Your Bedford Weekend starts here: Friday 13 March – Sunday 15 March 2020
There’s still plenty to do this weekend around Bedford. If you do want to head out, there’s no reason (yet) why you shouldn’t. Here’s our famous weekend roundup of things to do in Bedford…
Bedford’s international communities affected by continuing coronavirus lockdowns
With an estimated 40,000 families of Italian descent in the East of England – with the majority living in and around Bedford – many have been directly…
Letters: no mention of social care spending increase in the Budget
In the Spring Budget Chancellor Rishi Sunak gave no mention of any spending increase for social care. While the money outlined for NHS and local…
Three arrested and drugs seized in Kempston Road and Queens Park after county lines operation
Bedfordshire Police’s Boson team seized drugs following successful warrants in Bedford yesterday (Wednesday) targeting a suspected county lines gang…
Confident Blues face league leaders Newcastle under Friday night lights
Mike Rayer has named his squad as Bedford Blues look to take their imperious home form with them on the road against unbeaten Championship leaders…
Great news for Bedford Free School as OFSTED revises their grading to Outstanding
After staff at Bedford Free School (BFS) questioned Ofsted’s previous rating of ‘good’, the inspectors have revised their grading of the school, rating it…
Bedford kidney donor urges other to consider living donation on World Kidney Day
A woman from Bedford, who donated one of her kidneys eight years ago, is asking others to consider whether they could also ‘Share Their Spare’ today…
Police release description of three men involved in Tavistock Street teen stabbing
Bedfordshire Police have released descriptions of the three men involved in an incident on Tavistock on Tuesday afternoon, when a teenage boy was stabbed…
Privacy Helper announces GDPR support service for SMEs
Bedford based Privacy Helper is one of the UK’s leading GDPR consultancies, helping over 150 organisations in the last three years – ranging from major corporates to businesses in the local…
Bedford Historical Association: Tracing the lives of convicts
This month’s talk hosted by the Bedford Historical Society (HA) looks at how punishment affected the lives of the 90,000 individuals convicted of crimes…