Police reveal identity of man murdered in Bedford on Saturday night

The man murdered during a shooting in Leven Walk on Saturday (27 October) has been named as 20 year old Patryk Olowniuk, from Bedford. Emergency services were called to the street in Brickhill at around 9.40pm. Paramedics worked hard to save him but Mr Olowniuk was pronounced dead at the scene. A post mortem examination […]

Budget 2018 – what does it mean for Bedford and our High Street?

Chancellor, Philip Hammond announced his final pre-Brexit Budget on Monday 29 October, including: £30bn for motorway and pothole repairs Additional £2bn for mental health A further £650m for councils struggling to cope with rising social care bills And a financial package which will include £900m in business rates relief for nearly 500,000 small businesses, and […]

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