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Christmas floods: Bedford Borough Council must learn from “terrible, terrible time”

The December 20210 flood was a terrible, terrible time, and the council needs to learn from it, a meeting heard. At the Council’s Executive meeting last week (20 October) a summary of the findings...

Secondary school added to the no-car ‘School Street’ scheme

A second School Street scheme is to be put in place following the success of a trial at a Bedford school to restrict motorised traffic at school drop-off and pick-up times, a meeting heard...

Sharnbrook manor house music festival sparks traffic concerns

A dance music festival taking place at a manor house in Sharnbrook this weekend has raised traffic and parking concerns among residents and the local councillor. During Saturday's Labyrinth Festival...

Higgins Bedford joins the Summer of SEND with a month of free and fun online workshops

Free and fun online activities from The Higgins Bedford are taking place during the school holidays as part of the Summer of SEND. Children and young people with disabilities and/or special educational needs...

Council continues to defend Fusion contract despite ongoing calls for change

Council officers have defended giving taxpayers’ support to a leisure operator to help it when the venues it runs were mothballed during the pandemic. A meeting this week heard that Bedford...

Bedford wheelchair racer wins national medals on historic day for Bedford Athletics Club

Bedford and County Athletics Club’s Varun Bandi competed in the National Junior Wheelchair Racing Championships at Coventry on Saturday 3rd July., winning three medals on a historic weekend for the club...

Golf tees off on Monday at Mowsbury

In line with the government's post-lockdown roadmap, golf facilities at Mowsbury Golf and Squash Centre will reopen on Monday. Golf fans will be able to get back on the 18-hole course...

Kempston resident petitions Council over Fusion Lifestyle contract

A petition from a Kempston resident calling for an end to the Council's contract with Fusion Lifestyle was debated at Full Council this week. Steve Clark, who has been a member of Kempston Pool since it opened in 1978...

You may be the jewel in the crown but your lorries are ‘devastating’, councillor tells science park

A councillor made a passionate plea for his colleagues to vote against a plan that would “devastate” Sharnbrook. The owners of Colworth Science Park to the west of the village had applied to Bedford Borough Council to build an advanced manufacturing facility and a brand new national...

Flood clean up continues in Bedford following Christmas devastation

Floods which forced 1,300 people to evacuate their homes over Christmas have left a trail of rubbish which the council is still working to clear up. Responding to a question from a councillor, Bedford Borough Council’s environment...

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