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Exclusive: Bedford’s coronavirus cases could be twice as high

The Bedford Independent has joined forces with local health bosses and MPs to demand Health Secretary Matt Hancock publishes the Borough's Pillar 2 testing data, after believing the true...
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Bedford Borough Council publishes Local Outbreak Control Plan

As Leicester prepares for a local lockdown and Bedford awaits the findings of the Public Health England and the Joint Biosecurity Centre 'deep dive'...
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Lawyers and the legal system in lockdown

In the latest legal column from Woodfines, Nathan Taylor-Allkins, Senior Associate in their Road Transport, Crime & Regulatory team gives an insight into how he has been balancing work...
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Local children are ‘sending sunshine’ to the elderly

A care company is calling on local primary school children to help the elderly feel more connected and loved during lockdown and social isolation...
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Prebend Centre emergency appeal gets £2k support from Bedford Rotary Club

SMART Prebend Centre's Covid-19 emergency appeal has been given a £2,000 boost by a donation from Bedford Rotary Club. Brian Hanling...
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Letters: No information for residents over areas of high infection

I am very concerned over the time it is taking for any information to be passed on to residents. About two weeks has already passed by since the Mayor...
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Bedfordshire’s mental health chief exec speaks up about race and COVID

Tackling health and social inequalities is a priority for the leader of the NHS Trust providing mental health and community health care across Bedford...
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New befriending service combats loneliness in Bedford

A social outreach project to combat loneliness and isolation in the community has been recently launched in Putnoe. The befriending service, Project 41...
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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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Johnson accused of ‘dodging’ pillar 2 data query at Prime Ministers Questions

Bedford and Kempston MP, Mohammad Yasin today asked Boris Johnson why crucial pillar 2 test data is still missing from the government coronavirus...
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