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London Luton Airport plans to reopen its Terminal Drop Off Zone by Christmas as pre-booked Premium Parking and bays for disabled passengers, not as a drop-off.
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Licensing
Afrikiko Spice, High Town Road, Seeks Alcohol Until 1:30am
Afrikiko Spice wants a licence for alcohol, music, TV sport and takeaway at 8 High Town Road, open to 2:30am at weekends. Comments to Luton Council by 30 October.
Luton
Halloween in Luton 2026: Free Pumpkin Patch on 28 October
Luton's free pumpkin patch is in Hat Gardens on Wednesday 28 October, 10am to 4pm. Woodside Farm's Halloween days start 17 October, £16.50, plus crafts.
Luton
Christmas at Luton Hoo Estate: Rink and Light Trail, 4 Dec
Christmas at Luton Hoo Estate runs on selected dates from 4 December 2026 to 3 January 2027, with a light trail and a skating rink. Tickets are not on sale yet.
Council
Luton Has Its First Green Councillors, Both Ex-Labour
Yarun Begum of Lewsey and Rumi Chowdhury of Beech Hill have joined the Green Party. Both stay in the Independent Alliance, so the coalition is unchanged.
Local Info
Luton Roadworks This Week: New Airport Way and M1 J9 Shut
New Airport Way northbound is resurfaced overnight from Monday 12 October, and the M1 southbound J9 to J8 is shut every night to Thursday, 9pm to 5am.
Luton Airport
Luton Airport Solar Farm: 14,580 Panels, Power by Early 2027
Work has started on a 14,580-panel solar farm inside London Luton Airport's airfield. It could make 11.2 GWh a year, after a year's delay waiting on grid approval.
Bins and Recycling
Luton Food Waste for Flats: 23,000 Get Caddies by March 2027
Around 23,000 Luton flats are getting food waste caddies in eight rounds to the end of March 2027. The first round started on 14 September. What you get and what goes in.
Events
What's On in Luton: Apple Day, Half Term Shows and Free Fireworks
Free Mini Apple Day on Saturday 10 October and free fireworks at Popes Meadow on 7 November, plus 38 more dated Luton events with times and prices.
Council
Luton Council's New Executive: All 10 Names and Portfolios
Amjid Ali's Executive is six Lib Dems, three Independent Alliance and one Conservative. The airport stays with the Leader, and two more get outside roles.
Politics
Luton MP's Miscarriage Leave Law: Two Weeks From April 2027
Two weeks' leave after a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks starts in April 2027, after a campaign led by Luton North MP Sarah Owen. It will be unpaid.
Luton
Stockwood Illuminated 2026: 11-31 Dec, Tickets From £10
Stockwood Illuminated runs on 17 evenings from 11 to 31 December 2026, entry slots 4.30pm to 8pm. Child tickets from £10, adults from £13, free parking.
Luton
Santa's Grotto Luton 2026: Stockwood, 11-24 Dec, From £27.50
Santa at Stockwood runs 11 to 24 December 2026, five sessions a day, from £27.50 for an adult and child. Free Santa post box in Hat Gardens on 12 Dec.
Luton Daily covers the borough of Luton: the town centre and High Town, Leagrave, Limbury, Bramingham, Sundon Park, Marsh Farm, Lewsey Farm, Biscot, Stopsley, Round Green, Farley Hill, Warden Hill and Wigmore, and the airport on the eastern edge of the town. Luton Borough Council is a unitary authority, so one council runs the bins, the roads, the schools and the planning register here, and that is the record we read. Dunstable, Houghton Regis and Barton-le-Clay are the towns next door and part of the same built-up area, but they are Central Bedfordshire, a different council, and we name that council whenever a story is theirs.
Every story here starts from a named public source: Luton Borough Council’s planning register and its own news page, police.uk crime data for Bedfordshire Police, the Food Standards Agency hygiene register, The Gazette, Companies House and the Land Registry. We link to the source so you can check it, we say when a figure was last updated, and if we get something wrong, tell us and we will correct it.