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Letters: High notes at the bandstand, but accessible toilets caught short

l must congratulate the Borough on putting on the Sunday afternoon mini music festivals [Music in the Meadows] by the bandstand. Today there must have been 700 to 800 people...

Letters: How long do we wait for dangerous paving in Kempston to be fixed?

On 1/6/23 l wrote to the Kempston town clerk informing the council of the dangerous conditions existing between the disabled parking area at the side of the paved area leading to the supermarket and open area...

Letters: Is East West Rail Bedford’s Eton mess?

Bedford local authorities once upon a time used to write saying there was no case for a rail link east of Bedford and the old route had blockages on it. Now they reject...

Letters: Abandoned car celebrates one year anniversary while council ‘investigates’

Do you ever notice something amiss in Bedford and think “Somebody should report that to the council”? Do we just rely on council staff to notice things for themselves? Do we trust our...

Letters: Protect Poets campaigners respond to MP’s meeting with rail minister

We, Protect Poets campaign group were, to say the least, very disappointed with Mr Yasin’s feedback following his meeting with [Wendy Morton MP]. This was a pre-arranged...

Letters: Never mind the Bus Station, what about the loss of our Ox-Cam services?

Reading a recent post about the unsavoury nature of the Bus Station I recently visited to look myself. For sure there's no comparison between the reasonable railway station...

Letters: Banning cycling does not make pedestrians safer

My main concern is that banning cycling is not an evidence-based policy for two reasons: 1. the actual risk to pedestrians is very small and banning cycling does...

Letters: International Human Rights Day to be marked in Bedford with peaceful Palestine demo

People in Bedford may be interested to hear about the latest activities of Bedford Friends of Al Walaja, our twinning group with a village in the West Bank (Palestine)...

Letters: Booking a doctor’s appointment has added to my anxiety

This letter is in sympathy for anyone out there, who, with symptoms that are a little bit scary, has tried to book an appointment with their local GP lately. If you’re anything like me, who works...

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