Euan Duncan

4 days ago | bbc.com | Euan Duncan

'Apprehensive' over future in GuernseyEuan DuncanBBCMyles Duquemin says a lot of his friends have already left Guernsey"I just don't know if I'm going to be able to afford to live here," says Myles Duquemin. "Like many, many young people here now who are just looking for a way out."The report is the first of its kind and makes a number of observations based on previously published data and a survey of 3,000 islanders.

1 week ago | leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk | Euan Duncan

Commuter parking in streets near Leighton Buzzard Railway Station is making life ‘hell’ for residents, a meeting heard. An 82-signature petition is asking for 24-hour residents’ permit parking on Southcourt Avenue, Southcourt Road and Barnabas Road. It calls for parking restrictions to be adopted which are in use on other nearby roads already, according to the petition published in a Central Bedfordshire Council traffic management meeting agenda.

1 week ago | lutontoday.co.uk | Euan Duncan

A hotel extension has been approved near London Luton Airport and it is expected to provide up to 20 full-time jobs and nearly 90 extra rooms, a meeting has been told. An extension to the back of the Holiday Inn hotel, at London Luton Airport, will provide almost 90 more rooms on a 2,700sqm area, the borough council’s development management committee was told. The hotel expansion is on “a brownfield” section of the premises in Luton, a meeting heard.

1 week ago | lutontoday.co.uk | Euan Duncan

The final section of the Newlands Park mixed-use strategic development in Luton has been approved, despite concerns about limited job opportunities from open storage sitesApplicant Wrenbridge Land Limited submitted full plans for a perimeter fence, hardstanding for storage use and other works at separate plots F and G, on land next to junction 10 to 10A of the M1, off Newlands Road, in Luton. The borough council’s development management committee held two votes, one for each site.

1 week ago | leightonbuzzardonline.co.uk | Euan Duncan

Two Leighton Buzzard parishes dating back 1,000 years are battling to preserve their way of life against “a foreign mining giant’s multi-million pound expansion plans”, a councillor has warned. Aggregate Industries UK Ltd wants to expand its operations to the south of Grovebury Quarry lake, citing a national need for silica sand. Its proposals would postpone any recreational use of the site for at least another decade.