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7 February 2025: Mayoral misinformation, Car park clash, and Liberal objections, Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough...

Bedford Borough councillor criticised over ‘incorrect’ EWR hospital car park claims

Bedford Borough councillors have been urged to avoid scaremongering and focus on solutions in discussions surrounding East West Rail’s (EWR) plans for a multi-storey...

Councillors asked to think again on support for East West Rail route

Bedford borough councillors have been asked to reconsider their support for East West Rail’s Route E which a resident said will "have a devastating effect on the environment". During the...

“Reckless” or “regeneration”? Councillors divided over purchase of Lloyds bank building

Bedford Borough Council has said buying a building on Bedford’s High Street shows that town centre regeneration is a “key priority”. But opposition councillors have urged a rethink of the “reckless” property purchase. A borough council spokesperson...

Anger as ongoing A6 roadworks adding “an hour” to some journeys

The roadworks on the A6 Paula Radcliffe Way are adding an hour to some people’s journeys, a borough councillor has said. During the council’s Executive Meeting (22 November) cllr Doug...

Conservatives accuse LibDems of “covering their backsides” over leisure contract

Borough councillors have been accused of “covering their backsides” during a debate on the council’s new leisure centre contract. Last night (November 13), Bedford Borough Council’s Executive...

Last chance to visit ‘Changing Times: A Century of Modern British Art’ at The Higgins Bedford

There is still time to visit the brilliant ‘Changing Times: A Century of Modern British Art’ exhibition at The Higgins Bedford before it closes next month. The exhibition...

Company looking after Bedford leisure services refuses to comment despite being branded “dreadful”

Fusion Lifestyle is a “dreadful organisation” that has managed Bedford Borough Council’s leisure provision “extremely poorly”, a councillor has said. Councillor Graeme Coombes (Conservative, Wilshamstead...

New Edward Bawden ‘trains, planes and automobiles’ exhibition to open this weekend

A new exhibition by Edward Bawden the iconic, painter, illustrator and graphic artist, focusing on trains, planes and automobiles, will open opens this weekend at The Higgins, Bedford. Whether...

Retired Caribbean Nurses Association hosts event for International Women’s Day

Bedford’s Retired Caribbean Nurses Association (RCNA) will be celebrating its fourth bi- annual Gathering at Kempston’s Addison Centre on Wednesday 8 March...

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