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Bedford needs clear coronavirus plan not ‘Track and Trace’ “doomsayers”

Bedford needs a clear coronavirus plan not "doomsayers" looking to "apportion blame" over the failed NHS 'Track and Trace' app, according to the leader of Bedford Conservatives. Cllr Graeme...

Biddenham School follows New Zealand PM and records lockdown achievements

Inspired by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Biddenham School has created a two-minute video to list all their achievements during the coronavirus lockdown. The video challenge...

Pizza Express announces 75 closures and 1,000 jobs at risk

Restaurants chain Pizza Express has announced a plan to rescue the business that will see 75 of its restaurants close - a list that is yet to be finalised - putting 1,000 jobs at risk. We don't know if the Bedford...

Cranfield scientists collaborate on UK system to detect COVID-19 in wastewater

Scientists from Bedfordshire's Cranfield University are hoping that research they're involved with will provide an early warning of future outbreaks of...

Queens Park Academy delivers home-learning packs thanks to coronavirus funding

Staff and pupils at Queens Park Academy are celebrating being awarded grant-funding to support pupil's home-learning during the coronavirus pandemic...

Face masks: ‘Impact on the deaf community will be vast’

A charity supporting deaf people in Bedford has said that the impact of mandatory face masks in shops will be vast for the hearing-impaired community...

Face coverings compulsory in shops from 24 July

The government will officially announce today (Tuesday) that it will be mandatory to wear a face covering in shops from 24 July...

EXCLUSIVE: Bill for £millions as council counts the cost of coronavirus

Bedford could yet become a coronavirus (COVID-19) “hotspot”. As Mayor Dave Hodgson says: “as we have seen in Leicester, a spike can suddenly appear and there is a significant chance of...

IT overload almost brought council services to standstill at start of lockdown

Most Bedford residents noticed little substantial change to council services during the coronavirus crisis. But it could have been very different as internal council documents seen by the...

How Bedford coped with COVID: The Borough rises to the challenge

As Bedford, and the rest of the UK, begins to emerge from coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown the story of how we coped, the cost of it and what could happen next can be revealed...

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