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28 August 2026
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Cllr James Weir

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Investment needed if Bedfordshire Police emergency response is to improve

Urgent investment is needed to improve how Bedfordshire Police responds to emergency calls, according to the Bedfordshire police and crime commissioner’s annual report. Commissioner...
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Planning meeting told “The council’s function is not to determine the ownership of the land”

Bedford council has said it won’t get involved in rows over who owns land when planning applications are submitted. The comment came during a discussion over retrospective...
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Bedfordshire Police Head Quarters (HQ)

Policing in Bedfordshire can’t be allocated based on demand or rural policing could be lost

If police resources were allocated purely on demand, then the rural and community teams would probably be absorbed into Bedford or Luton. A report presented to the Bedfordshire...
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Coronavirus concerns over LFT end at Bedford Borough care homes

An end to free lateral flow tests is causing concern for families of care home residents – who fear it may impact visits. And a new Covid vaccine booster programme and grants...
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Mayor Dave

Bedford Borough Mayor pledges to “eat his hat” if health hubs built on time

Bedford’s Mayor said he will eat his hat if the Clinical Commissioning Group delivers on its promise to build all the borough’s new health hubs by 2024. The Rural Affairs Committee (5 October)...
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