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Minister sends
MPs letter over
probe at college
BYCARLMUNGAZI DavidCollinsCBE,wasappoint-
[email protected] ed in November last year to
tacklefailingcolleges.
AREVIEWintoacollegebeing HewilladviseMrHancock,the
investigatedbythegovernment SFAandtheEducationFunding
couldultimatelyleadtoitbeing Agencyonthecapabilityofthe
dissolvedortakenover,aletter college’sboardto‘deliverfinan-
fromaministerhasrevealed. cialcontrolimprovements’.
The Minister for Skills and Areportonthegovernment’s
Enterprise Matthew Hancock findingsattheFederationisdue
wrotealetterthisweekoutlin- attheendofthemonth.
ing action that could be taken Lastweek,JudyOliver,theact-
once the Further Education ing chair of the Barnfield
Commissioner completes his Federation Board, said: “The
assessmentatBarnfieldCollege. Further Education
TheletterwassentonTuesday Commissionerwillbespending
toLutonSouthMPGavinShuker GavinShukerMPwasamongthe thenexttwoweeksatBarnfield
and other MPs who may have peoplesenttheletteronBarnfield College as part of the Skills
constituentsatthecollege. FundingAgency’srecentinves-
The FE Commissioner’s two- Commissioner’s review was a tigation. Thomas wins £100,000 lottery jackpot!
week visit is part of a joint result of ‘concerns on the ade- “Both the management and
DepartmentforEducation(DfE) quacyoffinancialcontrolsandis Governorsofthecollegewillbe
andSkillsFundingAgency(SFA) in line with the government’s fully engaged with the
investigationintotheBarnfield intervention policy set out in Commissionerandhisteam;the A66-YEAR-OLDmanfromLutonis isnowplanningtobuyhimselfanew
Federation, which runs the Rigour and Responsiveness in BoardofGovernorsremainfully planningtorideoffintothesunset caravantocontinuehistravels.
collegeandseveralacademies. Skills’. committed to building on afterscoopingthetopprizeonthe “Thisisbeyondmywildestdreams,”
The letter, made available to An attached document improvements that are already HealthLottery. hesaid. “Iamgoingtobuyanew
LutononSunday,statesthatthe explainsthatinterventionscan underwayandtomakefurther RetiredlorrydriverThomasDilley touringcaravanandbanktherest.”
collegecouldbetakenover,dis- take place when a college is changeswhereappropriate. wonthe£100,000jackpotafter DominicMansour,ChiefExecutive
solved or the governing body judgedas‘inadequate’byOfsted “Therefore no further state- matchingallfiveballsonthe ofTheHealthLotterysaid:“Welldone
replacediftheinquiry’sfindings orifitfailsonminimumstand- ment is expected to be made November30thdraw. MrDilley,andwhataperfectretire-
suggestthisasthebestcourseof ards or financial management until the publication of the Thomas,whohasbeenspendinghis mentpresent.Ihopehewillnowenjoy
action. requirements. report due at the end of this retirementtouringaroundSomerset hisretirementinstyle.”
Init,MrHancocksaidtheFE The FE Commissioner, Dr month.”
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Leon Briggs Committee said: ‘bearhug’.
Generalsportenquiries BEDFORDSHIRE’S Police and “We find it extremely reckless Thevictimbeganscreaming
[email protected] CrimeCommissioner(PCC)has and unprofessional of Mr andatthispointher
Sportsdesk:01234406224 received a written warning for Martinstodiscloseconfidential Staffordshirebullterriercame
disclosing ‘confidential infor- information about the Leon runningoutofthewoodand
mation’ about the death of a Briggscasetoathirdparty,espe- chasedtheoffenderacross
ADVERTISIng manheldinpolicecustody. ciallyasthecaseisstillongoing. HoughtonGreenandtowards
LutonmanLeonBriggsdiedin “Inthefirstpublicmeetingthe CemeteryRoad.
LSNpublisher: November after being detained family and community were Ifyouhavewitnessesthis
SharonHobday and restrained by Bedfordshire promised both openness and incidentpleasecallBedfordshire
Policeunderthementalhealthact. transparencyandfindthistobe Policeonthenon-emergency
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[email protected] mation about the death of Mr trust within the community,
Briggs to a ‘close friend’ who with a close associate, some something the authorities are COMMUNITYleaders,
Itisaconditionofacceptanceofadvertisementorders worksattheHomeOffice. informationthathadbeenpro- requestingfromus.” councillors,residentsandcoun-
thattheproprietorsofLocalWorlddonotguaranteethe On Tuesday morning, Mr videdtomeinmyroleasPolice The Independent Police cilstaffwillbecommemorating
insertionofaparticularadvertisementonaspecified Martins appeared before the and Crime Commissioner ComplaintsCommission(IPCC) HolocaustMemorialDayon
date,oratall,althougheveryeffortwillbemadeto county’sPoliceandCrimePanel regarding the death of Leon investigation into the death is Sunday,January26,at3pmin
where he admitted passing on Briggs. on-going,andthebodywillnow LutonTownHallCouncil
meetthewishesofadvertisers;furthertheydonot
information about the “Unfortunately, the person to consider whether the PCC’s Chamber.
acceptliabilityforanylossordamagecausedbyany
investigation. The panel found whomIspokedidnotappreciate breachwillhavetoformpartof Luton’sprogrammeincludes
errororinaccuracyintheprintingornonappearance thatthecommissionerhaddis- thesensitivityofwhathadbeen theirenquiry. songs,apresentationoffilmclips
ofanyadvertisement,andreservetherighttoedit closed unauthorised confiden- said, nor indeed completely Following the hearing, the highlightingdifferentjourneys
ordeleteanyobjectionablewordingorrejectany tialinformationtoanotherparty. understood it, and went on to IPCC said: “We have asked for undertakenbyvictimsand
advertisement.Althougheveryadvertisementis A Bedfordshire Police and repeatagarbledinterpretationof and received information from survivorsandanextractfrom
carefullychecked,occasionallymistakesdooccur. CrimePanelSpokespersonsaid: ittoathirdparty. thepanelabouttheincidentand theexperienceofJohnEdelnand
Wethereforeaskadvertiserstoassistusbychecking “The panel will be issuing a “TheverylastthingthatIwishto theactionithastaken. aHolocaustsurvivor.
theiradvertisementscarefullyandadviseus written reprimand to the seeisafrenzyofspeculationsur- “WehavealsoaskedtheCrown Ifyouwouldliketoattend
immediatelyshouldanerroroccur. Commissioneremphasisingthat roundingmyactionsovershadow- Prosecution Service (CPS) for Luton’sHolocaustMemorialDay
any further breaches of confi- ing the really important issue, someinitialadvice. eventpleaseregisteryour
Weregretthatwecannotacceptresponsibilityformore
dentialitywillnotbetolerated.” namelyhowandwhyLeonBriggs “We will assess this in deter- interestbycontactingAnn
thanoneincorrectinsertionandthatnorepublication
A statement issued on Mr diedwhilstinpolicecustody.” mining whether there is a Loeffleron01582546033.
willbegrantedinthecaseoftypographicalor Martins’s behalf said: “To my Campaignershavesincebrand- requirement for IPCC
minorchangeswhichdonotaffectthevalueofthe great regret I discussed, purely ed the leak ‘reckless’ and involvement.” traVelCHaosforCoMMuters
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Busway sign for drivers
‘not paying attention’!
BYLAURENARCHELL
[email protected]
ANelectronicsignhasbeenplacedat
an entrance to the busway as
motorists continue to get their
vehiclesstuckonthetrack.
The temporary matrix sign, which
reads‘Buswaynoentry’, willbein
placeatNewBedfordRoadinLuton,
foramonth.
Itisthenhopedthatrisingbollards
nearthetrainstationwillbeworking,
and the problem of motorists
attemptingtodrivealongtheguide-
waywillberesolvedforgood.
Since the opening of Luton
Dunstable Busway in September a
numberofvehicleshavemistakenthe
entrance for a road and have
proceededtogetstuckinthecartrap. NOENTRY:ThetemporarysignwillbeattheNewBedfordRoadentranceforamonth
In December, the car breakdown
service RAC told Luton on Sunday track,actionhadtobetaken. temporary matrix sign displaying
that better signage was needed to Acouncilspokesmansaid:“Thereis arelevantmessageattheNewBedford
prevent drivers from ‘accidentally simply no excuse for attempting to RoadentrancetotheguidedBusway.
strayingontoit’,afterbeingcalledto drivealongthebuswayandanyone It is clearly visible to car and van
a number of motorists who had whoislookingwheretheyaregoing drivers unlawfully using the route
becometrappedonthetrack. would see that there is no road to behindtheGalaxy.”
Theauthorityhadpreviouslystated driveon. Drivingonthebuswayisillegaland
that the signage was up to “As a temporary measure to help canleadtothelegalactionresulting
Government-approved standards drivers who are still not paying inacriminalrecordandafineofup
and wasbalancedbetweeninform- properattentionwhendrivingtoget to£1000.
ingdriversoftheregulationsandnot usedtotheideathataguidewayis - Do you think the new sign will
overclutteringthestreetscene.Butas clearlynotsomewhereyoushouldtry help? Contact us on Facebook or
motoristscontinuetodriveontothe todriveyourcar,wehaveinstalleda Twitterandletusknow.
Film shows non-white role in WW1
THEinfluenceofthefourmillionnon- of1914to1918. Limburyward,openedtheevent.
whitepeoplewhowereinvolvedinthe Thepiece,whichwasscreenedon Shesaidthatthishistory“needsto
FirstWorldWarhasbeenhighlighted Thursday,alsolookedattherelevance beshared”withschoolchildrenand
duringadocumentaryshownaspartof suchmemorieshavefordiverse localcommunities.
aspecialcentenaryeventatthe communitiesinBritaintoday. Shesaid:“Thedocumentarywas
UniversityofBedfordshire. Itwasco-hostedbetweenIWM,Luton veryinterestingforme,asitshowed
TheImperialWarMuseum’s(IWM) Cultureandtheuniversityandincluded thatmyancestorsactuallymadea
feature‘WhoseRemembrance?’looked apaneldiscussionledbySuzanne difference.
attheexperiencesandencountersof Bardgett,IWM’sheadofresearch, “Andwecansaythatweareinthis
thosewhoservedfromBritain’svast, ProfessorKarenRandellfromthe countrybyright.
formerempire–aroundonemillionof university,andcommunityleaders. “Priortoseeingthisfilm,Inever
whomlosttheirlivesduringthebattles CouncillorJacquiBurnett,fromthe knewofourinfluence.”
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Ex-Hatters’ player
died from overdose
BYJULIASUTTON andhadonlyseenhimtake
[email protected] drugsoncebefore,ataclubin
Londonaweekearlier.
Hetoldtheinquesthedid
FORMER Luton Town foot- notsupplyMrOkaiwiththe
baller Parys Okai’s friend drugsandhadnoideawhere
kissedhimashelaydyingon hegotthemfrom.
a dancefloor from a drug Mr Okai’s mother, Gillian
overdoseandtoldhim“I’m Edmunds,saidshehadnever
not going to leave you”, an seenhersontakedrugs.
inquestheard. Shesaid:“Mysonwasvery
Lee Orcheston comforted fit. He was a footballer. He
theformerprofessionalfoot- didn’thideanythingfromme
ballerafterhecollapsedfrom andIwouldhaveknownifhe
anecstasyoverdoseattheO2 OVERDOSE:ParysOkai wastakingdrugs.”
Academynightclub,Leicester. Detective Constable
Mr Okai died in Leicester Lee.I’mnotgoingtoleaveyou’.” Eleanor Develin said the
Royal Infirmary on October MrOrchestonsaidheanda police had investigated Mr
30,threedayslater. memberofthevenue’ssecu- Okai’sdeathbutdidnotknow
MrOrchestontoldthehear- ritystaffmovedMrOkaitoa who had supplied him with
ing at Leicester Town Hall private room, where emer- thedrug.
howhe,28-year-oldMrOkai gencyfirstaidwasadminis- Coroner Catherine Mason
andanotherfriendhadtrav- tered until paramedics recordedaverdictofmisad-
elledfromLutontothetwo- arrivedandtookover. venture.Shesaidalltheevi-
daymusicevent,Outbreak. ToxicologistPeterSmithsaid dencepointedtothefactMr
Hesaidhehad1gofecstasy MrOkaihadalevelof1,906 Okai had taken the drugs
onhimandMrOkai3g. nanogrammes of MDMA – voluntarily.
Oncetheywereintheclub, generallyknownasecstasy– MrsMasonwarnedpeople
MrOrchestonsaidhesawMr inamillilitreofblood. not to take street drugs
Okaidancingalotandknew Dr Smith said blood levels because,aswellasbeingille-
hehadtakenecstasy. of above 500 nanogrammes gal,nobodycouldbesureof
At some point during the per millilitre had proved whatwasinthem.
evening,MrOrcheston,went fatal,andthatMrOkaidied Shesaid:“Pleasedon’tdab-
outside.Agirlranoutandtold ofanoverdoseofMDMA. ble–andpassoutthatmes-
himMrOkaihadcollapsed DrSmithsaidtakingecsta- sage.Letthatbeanongoing
“I ran back inside and saw sy potentially had several memorytoMrOkai,thatlives
Parysonthefloor.Hewasfit- fatalconsequences. maybesavedbyhisdeath.”
ting. I kissed him and said Mr Orcheston said he had Mr Okai’s family did not
‘Parys, mate, you’re cool. It’s knownMrOkaiofallhislife commentafterthehearing.
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Attacked teen left in road
ATEENAGERwasassaulted, Minuteslaterhewasfound Investigatingofficer,
robbedandleftunconsciousin unconsciousintheroadwitha DetectiveConstableGill
aDunstablestreetashe seriousheadinjury. Cowley,said:“Thiswasa
walkedhomeafteranightout. Hismobilephoneandwallet horrendousattackonayoung
Theattacktookplaceat hadbeenstolen. manwhowashomefrom
around4.25amonSaturday, Theteenwasrushedto universityandhadenjoyeda
January11,inLowtherRoad. AddenbrookesHospitalwhere nightoutwithfriends.”
Thevictimhadtextedand heremainsinaHigh Ifyouhaveinformationrelat-
thencalledhismothertosay DependencyUnitinaserious, ingtothisincident,contactDC
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Church organ fund
Cloudy2Clear WindoADVEwRTISEMEsNT
– Service With A Smile!
reaches £28,000!
It’sbeenacrazyfewmonths tradespeoplehavestruggled ‘Thetruthisthatit’snotjust showhowmuchalittlebitof
forCloudy2ClearWindows. sincelastyearandIhonestly thepersonalsatisfactionthatI effortisappreciated.’
Thecompanywhich feelthatduringthegood getfromdoingagoodjobbut So,ifyourwindowsare
specialisesinrepairing timesaminorityperhaps alsoitmakesgoodbusiness steamedup,brokenor
windowswhicharesteamed didn’tfocusoncustomer sense.Igetahugeamount damagedgiveTomacall
up,brokenordamagedby careasmuchastheyshould ofbusinessfromfriendsand forafreequotationon
bylaurenarchell replacingthepanes–not havedone.Wemakesure familyofpeopleI’vedone 08006121118andhe’llbe
[email protected] theframeshasgrown weturnupwhenwesaywe workfor,whichjustgoesto happytohelp!
rapidlyashomeownerstake will,dothejobthecustomer
A GENEROUS grant and a advantageoftheirservices. requiresandleavetheir
fun calendar have helped ManagingDirectorTom houseascleanasawhistle.
fundraisers collect £28,000 Blissfeelsthatit’sallabout Ioftengetcommentsback
to save the 143-year-old service.‘Ourproductis fromcustomersonhowthey
simple.Ifyourdoubleglazing reallydidn’texpectthatsort
organ in High Town ismistedupwecanreplace ofservicewhich,inaway,
MethodistChurch. theglassatafractionofthe isverysadfortheservice
Theinstrumentwasbuiltby costofanewwindow,in industryasawhole.’
Wilkinsonin1870,butafter anytypeofframe,andwith Cloudy2Clearservice
beingplayedduringservices, anew10yearguarantee. theLuton,Dunstableand
weddings and funerals in Butit’snotjustaboutsaving StevenageareasandTomis
Luton for more than a peoplemoney,although findingthathisapproachisa
century, the valuable organ thatobviouslyhelps.Many majorfactorinhissuccess.
nowneedsrefurbishing.
Thefullrestoration,which
involves cleaning and
straightening 1,660
individual lead pipes, is
expected to cost at least
£70,000.Sincelaunchingthe
campaign last June,
churchgoers have been
planning events including DelIGhTeD:almost£28,000hasbeenraisedforthehighTown
sponsored golf days and a organappeal-butthechurchishopingtocollect£70,000
Harvestsuppertohelpraise
themuch-neededfunds. “Wealsosold250calenders andtheworryisthatitwillgo
David Goodge, who has whichfeaturedpicturesofall beyond repair and become
beenthechurchorganistfor theoldstreetsinLuton.That unplayable.
20years,saidheisdelighted helped us to raise around “We have one of the last
with the progress the £1,000. We are hoping to remainingWilkinsonorgans
campaignhasmade. applyforanumberofother hereinLuton,andtolosethe
“We were delighted to grantsandareintheprocess historyandheritagethatgoes
receivea£10,000grantfrom of planning our fundraising withitreallyisunthinkable.”
the Historic Churches fund, eventsfortheyear. Formoreinformationorto
whichhasreallyboostedthe “The organ is now donatetothefund,callDavid
totalwehavecollectedsofar. deteriorating quite quickly on01582656293.
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Pupils taught to
cross the roads
YOUNGSTERSnowhaveaccessto
onlinetrainingwhichwillhelpthem
crosstheroadsafely–thankstothe
council’sroadsafetyteam.
TheSteppingoutSafelypedestrian
trainingprogrammeisaimedat
schoolchildrenbetweentheagesof
fourandseven.
CllrDaveTaylor,PortfolioHolder
forroadsafety,said:“Wearedoing
asmuchaspossibletohelpparents
teachtheirchildrenhowtocrossthe
SAFE:StudentsfromStJosephsInfantschool roadsafely.”
Anger at plan for TV
show in police station
BYLAURENARCHELL The force has since insensitive to Leon and his
[email protected] admitted that the timing of family at a time when they
the announcement was areinmourning.”
CAMPAIGNERS for a man ‘insensitive’,addingthatthe A spokesman from
who died in police custody serieswasgiventhegoahead Bedfordshire Police said: “It
have branded an upcoming inSeptemberafterayearof was never our intention to
Channel 4 documentary discussions.Theprogramme offend supporters of the
about Luton Police Station will be produced by The Justice4Leoncampaignand
‘inappropriate’. Garden Productions, who recognisethatthetimingof
The Justice 4 Leon Briggs created the award-winning this announcement was
Committeehavesaidtheyare series‘24HoursinA&E’. insensitive.
shocked that the show is InastatementtheJustice4 “It’s a real opportunity to
being allowed to go ahead LeonBriggsCommitteesaid: helpviewersunderstandhow
while Bedfordshire Police is “The committee strongly Bedfordshire Police cope
under investigation by the opposethefilmingofareality with the hugely complex
IPCCoverthedeathofLeon type show of Luton Police rangeofissuestheyfaceona
BriggsinNovember. Station as we find it totally dailybasis.”
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They should have demanded PCC’s resignation
SIR-IT’Sofficialthen.
OurPoliceandCrime
Commissionerhasbeen
anaughtyboy.Avery
naughtyboy.
Thisweekhewas
hauledbeforethePolice
andCrimePanelwhere
someveryangrypanel
membersgavehima
rightroyalroasting Yourcommentsonthestoriesonour
beforeservinghimwith websitethisweek:
awrittenreprimand.
Notenough.Notnearly
PCC is given warning
enoughinmyopinionfor
sharingconfidential
informationwitha @JohnEJefferson:Publicexcluded,behind
‘closeassociate’at closeddoorswhitewashinallprobability.
theHomeOfficeabout Allthatpowerwithatotalturnoutof15%!
anongoingIPCC TobehonestOllyMartinsdesperationto
investigation. holdontopowerisreminiscentofMargaret
Justhow‘close’isthis Moranandisatbestundignified!!!!
associateandhow
muchother‘confidential @DouglasL2013:joke
information’hashe
gossipedtothem?And CAUTION:PCCOllyMartinswasgivenawrittenwarningthisweek Anti-terrorism project
howmanyother‘close
associates’arethere? demandedonthespot. compromised.Let’s endofalltheother Have @lutonexcelsior-Sajdaisabravewomen
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Tillheremembered blabsconfidencesto tainlyirreparabledam- shouldbethelaststraw. Noonebeingtargetedorvictimizedin
the£70,000paypacket hisfriends? agethatMrMartinshas I’msureIspeakforthe whatsheisdoing,Idon’tunderstandthe
he’dbeturninghisback Thenthere’sthe wroughtonhisposition vastmajoritywhenIsay Gotowww. negativereactiontoherhonourable
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underlining problem. The foreignpolicythenitisuswho may or may not look at the people–itwouldbeanabsolute
problem as many will agree is need the education and animals. nightmare. Our most read online
‘thewaronterror’itself. empowerment. They will go away from the I just had a thought, do you
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campaign bringing misery to theydoasaworldclasszoo. Repliesonthebackofastamp diedfromanoverdoseofthedrugMDMA,
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want their children to either Williamson of PETA (LoS, LimeAvenue,Luton -Caretakertalkeddownfromroofof
undergo a life as a terrorist or 12/1/14) CardinalNewmanschoolinLutondaubed
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