Bedford’s Topshop/Topman to close under CVA plans
Bedford’s TopShop and TopMan store at the Harpur Centre is due to close under a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) plan designed to rescue Philip Green’s Arcadia…
Lock Bridge repairs delayed until mid-June
Work to repair the bridge crossing Bedford Lock, which connects the two Islands of Mill Meadows won’t be completed until Mid-June, six-weeks after they were due to…
GALLERY: Leap for Lulu raises over 16k for brave Bedford girl
Some might call them crazy but by jumping off a 125ft platform on Sunday (22 May) 75 people aged 6 to 60 helped raise over £16,000 to help Lulu De Vries receive lifesaving cancer…
Clarity over medical cannabis is needed to prevent further suffering
MAY: Few of us can forget the powerful campaign by Hannah Deacon who waged a public battle to save her son Alfie Dingley’s life. The now 8-year-old, suffers a rare…
BMS student makes film debut in Elton John’s ‘Rocketman’
A Bedford Modern student made his on-screen debut this week as Elton John’s hand double in the movie, ‘Rocketman’. Greg May, who is in Year 12, appears as the 14 year-old Elton’s hand double as he auditions for the Royal Academy of Music. Greg was approached to audition through the Junior Royal Academy of Music, […]
Plants for plaster – Ravensden residents host flower festival for local church
Ravensden residents are hosting a ‘plants for plaster’ Flower Festival and craft fair on 1-2 June to raise funds for the upkeep of the local church. The 1000-year-old All Saints Church is…
Liz Sutton welcomed as new landlady of Bedford’s ‘Welly’
Twelve years after she pulled her first pint at the Wellington Arms, Liz Sutton is now taking her rightful place behind the bar and with her name above the door. “I started…