Council continues to defend Fusion contract despite ongoing calls for change
Council officers have defended giving taxpayers’ support to a leisure operator to help it when the venues it runs were mothballed during the pandemic. A meeting this week heard that Bedford…
Local football sides learn fate as clubs dream of FA Cup run
729 teams have entered the world’s oldest football knockout tournament, with local teams once again dreaming of a big-name tie against one of the big clubs…
Warning to stop covid coming home
Public health chiefs in Bedford believe they will struggle to get covid safety messages across to the public in advance of Sunday’s football final. A meeting yesterday (Thursday) heard…
CCTV images released after woman has cards stolen while shopping
CCTV images of a man police would like to speak to in connection with a robbery inside a Bedford shop have been released. The theft happened earlier this month at around 5 pm…
Faces of Bedford: Nettie, metal detector, Bedford
The fourth in our Faces of Bedford series features Nettie, a metal detector, who has struck gold every year for the last 12 years. Over to Nettie, in her own words…