Letters: Speeding in Bedford, Biddenham and Queen’s Park

Good comments from your readers [regarding speeding drivers]. Read:Letters: Queen’s Park isn’t the only place in Bedford with dangerous driving. My daughter called…
Lord Lieutenant attends official ‘topping off’ ceremony at Bedford Greenacre site

The completion of Bedford Greenacre Independent (BGI) School’s new site on Manton Lane is one step closer following the ‘Topping Off Ceremony’ to mark reaching the highest point of the development…
Bedford Borough Council publishes statement of accounts ahead of deadline
Bedford Borough Council has published its unaudited statement of accounts for 2023/2024. Last year the publication of the draft statement of accounts for 2022/2023 was delayed for two months…
Jail sentence and £12k fine for Aspley Road shopkeeper for sale of illegal tobacco

The owner of a supermarket in Aspley Road has been handed a prison sentence and ordered to pay more than £12,000 in costs and penalties after “repeatedly” ignoring warnings from Bedford Borough Council…
Councillors voice disappointment at police “no show” at town centre meeting

Bedford borough councillors have expressed their “disappointment” that Bedfordshire Police didn’t attend a meeting on town centre issues. But the police said “other demands” meant that community officers…