SIXTY young people from across Central Bedfordshire recently took part in the MORE 16 and MORE Drive courses to improve their driving knowledge and skills.

INCIDENTS of scam emails being sent from hacked email accounts is on the rise, says Buckinghamshire’s Trading Standards team, who are reminding members of the public to be aware.

A LEIGHTON firm exhibiting at a national leisure show were delighted to have controversial celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey as their guest.

IT was all flipping good fun at this year’s pancake race in Heath and Reach when teams from the village, and the school children, took part.

EIGHT “luxury camping pods” are being planned at Whipsnade Zoo as charity chiefs aim to make it a year-round attraction.

THE choppy waters have been calmed between the town council and the I Love Leighton Buzzard Group over plans for this year’s Christmas Shopping Weekend.

PLANS are underway to re-locate Leighton’s job centre to Bossard House, in West Street, Leighton, with other Central Bedfordshire services.

A NEW strategy to increase the number of passengers and staff travelling to Luton Airport by public transport has been announced.

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Ignorance and panic were blamed for a Leighton Buzzard woman discarding a puppy she believed to be dead in a wheelie bin, Luton Magistrates Court heard yesterday (Monday).

Central Bedfordshire Council want your views on the Development Strategy, a new planning policy document that will play a huge part in shaping the future of the county.

CLOSE HARMONY is a group of 11 friends who enjoy a bit of a singsong in aid of charity.

A LEIGHTON pensioner is calling on safety experts to block access to an alley used as a children’s rat-run to school after a series of near-misses with moving vehicles.

LBO reader Nick Berghaus has responded to our story about a cougar on the loose to say that there may be a second cat, a black panther, also roaming the countryside close to the Leighton Bypass.

THE Speaker of The House, Aylesbury Vale MP John Bercow, turned up at a roadshow in Drayton Parslow to throw his weight behind the campaign to halt a controversial wind farm.

Central Bedfordshire Council is expanding its successful work club scheme, which delivers specialist support to help residents back into work.

TAXPAYERS will pay more for policing from April after Bedfordshire Police Authority members voted to reject a government grant.

ARTISTS working in the area are moving into the digital age by ditching their exhibitions in galleries and moving their work online.

A plan to support the roll out of superfast ‘Next Generation’ broadband across Central Bedfordshire has been approved by Executive Councillors.

Central Bedfordshire Council and Bedford Borough Council are celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Adoption and Fostering Week with a special information evening at Priory House in Chicksands.