Change of use permission granted to PCC for Greyfriars police station to achieve ‘the top price possible’
Erica Roffe
Bedfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Kathryn Holloway, has won change of use planning permission which should settle the future of Greyfriars...
Bedford’s candidates to take part in environmental hustings organised by Youth Strike for Climate
Erica Roffe
A number of Bedford's prospective parliamentary candidates will be taking part in a Climate Hustings this Friday (29 November) as part of the Bedford Youth...
Single-use plastics are being banned from bars at next year’s Bedford River Festival as part of the council’s drive to become more environmentally friendly. And a meeting of...
Bedford Borough Council's gritter lorries will be out in force tonight, as temperatures have been forecast to drop overnight.
The development in Sharnbrook is site 238 in the Sharnbrook Neighbourhood plan. As the Sharnbrook Neighbourhood Plan has yet to be adopted it seems...
Campaigners fear that children’s lives will be put at risk on even busier roads if 81 new homes are built next to a school.
Villages being ‘savaged’ by developers as more houses given planning permission
Local Democracy Reporter
Bedford’s villages are being “savaged” by developers who are exploiting a massive breach in the borough’s planning defences.
Bedford Borough Council and the Harpur Shopping Centre have signed up as Refill Stations, helping Refill Bedford create a network of local places where...
A local councillor was arrested in London yesterday (Sunday) as part of the Extinction Rebellion protests. Cllr Ben Foley, who is Green Party representative...
Dear editor,
At our September meeting, Kempston Town Council unanimously passed a declaration of a climate emergency.
This brings us in to line with Bedford Borough Council, the UK Parliament and many other towns and cities around...
A councillor has welcomed initiatives set out at this week’s first meeting of Bedford Borough Council’s new Climate Change Committee, but challenges the...
Bedford Borough Council has told the Bedford Independent that repairs to the wooden Labyrinth at Priory Country Park cannot take place until additional...