An entertainment company has been fined £16,000 following the death of a rigger at the Cardington Hangar Studios in Bedfordshire. Russell Bowry, aged 52 from Lower Stondon in...
So far this year, Bedfordshire Police has had 4,612 cases of domestic abuse and 3,431 of them had a child in the home, the county’s top cop has said. During the latest police and crime...
A restaurant in Bedford is revving up to serve its contemporary Neopolitan-inspired pizzas to guests at this weekend's Formula 1 Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi. Naughty Pizza, which has branches in...
Bedfordshire Police has confirmed that on Sunday evening (26 November) it performed a controlled explosion of a device found on Bedford Embankment. In a statement on its social media...
A “high-profile and unique” leisure village is part of the borough council’s vision for Bedford, a meeting heard. The council’s Leisure Vision and Strategy was announced at last...
The roadworks on the A6 Paula Radcliffe Way are adding an hour to some people’s journeys, a borough councillor has said. During the council’s Executive Meeting (22 November) cllr Doug...
Filling in a disused quarry is “ecological vandalism”, a Bedford borough councillor has said. Plans to build temporary facilities as part of the restoration of Elstow South Quarry were discussed...
Reach plc, the UK’s largest regional media company, has said local news website Bedfordshire Live, will be one of 13 they are closing as part of cutbacks that will see 450 jobs lost across...
Tom Jones and James are the latest two headliners confirmed for the first-ever Bedford Summer Sessions taking place in Bedford Park in July 2024. On Thursday, 4 July, Sir Tom Jones will return to Bedford...
Bedford’s mayor said he is like a “fat bloke in a sweet shop” because he wants “everything now”. But at the moment he said he is “tied” to the previous administration’s budget. During his campaign for...
A new studio for Bedford Radio was formally opened this week by Bedford Borough Mayor Tom Wootton (Conservative) and MP for Bedford and Kempston Mohammad Yasin (Labour). The pair...
Fire crews from Bedford rescued a man from his sinking boat on the River Great Ouse earlier this month, but the boat remains almost completely submerged. Following emails from concerned...