Letters to the editor, Author at Bedford Independent

Letters: “Public transport is supposed to serve the public”

I'd like (if possible) for some attention to be brought to the rapidly declining bus service in and around the Bedford area. I'd like to particularly highlight the Route 41 from Bedford to Northampton...

Letters: We need change to support young people in Bedford properly

Everyone’s Gang is at the very forefront of what is happening on the youth front in Bedford Borough. Through our referral programmes, Resist and Breakout, we meet those young people most...

Letters: High notes at the bandstand, but accessible toilets caught short

l must congratulate the Borough on putting on the Sunday afternoon mini music festivals [Music in the Meadows] by the bandstand. Today there must have been 700 to 800 people...

Letters: Investing for those who come after

There is an old and famous Greek proverb, “A community grows great when people plant trees in whose shade they may never sit.” That simple idea captures what public service should be about...

Letters: Imposing parking charges at Kempston Sainsbury’s would be disproportionate and unfair

We have been asked to publish this open letter to Simon Roberts, Chief Executive Officer, Sainsbury's, which was sent to him via email earlier today. You can read the letter in full below...

Letters: Exasperated and frustrated, creative ideas needed to get our church wheelie bin emptied

A parish committee member at a Bedford church is asking for help after Bedford Borough Council repeatedly failed to collect an overflowing orange recycling bin on Mill Street...

Letters: In praise of team that worked to reopen the railway

On the afternoon of Friday, 26th June, I was able to take one of the first Thameslink trains from Luton to Bedford, following the partial reopening of the railway after last week's tragic crash...

Letters: The mayor is asking the electorate to judge him on his record – he might as well just resign

In the Green Party, we were interested in the Mayor’s comments about the next election, that “the town should go Green”. Whether he was talking about Bedford or Kempston, he’s right...

Letters: “We have lived in Kempston since 1998 and the buses just get busier”

The letter from Stagecoach states that less than 80 passengers a day use the 53 and that there is an 11 per cent drop in bus usage. I think that Stagecoach needs to look at the accuracy...

Letters: Bus cuts leave Kempston residents feeling abandoned

In an open letter, a Kempston North councillor warns that plans to axe the 53 and 53A bus routes will leave residents, particularly older people, without access to vital services...

Letters to the editor

Letters: “Public transport is supposed to serve the public”

Letters: We need change to support young people in Bedford properly

Letters: High notes at the bandstand, but accessible toilets caught short

Letters: Investing for those who come after

Letters: Imposing parking charges at Kempston Sainsbury’s would be disproportionate and unfair

Letters: Exasperated and frustrated, creative ideas needed to get our church wheelie bin emptied

Letters: In praise of team that worked to reopen the railway

Letters: The mayor is asking the electorate to judge him on his record – he might as well just resign

Letters: “We have lived in Kempston since 1998 and the buses just get busier”

Letters: Bus cuts leave Kempston residents feeling abandoned

Carers’ charity says its contract may have changed, but its commitment remains the same

West End star Zoe Birkett talks MillFest, her 25-year career, and making a life in Bedfordshire

Family of Great Denham murder victims release statement following Johannesburg hearing

Former England rugby star signs up as local CIC ambassador

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