor gyms and leisure centres for locked-down Britons this weekend have been put on hold. The council has set up an emergency testing centre at a primary school and is telling locals to stay home … Read more
Wizz Air announces launch of SIX new routes serving Luton Airport from next month days after resuming flights to European destinations for the first time since lockdown By Joe Middleton For Mailonline Published: 13:08 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 13:26 BST, 5 May 2020 Wizz Air has announced the launch of six new routes … Read more