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Bedford Borough Council speaker warns councillors, “I will not allow personal attacks on any individual”

Bedford Borough councillors have been told to work together and treat each other with respect after a change to the Mayoral position and council executive. Councillors...

Just 40% of Bedfordians have seen a dentist in the past two years, survey reveals

A survey has revealed that just 40% of patients in Bedford Borough have been seen by an NHS dentist in the past two years. This is higher than the national average of 37.4%...

Kempston councillor elected as speaker for Bedford Borough Council

Councillor Mohammed Nawaz (Kempston Central & East, Labour) has been elected unopposed as the new speaker of Bedford Borough Council yesterday (2 May). His duties for the new municipal...

“Significant” reduction in number of Bedford Hospital inpatients with Covid-19

A greater proportion of unvaccinated people will end up in hospital, but as there are so few unvaccinated in the community, they don’t make up the bulk of inpatients, a meeting has heard. Ian...

Committee overrides massive village opposition to give permission to mother and baby unit

Councillors have overridden huge opposition in Sharnbrook to give the green light to a service for troubled new mums and their newborns. The planning committee was told that the occupiers of a converted...

Flats for homeless people plan approved with acclaim

A plan to convert a former college building into supported flats for homeless people in Bedford has been greeted with acclaim by councillors. Rogers Court, on the corner of Kingsway and Cauldwell Street

Covid sticker envy as councillors celebrate latest virus statistics

Vaccination sticker envy came to the fore at a meeting where councillors were in a happy mood after hearing some good news on the state of the battle against covid in Bedford...

Bedford Borough Council’s planning department one of worst in the country

Bedford Borough Council's planning department has been revealed as one of the worst in the country, according to the council officer in charge. That's according to Government figures...

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...

Pig gelatine in flu vaccine ‘one of the issues causing low jab rates in borough’

Resistance among some religious communities to allowing their children to take a nasal spray version of the flu vaccine is one of the reasons for low...

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