Did you know that the Gliding Club on Dunstable Downs housed Italian POWs? There were many enemy soldiers living amongst the people of Beds, Herts and Bucks in WW2 - and some are still here! People's ...

A glider pilot has died in a crash during take-off. The London Gliding Club, based at Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire, said there was a "serious accident" at about 12:30 BST on Wednesday. Bedfordshire ...