Cllr Graeme Coombes tagged articles

Calls for “destructive and unnecessary” local plan to be paused after national planning policy change

Bedford's Local Plan 2040 has become the subject of controversy with less than a week until local elections, with Conservative Councillors calling on Bedford Borough's elected mayor...

New school raises road safety concerns in Wixams

Road safety concerns for a new Wixams school have been raised by councillors. Plans for a new primary school in Village 3, with four classes for each year group, were debated at a...

Stagecoach confirm new timetable for MK1 service after councillor tweets service “not good enough”

Cllr Graeme Coombes (Conservative, Wilstead and Wixams) has welcomed Stagecoach's decision to re-evaluate their MK1 bus service. The service was introduced in November 2022...

Leader of Bedford Borough Conservatives seeks reelection in Wixams and Wilstead ward

A Conservative councillor seeking reelection in the Wixams and Wilstead ward is concerned about a lack of infrastructure to match the thousands of new homes in the area...

Wilstead and Wixams Conservative candidate wants to build a “better Bedford Borough”

A Conservative candidate for the new Wilstead and Wixams Ward said she’s standing as she cares, and she wants to build a “better Bedford Borough”. Andrea Spice, is running alongside...

Breaking news: Shock as “respected” borough councillor Stephen Moon dies

Cllr Stephen Moon, the former Bedford Borough Conservative Group Leader and current councillor for Great Barford Ward has died. Stephen Moon had served on...

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...

Wixams station on the right track after planning is approved

Plans for Wixams' new train station are still on track after planning was approved by Bedford Borough Council’s planning committee. The committee voted in favour last...

Monthly column: Be ambitious for our town

Bedford town centre has been through some tough times in recent years. The incessant rise of online shopping, resulting in the disappearance of many well-known high street brands...

“There’s no going back now” – controversial Bedfordshire MP quits

Controversial Tory MP, Nadine Dorries, who is the MP for Mid Bedfordshire and covers several Bedford Borough wards, has announced she won’t stand at the next general election. The former culture secretary...

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