Yesterday (Monday), Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced details of a new three-tier lockdown system in England, but what does it mean for Bedford?...
Bedford has been confirmed as emerging from lockdown on 2 December in Tier 2: High Alert.Social mixing outside of households or support bubbles will...
14 coronavirus cases at one construction site as Bedford infections rise ‘exponentially’
Local Democracy Reporter
Fourteen cases of coronavirus have been linked to a local construction project as public health chiefs warn of an exponential rise in coronavirus across Bedford borough. The building project...
A number of Bedford's pub landlords and bar owners have hit out at the latest government coronavirus restrictions, which place Bedford Borough in...
Bedford School boy helps his grandfather, Captain Tom, on his way to £7.5m* NHS fundraising
Erica Roffe
A Year 11 pupil from Bedford School is the brains behind the amazing fund-raising story that is currently sweeping the nation...
A technical glitch has created a false 'death spike' in coronavirus related figures published yesterday (Tuesday) at Bedford Hospital.It was reported...
A third Covid-19 (coronavirus) vaccination centre will open on Monday 1 February at Bedford Heights on Manton Lane. It will join the existing sites at Kings House on Ampthill Road and at the Guru Nanak Gurdwara in Queens Park...
Bedford Borough Council: “Parents won’t be fined if they keep children home from school”
Paul Hutchinson
Bedford Borough Council won't issue fines to parents, who keep children home from primary schools that open this week, despite the Prime Minister saying "schools are safe". In a statement on Facebook...
Breaking News: Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced Bedford Borough is to be placed into Tier 3 until at least the next review of coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions on 23 December...
Investigation into deaths at Bedford Hospital after ‘medically fit’ patients caught Covid on site
Erica Roffe
Bedford Hospitals Trust has admitted that 'medically fit' patients who were waiting to be discharged caught covid on its wards. Six serious incidents are being investigated of potentially avoidable deaths where the infection was contracted on the hospital site...
Councillors have hit back at claims that Bedford has been dragged into tier 2 coronavirus restrictions by Luton.Before the second national lockdown, which...
Tributes paid to Bedford music legend, Chris Robinson, who has died after contracting COVID-19
Erica Roffe
Moving tributes have been paid to Chris Robinson, who sadly died yesterday (8 April) after contracting coronavirus. Chris, 59, was a fixture on Bedford...