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Cold Weather Payments triggered in over 400 UK postcode areas - full list revealed

Sub-zero temperatures mean eligible benefit claimants will automatically receive the £25 payment

Evening Standard

Nearly 1.5 million households to receive cold weather payment this year

Over 800 postcode areas have now experienced over a week of freezing weather

The Independent UK

Luton Airport strikes: Everything you need to know as Christmas travel chaos looms

Festive hold ups are coming if you are travelling through the airport in the coming weeks

Evening Standard

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Wouldn’t it be great to still be living in aviation’s golden age?

TRAVEL QUESTIONS: Simon Calder answers your questions on the good old days of flying, the expansion of drop-off fees, keeping visas in rapidly filling passports, and the best options for enjoying early-spring sunshine

The Independent UK

Christmas travel chaos looms at London Luton Airport as DHL staff serving easyJet announce six-day strike

Around 200 DHL check-in and baggage workers will walk out over pay in the run-up to Christmas and across Boxing Day, threatening major disruption on some of the airport’s busiest travel days

Evening Standard

EasyJet profits rise following package holidays boom

The airliner expects to grow package holiday customers by 15 per cent in the year ahead

The Independent UK

Package holiday demand helps boost easyJet profits

The Luton-based group posted a 9% rise in headline pre-tax profits to £665 million for the year to September 30,

Evening Standard

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Joy Crookes says UK and Ireland in ‘dark time’ amid rise of far-right politics

Musician’s Brixton and Dublin performances go viral after she performs Sinéad O’Connor’s anti-racism anthem Black Boys on Mopeds

The Guardian - UK

Major budget airline slashes Gatwick flights

The Hungarian operator will boost its offering in Luton to increase profitability

The Independent UK

Budget airline Wizz Air slashes flights from Gatwick in scramble to cut costs

‘We are simply more efficient financially in Luton,’ Wizz Air’s Chief Executive has said

Evening Standard

EasyJet turns 30: How the €33 flight has revolutionised European travel

EasyJet has marked the 30th anniversary of its first flight by operating another on the same route, staffed entirely by crew turning 30 this month.

Euronews

A former Tory councillor tried to ban my novel Pigeon English. Why should pupils suffer because of him?

My book, which draws on my upbringing on a diverse and deprived Luton council estate, has been used as a GCSE text. But one man objected to its profane language and depictions of violence and sexual behaviour

The Guardian - UK

Nicolas Cage wins over Luton film crew with Greggs feast while shooting new movie Fortitude

The Con Air star has been getting a taste for Britain as he reunites with director Simon West on a new World War II spy drama

Evening Standard

Donald Trump’s helicopter diverted to Luton airport

Emergency services were seen at Luton following the landing.

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The Independent UK

London Underground strike: how to reach key rail stations and airports serving the capital

The Tube network is closed until 8am on Friday 12 September, disrupting travel for millions

Evening Standard

Man, 25, jailed for murder of ex-partner’s mother after end of relationship

Jacob Clark, 25, murdered 46-year-old Diane Cleary in a ‘frenzied’ attack at the flat he and her daughter had shared in Luton.

The Independent UK

Teenage boy and girl arrested on suspicion of murder after Luton stabbing

A man in his 20s was taken to hospital by emergency services with serious injuries and was pronounced dead shortly after.

Evening Standard

Murder investigation launched after man fatally stabbed in Luton

Police said it was an ‘isolated incident’.

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The Independent UK

UK airports – what are they good for?

The Man Who Pays His Way: Passengers prefer small airports, but Britain’s busiest hubs have their advantages too

The Guardian - UK

Ish review – Luton-set urban pastoral in which racial profiling pushes teen friends apart

Police pressure throws into crisis the tenderly portrayed relationship of two young men coming of age in Bedfordshire town

Evening Standard

Indoor cricket domes to be built in Luton and Lancashire as £1.5m funding confirmed

The second dome will have a key focus on women and girls' cricket

The Independent UK

New cricket domes promised to open up the sport

The year-round facilities will open in 2026 in Luton and Lancashire.

The Guardian - UK

Tommy Robinson bailed after arrest on suspicion of grievous bodily harm

Far-right activist was detained at Luton airport on Monday a week after incident at St Pancras station in London

The National (Scotland)

Man charged after easyJet passenger 'shouted about bomb' on Glasgow flight

A 41-year-old man has been charged after a disturbance on an easyJet flight from London Luton Airport to Glasgow on Sunday morning, Police Scotland…

The Independent UK

Man charged after being restrained by passengers on EasyJet flight from Luton to Glasgow

Footage online appears to show the man shouting ‘death to Trump’

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