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28 August 2026
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Cllr Louise Jackson

Pandemic led to increase in child neglect and domestic abuse in Bedford Borough

A rise in neglect, physical and psychological harm to young children and domestic abuse was fuelled by increased pressures on families caused by the Covid pandemic, a meeting heard...
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Bedford councillors shut out of consultation on parental leave for elected members

Bedford councillors have expressed their surprise that consultation for a report on parental leave for councillors did not involve elected members – including two that recently had additions to...
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Cllr Louise Jackson

Councillor calls for COVID guidelines clarification

A Bedford councillor has called for more clarification on the Government’s Covid guidance. One of the amendments made for England over Christmas was that those who test positive for Coronavirus...
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Borough Hall entrance

Large scale employers and organisations can contribute to Bedford residents’ wellbeing

'Anchor institutions', such as large-scale employers and organisations that control large areas of land, often have aims and objectives that are focused towards...
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Vaccine support programme found housebound residents ‘slipped through the net’

A vaccination support programme to contact Bedford borough residents who haven’t had a Covid jab discovered housebound residents who had slipped through...
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“Lateral flow testing should be daily routine” says Bedford health chief

Lateral flow testing should be part of people’s daily routine, says a Bedford Borough Council health chief. He made the suggestion amid an increase in Covid-related deaths...
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Putnoe Medical Centre statement

Bedford GP surgery employs security guard as staff threats increase

A GP's surgery in Bedford has made the decision to employ a security guard on its premises to protect its staff and patients from an increasing number of verbal and physical threats...
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BFARe protesters outside St Cuthbert's Hall EWR meeting with Mohammed Yasin MP 15 October

Campaigners call EWR meeting “a tick-box exercise” but Bedford and Kempston MP says it was “constructive”

Bedfordians campaigning against the East-West Rail route have told the Bedford Independent a meeting with Simon Blanchflower, CEO of the East-West Rail Co (EWR Co)...
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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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Exclusive: Poets’ residents given opportunity to meet East West Rail CEO face-to-face this month

Bedford and Kempston MP, Mohammad Yasin (Labour) has today announced the date for a face-to-face meeting between residents of the Poets area of Bedford and the CEO of East West Rail...
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