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July: Network Rail’s closure of Bromham Road Bridge is doubly hard to stomach. Not only will it continue to cause disruption until they complete the bridge replacement next spring, we...
Mayor Dave
I am pleased that Bedford Borough Council has approved my 2022/23 Budget. The Budget outlines plans to keep Council Tax rises below inflation...
Tom Wootton speaking at a mayoral hustings
Bedford Borough LibDems have accused Mayor Tom Wootton of failing to meet a manifesto promise. The LibDems claimed the mayor “chose not to fulfil a major manifesto promise” to introduce a...
Today we have seen a new national vaccination centre open at Bedford Heights. This new centre joins Kings House and the Gurdwara...
Bedford town centre. Image: Bedford Borough Council
What do you think of when you think of Bedford Borough? For a lot of readers, it will surely be the River Great Ouse, a fantastic asset that it is at the heart of what makes our part of the world...
Mayor Dave
Bedford Borough Council has launched a dedicated website, in order to keep residents and businesses up-to-date on the ever-changing coronavirus outbreak...
Henry Vann
Town centres across the UK are in deep crisis. We only have to pick up a newspaper or flick on the TV news for the latest story of a national chain carrying...
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The majority of Bedford Borough’s schools will be returning early this week, although a few had already welcomed pupils back last week...
People in a railway station of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv waiting for the train to Poland.
The situation in Ukraine continues to be appalling and the people of that proud country are suffering untold hardship and around 4 million people, mainly women and children have had to flee...
Mayor Dave
The Prime Minister has announced we have passed the peak of coronavirus infections, and we all hope this is the case. Later this week we will be hearing...
Mayor Tom Wootton
Bedford Borough Mayor Tom Wootton (Conservative) has been criticised after councillors were not invited to a public meeting about East West Rail (EWR) despite locals being told they were...
Mayor Dave Hodgson
We have been working hard at the Council, along with help from the Government, to put together packages of support to help residents and businesses during the Coronavirus crisis. For the latest advice and information please...