PEACOCKS in Bedford closed it doors this afternoon, just one hour after it was announced the company had been sold.

CONSERVATION cash is now available for Bedfordshire charities, community groups and not-for-profit organisations.

THERE are certain words in Britain that are bound to arouse public interest and are often liberally doused over headlines or campaigns to add a touch of spice.

A MOBILE fish and chip shop is giving people the chance to win a chippy dinner if they can guess what seaside is on the side of its van.

TWO residential homes in Bedford have been rated as two of the top BUPA care homes in the UK.

It was Bedford versus Luton when pensioners living at Bedfordshire Pilgrim Housing Association’s (BPHA) sheltered accommodation schemes did battle at the inter-courts quiz last week.

THIS extraordinary photo dates back to 1899 and shows the bells of Houghton Regis Church at the rear of the building after being lowered from the tower for rehanging.

Hagglers, savvy-shoppers and sale-seekers are on the increase according to new research from Santander Credit Cards.

The number of drivers over the age of 80 has now topped one million according to information obtained by motoring charity the IAM following a freedom of information request to the DVL.

WE tread the boards in the winter of 1952 for this school play at Bedford Modern School.

WINTRY weather finally arrived last week and Luton News photographers were out and about capturing snowy scenes. So we’ve delved into our archives and found these pictures of Luton winters in bygone years.

WHEN builders moved into the launderette in Hockliffe Road at the beginning of January little did they expect to find the remains of an old oven in the basement.

GET ready to hit the road this summer, as entries are now open for this year’s Bedford Race For Life.

LBO reader Susan Roscoe sent us in this week’s Down Memory Lane photographer.

BUSINESSES and residents who have been hit repeatedly by Central Beds Council’s new CCTV parking enforcement vehicle, have criticised the authority’s “money-making scheme”.

TAKE your time and breathe, and you could be on your way to much better health.

Road safety charity the IAM offers weekly motoring tips from Britain’s top advanced driver, Peter Rodger.

FORMER patients of an alcohol rehabilitation centre that is due to close next month, have joined together to campaign for the service to be retained.

One in four of all potatoes eaten are in the form of chips and over 277 million portions of chips are sold in fish and chip shops across the UK each year.

New research has spotlighted the crippling impact of yob culture on businesses in the East of England, which cost £8.2 million in 2011 and is expected to cost a staggering ten times more in 2012