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4,700 fines issued to people spitting, urinating, and dropping cigarette butts in Bedford town centre

More than 4,700 fines were issued for street littering in Bedford between 2022 and 2024 — with the majority for discarded cigarette butts, a council committee has heard. At a meeting of Bedford...

Council concerned they’ll be seen as a “lighter touch” over level of fly tipping fines

Bedford Borough Council’s current fines for fly tipping might be seen as an incentive to illegally dump waste, as a fine could be cheaper than disposing of the rubbish properly, a senior council officer has said...

Fines up to £400 issued after increase in rubbish dumped at mini-recycling sites

Bedford Borough Council has revealed that they have issued nearly two dozen Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN) at just one mini-recycling location near the town centre. The site on Old Ford End Road...

Biddeham bin bag evidence leads to fly-tipping fine

Evidence found in a dumped bag of waste in Biddenham has led to the offender being tracked down and fined for fly-tipping. The man, who dumped a black bin bag...

Watch: Bedford MP asks PM if he agrees that “Lawbreakers should not be lawmakers”

Bedford & Kempston MP, Mohammad Yasin (Labour) asked a question to Boris Johnson in Parliament yesterday (Tuesday), saying, "Lawbreakers should not be lawmakers." The question related to the fixed penalty notices...

Fly tipper and restaurant owner both ordered to pay over £3,000 for waste offences

Over £3,000 in fines have been handed out to two individuals for failing to dispose of waste legally. On Thursday 21 January, in two separate cases, costs and fines totalling over £3,000 were awarded to Bedford Borough Council, by the Magistrates Court...

Beds Police record busiest ever weekend and issue 48 coronavirus penalty notices

Easter weekend proved to be the busiest on record for Bedfordshire Police, as the force encouraged people to comply with the Covid-19 lockdown...