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Alan Dee’s guide to new movie releases: Safe House, One For The Money
FANS of the Carry On series will recall the cheap and cheerful comedy brand’s take on package holidays, when a clutch of English stereotypes headed off to Spain to find that their hotel hadn’t been finished, they didn’t like the food, life was full of problems but they somehow made the best of it.
Geoff Cox’s guide to new DVDs
TOM Hardy certainly has a commanding screen presence, as witnessed by his remarkable turn as Luton-born jailbird Charles Bronson.
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.
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.
Entertainments
Jazz musician plays village show
KENNY Ball and His Jazzmen are set to return to a Bedfordshire village for the second time in 18 months.
Spectacular sounds and dance moves
A TRIO’S sparkling choreography and precise vocal qualities will give you a night to remember.
Soulful singers come to Bedford
WHEN you hear the name The Three Degrees you immediately think of their most famous song When Will I See You Again.
Puppet show come to theatre
Puppet innovators Blind Summit Theatre are set to present an award-winning brand new adult puppetry show The Table
Double bill of shows
After its successful Christmas show George’s Marvellous Medicine, Dumbstruck! Productions return to The Place Theatre with a double bill of one-man shows. This double bill of old fashioned Americana aims to explore 1950s America, with its conflicting values, competing drives and remarkable achievements.
Property
Banish the winter blues by spring-cleaning your home
THERE still may be a distinct nip in the air, but the emergence of Spring bulbs means a change of season isn’t too far away.
Buy at The Limes now to avoid stamp duty
‘BUY now and avoid paying stamp duty’ is the message from Storey Homes, who are advising first time buyers to hurry along to The Limes in Ampthill where there are stunning two bedroom apartments available under the current stamp duty threshold.
Pick up furniture and walk into your brand new home
LEADING housebuilder Barratt Northampton has come up with an innovative way to show homebuyers how their furniture could be arranged in a new Barratt home by using 2D furniture cut outs at its Greenkeepers Mews development on Greenkeepers Road in Bedford.
Stamp duty holiday ends soon, Connells warns
With the end of the Stamp Duty holiday looming, local estate agency Connells in Flitwick is warning first-time buyers to act now in order to complete before the cut off date on March 24, 2012.
Experienced local estate agent joins Elevation team
Elevation Estate Agents are delighted to announce the the appointment of Marc Chivers as branch manager of their Bedford Office.
Motoring
Who will be first to give in to petrol pressure?
ONE month after the Times & Citizen launched its campaign to bring Bedford’s petrol prices in line with other towns – and fuel bosses show no sign of budging.
VIDEO: Hydrogen-powered vehicle launched video
A GROUND-BREAKING project to tackle carbon emissions with a new hydrogen-powered car has been unveiled.
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Four-wheeled friends keep on growing
FROM a hobby that became a business based in a family bungalow, to a firm with superb facilties and four sites across the region, the White Arches Caravan Group has seen huge changes over the last four decades.
ROAD TEST: Alan Candy drives the Skoda Yeti TDI
WE demand so much from our cars nowadays. They need to be fuel efficient, family friendly, practical, versatile, fun to drive, safe. And if possible, get us through ice and snow safely, too.
Showbiz
Corden 'upset' at Adele speech halt
Brit Awards host James Corden revealed he held out as long as possible before cutting short big winner Adele's crowning moment - and said he had actually been told to move in after she said "thank you".
Carpenter's praise for pal Amanda
Amanda Seyfried has "no filter" - but that's not a criticism, according to her Gone co-star Jennifer Carpenter.
Atkinson condemned for ageism views
Miriam O'Reilly has criticised Blackadder star Rowan Atkinson after he described her legal action against the BBC as an "attack on creative free expression".
Cyndi Lauper makes theatrical debut
A new musical bringing together Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein and rock icon Cyndi Lauper will put its best foot forward in Chicago this autumn.
Hutcherson's love for Hunger Games
Josh Hutcherson has seen the finished version of The Hunger Games - and given it the thumbs up.
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Thursday 23 February 2012
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