Missing: Have you seen 16-year-old Chloe from Marston Moretaine?
Bedfordshire Police has appealed for help from the public to find 16-year-old Chloe who has been missing from her home in Marston Moretaine since Saturday (5 March)…
Country park could be ready by 2024 – after a ten year wait
A Bedford Borough ward councillor hopes it won’t be much longer before residents will be able to access a new country park. The Country Park will provide valuable public open…
MC Grammar performs exclusively at Kempston school for World Book Day
Pupils at Springfield Primary School had an extra special treat on World Book Day when MC Grammar visited to exclusively perform his new song. The YouTube sensation – also known as…
Monthly column: Helping Ukraine
I would like to thank the many local residents who have contact me, either by email or social media or spoken to me whilst I have been out…
Baroness Blower to spearhead local International Women’s Day celebration
A former teacher who rose through the ranks to become a Baroness is the keynote speaker at this year’s International Women’s Day celebration…
Bedford Borough Council forecasts £17m ‘levelling down’ budget gap
Bedford Borough Council’s financial forecast estimates that its budget gap will grow to £17 million in 2026/27 – but its executive was told…
Bedford’s Alex Goulding sets second World Record on Italian TV show
Bedford’s Alex Goulding already has one World Record, for the most side jump push ups in a single minute, set in July 2021 but now he has a second mention in the Guinness World Records…
Local wastewater testing is key to detecting new Covid variants
Testing wastewater is one way new Covid variants could be detected when mass testing comes to an end next month. Bedford Borough’s Local Outbreak…
International Women’s Day: Airship R101’s mysterious ‘girl in a deckchair’ uncovered
Bedford Creative Arts (BCA) has recently uncovered evidence to reveal the identity of the ‘mystery girl in the deckchair’ featured in a photograph…
Letters: I’m delighted at cycle ban
Delighted to see that common sense has prevailed and cycling continues to be banned from the town centre, along with the scooters, they are just a menace in any pedestrian area, and in the…