PCC Festus Akinbusoye, “I’m not a typical Tory”
It’s three months since Festus Akinbusoye was elected Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire, becoming the first Black person in the country to fill the role. PCC Akinbusoye…
Five Bedford Borough schools mark start of school year with merger
Five Bedford Borough schools, which form the Sharnbrook Academy Federation (SAF) have merged with the Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust (CMAT). The schools include…
EXCLUSIVE: The fox is in the henhouse as new Riverside North restaurant signs lease
After a delay, thanks to legal hold-ups, Foxy Wings, Bedford’s lockdown pop-up favourite, has signed the lease on their new Riverside North premises. Earlier this year…
Here’s all you need to know for Olly Murs in Bedford Park today
Bedford Park Concerts continues tonight with the second of four gigs in their 2021 concert series. Tonight, pop-sensation and bloody nice bloke, Olly Murs will be performing in Bedford Park…
Bedford gang members locked up for county lines drug dealing
Two members of Bedford’s Mile Road Gang were each sentenced to more than four years today/Thursday for drug dealing. Domonik Dubiel, 23, and Robuil Islam, 19, were involved…