Home Office faces legal action over ‘immoral’ and ‘unlawful’ plans at Yarl’s Wood
A Bedford resident is threatening the Home Office with legal action over its plan to house asylum seekers at the Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre near Thurleigh. Rosie Newbigging is opposing the Home Office plans to house up to 200 asylum seekers…
Queens Park Academy ‘overwhelmed by kindness and generosity of Bedford’
Following a plea for help from the community to donate unwanted laptops to their school, Queens Park Academy has been overwhelmed with the response. On Friday, the Bedford Independent reported that many schools…
Bedford MP joins widespread criticism of free school meal food ‘hampers’
Bedford MP Mohammad Yasin has joined parents and the food poverty campaigner, Marcus Rashford, to call on the government to replace food packages with vouchers for children affected by school closures…