New COVID guidance for Bedford schools not aligned with DfE policy

New guidance sent to Bedford schools by the council’s Director of Public Health during half-term does not officially align with Department for Education policy. Ben Pearson, the Bedford…
Rural Bedfordshire bus services to continue with minor changes

Grant Palmer and Bedford Borough Council are continuing their partnership to provide rural bus services across the Borough, so rural communities can connect to education…
The future begins in Bedford with opening of new construction skills centre

Thanks to funding from local and regional organisations, a new state-of-the-art centre, which will give access to skilled jobs from apprentices to degree-level roles in the construction…
Tributes paid to mother and daughter killed in school run collision on A428

Tributes have been paid to a mother and her 16-year-old daughter who died in a collision on the A421 while travelling to school on Monday morning (1 November). Their car, a van…