New settlements on drawing board as council is set target of 12,500 new homes
Two new settlements with thousands of homes each are on the drawing board as the Government tells Bedford Borough Council that it needs to find space for an extra 12,500 homes…
Letters: Hospice calls for your memories in anniversary year

For thirty years, Keech Hospice Care has been looking after adults in Luton and South Bedfordshire, and children from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Milton Keynes who have life-limiting and terminal illnesses and…
Solidarity for Refugee Week at St Paul’s Church in the heart of Bedford

St Paul’s Church, in the heart of Bedford town centre, will be commemorating Refugee Week this month with a creative installation on the theme of Solidarity. Refugee Week is a UK-wide festival celebrating…
Jail for burglars who used stolen Mercedes to continue their county-wide crime spree

Two men who used a Mercedes stolen from a home in Bedford to carry out a crime spree across Beds and Cambs have been jailed. Aiden Long, 20, and John Stanley, 21, were sentenced to…