Hospital maternity chiefs ‘look forward’ to next inspection following inadequate rating
Hospital chiefs have committed themselves to keeping and improving maternity services in Bedford. The service was rated inadequate following a Care Quality Commission (CQC) unannounced visit on…
New 24-hour McDonald’s fast food drive-thru set for land off Paula Radcliffe Way
McDonald’s and Bedford Borough Council have teamed up to apply for planning permission to build a new fast-food drive-thru restaurant on the outskirts of town…
Four-and-a-half years jail for £12,000 theft from vulnerable man and robbery of blind man
A man who plundered more than £12,000 from the post office account of a vulnerable man with learning difficulties and stole money from a blind man in the street in Bedford has been jailed for four-and-a-half years…
Castle Road house for sale with secret speakeasy
If you’ve lost count of how many times you’ve looked around a potential new house, only to be disappointed that it doesn’t have a pub in the cellar hidden behind a secret door, then look no further…