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Riverside Tennis Club's, Gary Cox won a gold and a silver medal in the Lexus Wheelchair Tennis National Championships held last weekend at The Shrewsbury Club...
Police on the beat
Bedfordshire’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) said he is "concerned" at the number of officers being investigated for sexual misconduct. But he is “confident” that investigations...
St Paul's church, Bedford. Image: St Paul's church/Facebook
Christmas will soon be upon us. The month of December always seems to pass so very quickly and there hardly seems time to complete all the tasks that need to be done - writing cards, buying presents...
The new look Health Sciences and Digital Centre at the Bedford College Campus. Image :Cllr Henry Vann (Liberal Democrats, De Parys)
Bedford College's new look riverside campus was officially opened last week (30 November) marking the completion of the first Bedford Town Deal project. The £12.6m project has..
PCC Festus Akinbusoye LDRS
Bedfordshire Police should carry out more stop and searches “regardless” of any complaints that may come in, a councillor has said. But the county’s police and crime commissioner...
The community groups, schools, businesses and volunteer organisations taking part in this year's Bedford Christmas Tree Festival have once again risen to the right royal creative challenge...
electric scooters on a town pavement
Bedfordshire’s police and crime commissioner has asked the county’s parents not to buy e-scooters this Christmas. This follows the release of government figures showing that there were 29 reported...
Mayor Tom Wootton
At Bedford Borough’s last Full Council meeting (Wednesday, 29 November) Labour, Liberal Democrats and Green Councillors voted to “delete all” of the Council’s Updated Investment programme...
Borough Hall. Image: LDRS
A row between Bedford’s political parties has broken out over a vote on the Conservative mayor’s “ambitious vision”. The borough council’s ruling party claimed that a Lib Dem amendment has...
(L-R) Matthew Garner, Sarah Russell Tibbs CEO, Matt Sweeting, Pauline Kaye and Joy Robertson". Image: Tibbs Dementia Foundation
Christmas came early to Hatters and Claytons when they welcomed the Tibbs Dementia Foundation carol singers into the store to entertain shoppers and raise vital funds for the charity...
Approximate site boundary for land north of Oakley\\\'s High street Screenshot Google My Maps Map data (C)2023 Imagery (C)2023, Getmapping plc, Infoterra Ltd
An objector to plans for new homes in Oakley has said they don’t “understand the necessity to squeeze some extra dwellings into such a small and unsuitable site”. However, the applicants said the...
Bedford's Norse Road Crematorium has unveiled a 'Post box to Heaven' for relatives and friends to 'post' letters to departed loved ones Inspired by the touching story of a grieving nine-year-old...