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Your COVID-19 employment law questions answered by Woodfines Solicitors

Yesterday (Tuesday), Woodfines Solicitors in Bedford offered to respond to employment law questions from some of our readers. In the wake of recent...

Opinion: Bedford Blues’ Will Hooley talks about RFU’s reaction to coronavirus

The Rugby Football Union (RFU), released in a statement on Monday (16 March), that “all rugby activity in England, at both professional and community level” will be suspended until 17 April. The inevitable perhaps...

Govt grants permission for pubs and restaurants to operate as takeaways as part of coronavirus response

Communities Secretary confirms the Government will set out measures so that pubs and restaurants can operate as hot food takeaways to serve people having...

Latest govt measures include three-month mortgage holiday and business grants to support hospitality industry

This afternoon (Tuesday), the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak has announced a raft of economic measures to help individuals and businesses...

Bedford Hospital delays all non-urgent procedures to cope with coronavirus outbreak

All non-urgent procedures are being delayed as Bedford Hospital deals with the coronavirus outbreak. The chief executives of both Bedford and the Luton...

Two of Bedford’s Iceland stores step up to help vulnerable customers

In response to the on-going coronavirus outbreak, two of Bedford's Iceland stores are adjusting their opening times and creating 'OAP' hours to help...

“I couldn’t have wished for a more professional and caring team,” says Bedford Hospital’s first coronavirus patient

In the early hours of this morning (Monday), Bedford Hospital confirmed to the media that they were treating their first case of COVID-19 (coronavirus)...

Beds Clinical Commissioning Group to meet behind closed doors to limit coronavirus infection risk

Health chiefs across Bedfordshire are leading the way in the fight against the deadly virus which is sweeping across the globe. Amid constantly updated...

BREAKING NEWS: Bedford hospital treating patient with coronovirus

Bedford Hospital has confirmed they are treating a patient with COVID-19 (coronavirus). It is the first case in Bedford. In a statement to the Bedford Independent just before midnight yesterday...

EXCLUSIVE: NHS “not ready to cope” with coronavirus says Bedford Hospital employee

An employee at Bedford Hospital has spoken exclusively to the Bedford Independent, about the coronavirus pandemic, saying the NHS is "not ready to cope with this." The employee, who did not...

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