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Jobs: One in five parents "partly hope" their offspring don't get costly university place

Rising costs of university places are causing important changes in behaviour and making some parents hope the financial burden doesn't fall on them, research suggests.

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Young choir has hit a high note in contest

HARMONIOUS notes are sounding from the vocal chords of a highly successful school choir.

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Unpaid work for couple who severely neglected their dog

A COUPLE who severely neglected their sheepdog have been sentenced in court.

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Recycling is good for the planet – and your pockets

MORE THAN 50 per cent of waste in Central Bedfordshire is recycled.

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Man killed on railway track named

A RAILWAY station was brought to a standstill after a man was killed on the line.

Sport rss

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Your last chance to meet an angling legend

There are just two weeks to go before the Kings Arms AC stages its Grand Charity Night and there are fewer than 10 tickets remaining of the maximum 200 available.

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Which game might you get chance to watch this week?

With the long range weather forecast again predicting snow and ice for the next few days, the chances of getting matches on is is again slim. However if there is a sudden change, then the planned games are as follows:

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New date for cup derby

Last night’s North Beds Charity Cup quarter-final between Cranfield United and Langford was postponed due to a frozen Crawley Road pitch.

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Bedfordshire League preview

Proving that the weather allows a full league and cup programme, the spotlight falls on the Britannia Cup quarter-final ties involving eight Premier Division clubs.

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Beds County League preview

Preview for Saturday, February 4

Video

VIDEO: Drugs factory in Sandy video

A HUGE cannabis factory has been discovered in an abandoned warehouse.

Lifestyle rss

Callow’s love of a great writer

LISTEN to an award winning actor this weekend.

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Geoff Cox’s guide to new DVD releases: Midnight in Paris, Friends With Benefits

Whimsical time-travelling comedy MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (12: Warner) is the most purely enjoyable movie Woody Allen has made in years and fully deserves the collection of Oscar nominations it has picked up.

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TRAVEL: Romantic holidays from the heart

Learn to fall in love again with a Valentine’s inspired getaway. From laid-back lovers to long-term soul mates, Sarah Marshall rounds up a selection of breaks to suit every type of couple.

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Alan Dee’s guide to new film releases: The Woman In Black, The Muppets, The Vow

SO, Daniel Radcliffe, you’ve got millions in the bank thanks to that lengthy stint as H. Potter, boy sorcerer of this parish, but you yearn to be taken seriously as an actor.

Community rss

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Thomas was a Jack of all trades

BELL RINGERS stand outside St Mary’s Church in about 1900. Tony Primett’s grandfather, Thomas Primett, is kneeling on the far right.

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Boys who worked Beds

AGRICULTURAL workers line up in 1930 for a photograph taken at what used to be Filldyke Road Nursery in Meppershall. And some of them look as though they have only recently left school.

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The Avenue - Biggleswade war workers’ second home

The Avenue in Biggleswade was once home to The Avenue Club – a purpose-built war workers’ community club in the early years of the Second World War.

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Phillip Wingfield, owner of Mama's coffe shop, Andy Maycock, proprietor of The Music Room, Councillor Geoff White and Delia Shephard, town clerk

Community will rejuvenate town

A TOWN could be given a new lease of life with the launch of a community scheme.

Worrying about money is an everyday thing

Money concerns and belt tightening are breeding a generation of compulsive bank balance checkers, according to latest research from Halifax.

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Saturday 11 February 2012

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