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The rise of connected devices and Internet radio are laying the foundations for multi-room networked audio, according to a new strategic report from Futuresource Consulting.

A TORY MP has been accused of mud-slinging after she claimed on Twitter that a Scots Labour rival sexually harassed her three years ago.

Passengers were warned not to travel on the Great Northern route for First Capital Connect on Sunday because of a lack of available train drivers.

Man arrested as scores of plants found One policeman suffered a broken wrist and another officer was bitten on the hand during a dawn raid on a cannabis factory yesterday, November 4. Members of the Beds Police Safer Neighbourhood Team burst into the house in Eaton Valley Road, Luton, and found 187 cannabis plants in various stages of growth.

An inquest into the death of a a former Leighton Buzzard woman who died in a Spanish holiday resort after reportedly falling as she tried to climb into her apartment has been opened and adjourned.

"It is an opportunity for people to lay crosses in memory of their loved ones. The mayor also laid a cross on behalf of the community as a whole" Sue Homer Communities have begun to pay their respects to those who died in war, during the run-up to Remembrance Sunday.

Scam: Former MEP Tom Wise, 61, siphoned 36,000 of public money into a secret bank account he controlled and spent it on a car and wine A former British MEP who claimed 36,000 in an expenses fiddle was facing jail today after finally confessing during his trial.

Polish duo "relentlessly kicked in the head" 49-year-old man A man was "relentlessly kicked in the head" in the centre of Bedford by two drunk Polish men, a court has heard.

Daisy the Staffordshire Terrier was left barking mad after she squeezed her head into a tiny tumble dryer vent Photo: MASONS Black and white Staffordshire terrier Daisy poked her head into a six inch round hole in the wall normally used for the plastic vent tube in her owners' utility cupboard.

Sandy Road attack by youths last weekend A man was pushed to the floor and kicked repeatedly after refusing to buy a gang of teenagers cigarettes.

Po lice advice for motorists Motorists have been given a winter warning by the police after a sharp rise in thefts of vehicles, and from vehicles, in the last fortnight.

Have-a-go hero Mohammad Baksh was preparing to lock up his Maksud store in Strathmore Avenue at around 10.30pm on Friday, October 23, when a man pointed a gun at him and stole takings from the till.

With the Twilight: New Moon film out later this month, fans are eager for another dose of romance and vampires.

A tenth man charged with conspiracy to burgle homes and steal cars has been jailed for five years and four months.

A garden centre employee is celebrating after clocking up 46 years of service to the business.

A man who punched another man in Luton has been jailed for two and half years after admitting manslaughter.

Schoolchildren who came to the aid of a elderly woman in a mobility scooter when she was assaulted in Milton Keynes are being sought by police.