Higgins call-out for poets and spoken word artists to take part in LGBT+ History Month open mic
To kick off LGBT+ History Month this February, the Higgins Bedford is holding a virtual evening of poetry, prose and personal recollections with LGBT+ Poet Laureate Trudy Howson…
Boom in would-be adopters and foster carers as stay-at-home residents ‘reassess their lives’
There’s been a mini boom in people considering adopting needy children in Bedford as stay-at-home residents reconsider what is important in life, a meeting heard…
Bedford man jailed and banned from mother’s Kempston home
A Bedford man was today (Tuesday) jailed for four months and banned from going to his mother’s home in Kempston for a year.
But the length of time Shane Bavister, 32, has spent in custody means he…
January 2021: Latest lockdown rules explained
As of midnight, Bedford and the rest of England have been placed under a national lockdown to help curb the rise of Covid-19 (coronavirus). At a press briefing on Monday (4 January), Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlined the…