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Analysis: Over 61,000 Bedford Borough residents now vaccinated

Over 61,000 Bedford Borough residents had already received their first COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccine dose by 14 March according to new data released yesterday (Thursday)...

Wixams station shunts one step closer to 2024 opening

Wixams residents are one step closer to having their long-promised station after the Wixams Station Board recommended the project can proceed to the next planning stage...

Tories hit out at ‘political’ vote which exposed group’s division on East West Rail route controversy

Bedford Council’s Conservative leader slammed the Liberal Democrats for gutter politics over taking a recorded vote on the divisive issue of the proposed route of the East West Rail...

Proposed Council budget sees vital services protected but Council Tax will rise

Continuing Government cuts to local authorities, plus the added pressure of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, mean that Bedford Borough Council must save £10.9million in the 2021/22 financial year...

‘Don’t blame Luton for Bedford being in tier 2’ say council leaders

Councillors have hit back at claims that Bedford has been dragged into tier 2 coronavirus restrictions by Luton.Before the second national lockdown, which...

Council still facing “difficult decisions” despite further £2.65m emergency funding

Bedford Borough Council says they're still facing "difficult decisions" due to the financial impact of coronavirus on the local area. The comments come as the Government has announced...

Councillors call for “urgent action” over Borough’s leisure centres

Bedford Borough's Conservative Councillors have called for "urgent action" to end what they call "the lingering uncertainty over the future of its leisure services contractor, Fusion Lifestyle." The calls...

Bedford needs clear coronavirus plan not ‘Track and Trace’ “doomsayers”

Bedford needs a clear coronavirus plan not "doomsayers" looking to "apportion blame" over the failed NHS 'Track and Trace' app, according to the leader of Bedford Conservatives. Cllr Graeme...

Working women at centre of Bedford’s high coronavirus infection rate report

A 'deep dive' investigation into Bedford's coronavirus pandemic is showing there are higher rates of infection in working age women. A Council meeting yesterday (Thursday) looked...

Bedford’s coronavirus investigation findings available in two weeks

The 'deep-dive' investigation into the reasons why Bedford's coronavirus infection rate is not dropping, in-line with the national average, won't reveal its findings for at least another...

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