Keysoe International announces plans to become ‘UK’s premier equestrian and well-being centre’
Keysoe International is submitting plans to make it “the UK’s premier equestrian and well-being centre” in the next few months. This announcement was made during the opening of a new…
Fusion Lifestyle still owes Bedford taxpayers £357,000
Bedford Borough Council said a solicitors’ letter chasing Fusion Lifestyle for over £357,000 in management fees and utility bills is part of an “end of contract reconciliation” and…
Neighbourhood Watch faces expulsion for breaching non-political stance
A Neighbourhood Watch is facing expulsion for “failing to meet its responsibilities as a charity” by continuing to post articles about Bedfordshire’s PCC, the Neighbourhood Watch…
Labour PCC candidate blames incomplete legal notice on agent
Labour’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidate for Bedfordshire has said he will be “accountable and transparent” if elected and blamed an incomplete legal notice on one…
Call for funding help as Jamaican rugby player aims for the World Cup
The Caribbean island nation of Jamaica may not be the first country that comes to mind when it comes to rugby union, but one Bedford player is hoping to help his country to the next Rugby World Cup…
Monthly column: Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign expands testing programme thanks to new equipment
BedsGovet, the organisation behind the Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign, has now purchased its first Sonde water quality monitor using money generously donated by a few pioneer Bedford Borough…
Kempston Rovers goalkeeper in stable condition after mid-match cardiac arrest
Goalkeeper, Jack Marshall, 20, is recovering in hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch in Kempston Rovers’ Southern League Central Division One tie against Hadley on Saturday afternoon…
River Festival organiser Bjorn says he’s thinking about it “24 hours a day”
While it may only happen every two years for the average Bedfordian, for the people who pull together the Bedford River Festival it’s something they work on daily, from just a few weeks after the…
Bedford Borough Council’s ‘obsolete’ emissions standards not enough to ban highest-polluting taxis and buses
Bedford Borough Council’s emission standards are “obsolete” and allow high-polluting taxis and buses, that wouldn’t be legal elsewhere, to drive on our streets, a meeting has heard. Chris Endacott, an associate consultant…
Bedfordshire Police say increase in reporting shoplifting sees solve rate tripled
Bedfordshire Police say the close relationships their officers are building with local shopkeepers and staff has led to a rise in the reporting of shoplifting, helping them to solve more retail crimes…