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Why everyone is buying VPNs this Christmas

The Music Box is your ultimate guide to the world of music

How to get the biggest music stories straight in your inbox

The launch marks a major milestone for a spirit rooted in East Neuk hospitality and golfing tradition

Ad Feature UK-based distillery launches 10-year-old statement single malt whisky

Poster with information of the event,

Art and Stamps come together

Check which features each VPN provider offers - and consider carefully what's most important to you

What is a VPN and do you actually need one in 2025?

Fans looking to get as close to Oasis during their reunion shows might want to check their inbox for a Ticketmaster link.

Oasis ticket holders required to apply for front standing position

An announcement to tackle homelessness in Central Bedfordshire. Stock image.

Funding boost to help 'break the cycle of spiralling homelessness'

Tesco, Vimy Road.

Leighton Buzzard supermarket under fire as free parking time reduced

Google is quietly making a major change for Gmail users

A poll of 2,000 adults also found almost half have been targeted by a suspected scam in the last 12 months.

Top 10 growing scams of 2024

Films in the Park. Image: Leighton-Linslade Town Council.

Watch Wonka and Migration at Leighton Buzzard's Films in the Park this September
There will be a "magical movie experience" coming to Leighton Buzzard this month.
Jo Robinson

Google users are reporting issues on 12 August. Photo: LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images

Google down as 'users unable to search and use Gmail'

Lucy Shepherd, 26, took her nan, Rita, 93, to surprise her best friend, Jean Wood, 94, who she hadn't seen since 2018.

Watch: Touching reunion of life-long pals after 6 year 'Covid' break

Weak passwords give hackers a way in (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Microsoft users warned their emails may have been hacked

Meet Kylo, Appledown's newest permanent resident

Dog rescue raises funds to support new XL Bully permanent resident

Andrew Selous MP helping out on the rounds in Leighton Buzzard.

MP urges residents to contact him with post issues in fight for improved service

Uber and Uber Eats offer NHS staff working over Christmas free food and travel

NHS workers can claim free travel at Christmas thanks to Uber

The band Lighthouse entertained the crowds

Leighton Buzzard’s bonfire show lit up the night sky

Wigton Moor Primary School in Alwoodley, Leeds, which warned staff with an email, seen by the YEP.

Breaking Threatening e-mail forces schools into lockdown

Amazon Prime members will face an extra delivery charge from next month

Amazon Prime members to face extra delivery charge from next month

Tesco’s huge discount on iPhones & Samsung S23 Ultra for Clubcard customers

Tesco issue clubcard warning to customers ahead of upcoming deadline

What are all of Taylor Swift's Eras?

Taylor Swift Era’s Tour UK: When will I receive Midnights presale code

Virgin Media customers across the country have reported an outage with internet service

Virgin Media customers frustrated as internet provider goes down

easyJet has apologised after a man was banned from flying ‘because of his name’

easyJet apologises after man banned from flying ‘because of his name’

43 per cent of leaders anticipate suffering a cyber-attack within the next two years

50 of the most common passwords in 2022 revealed

The BBC has sent bombshell redundancy letters to some of its most prominent presenters - including newsreaders Huw Edwards and Reeta Chakrabarti.

Breaking BBC sends redundancy letters to top stars including Huw Edwards

Chad, and right, his new coronation design. Images: Chad Killoran.

Leighton Buzzard artist creates striking coronation design

The television presenter died on March 28, 2023

ITV to host Paul O’Grady tribute show – how to get involved
The television presenter died on March 28, 2023
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A new Love Island spin-off is coming to ITV – and Davina McCall, pictured, wants to front the new show.

Davina McCall to host Love Island spin-off The Romance Retreat

Leighton Buzzard report study area. Key: Orange - council owned land. Lined - recorded adopted highway. Pink - town centre boundary. Red - study area boundary. Image: CBC.

Leighton Buzzard's highly anticipated Land South consultation is now live

Dressing up for World Book Day

Leighton Buzzard children dress up for World Book Day

Could the car park be transformed into a site for kiosks? Image: Google.

Leighton Buzzard car park could become site for food and commercial kiosks

The Romance Retreat ITV: What is new Love Island spin-off show for middle aged single parents? - How to apply

The Romance Retreat ITV: Applications open for Love Island spin-off

The online scams to be aware of this Christmas

England's manager Gareth Southgate (Getty Images)

Man found guilty of sending racist email to Gareth Southgate

Skatepark in Parsons Close Rec, Leighton Buzzard

Leighton Buzzard skatepark is set to receive a £100k refurbishment

The Illicit Encounters website, and right, Leighton Buzzard High Street.

Leighton Buzzard dubbed 'cheating capital of Bedfordshire'

Paulo and Amore staff. Image: Amore Pizzeria.

Leighton Buzzard's Amore Pizzeria opens restaurant to the public

The proposed development. Image: Shaw and Jagger Architects.

Plans for new development could create 'arts and crafts community' in Linslade

Representatives from the East Anglian Air Ambulance with organiser, Graham Munt. Image: @DigiStevePhotography

£13,000 raised thanks to Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable Truck Convoy

Electric vehicles are the way of the future. Image: CBC.

New electric vehicle charging scheme trialled in Central Bedfordshire

The new play park. Image: Leighton-Linslade Town Council.

Inclusive children's play area opens for summer fun in Leighton Buzzard

The fake camera. Image: Leighton Buzzard Observer.

Fake speed camera in Heath and Reach leaves motorists reaching for brakes

The new route will be as shown above, with the current Vandyke Road between the two new junctions becoming access only to the new housing development known as The Brambles. Image: CBC.

Leighton Buzzard's re-routed Vandyke Road will reopen in June

Bellway

Two thirds of new homes built at Leighton Buzzard development
Bellway has now built two-thirds of its new homes at a development in Leighton Buzzard and plans to invest almost £2m in the area.
Jo Gravett

Cars parked on Poplar Close.

Leighton Buzzard resident calls for council to issue parking tickets along stree...

Vandyke Road. Image: Google

No imminent end to closure of Leighton Buzzard's Vandyke Road

Rupert Fawdry on the floor outside Tesco.

Elderly Linslade cancer patient left on ground after Tesco 'wouldn't provide cha...

Arriva: "It's beyond doubt the closure of the High Street has had a significant impact on the recovery of passengers and will continue to impact passenger levels until reversed"

Leighton Buzzard risks losing bus services made uneconomic by pedestrianisation

The benches on Leighton Buzzard's High Street

Are new benches in Leighton Buzzard town centre 'an accident waiting to happen'?

Photo from the scene of the fire (Beds Fire & Rescue)

PICTURES: Fire at car paint body shop in Leighton Road, Stanbridge now under con...

Would you like to join the Community First Responders?

Community First Responders searching for volunteers in Leighton-Linslade

The queue at A&E on Monday at about 4pm

Shock at queues for Luton and Dunstable Hospital's A&E department

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Leighton Buzzard logistics park reaches new heights as warehouse structural stee...

Have you got a LGV2 licence?

Central Bedfordshire tries to recruit lorry drivers as shortage continues to bit...

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