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Bedfordshire PCC says targeted policing reason for fall in burglaries not pandemic

Bedfordshire’s police and crime commissioner (PCC), Festus Akinbusoye has said that the fall in burglaries in the county was due to targeted policing and not just Covid and lockdowns...

Bedford auction house sells free NHS lateral flow tests in bulk amid national shortage

The morality of a Bedford auction house has been questioned after bulk lots of free NHS lateral flow tests were discovered for sale on their website. This raises questions of ethicacy...

Monthly Column: Christmas message from Mohammad Yasin MP

The ongoing pandemic has been awful for everybody. And it’s difficult for all of us to face the prospect of making alternative plans. But too many families have lost loved ones this year...

Five Bedfordshire Foodbanks receive festive 1K boost from Bedfordshire Freemasons

“No one should go hungry at any time of the year, but especially not at Christmas. We hope our donation helps fewer families to have to make a choice between heating or eating over this Christmas period...”

Urgent £20,000 fundraiser launched to save Bedford Guild House

A Bedford charity providing a vital service to older people in the town and rural areas is facing closure if they cannot plug a £20,000 funding gap.The Bedford Guild House in Harpur Street...

Bedford Rock Choir return to post pandemic real-life rehearsals

Bedford Rock Choir rehearsals resumed in person this week following the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions. Members of the Bedford, Milton Keynes and Hitchin choirs were delighted...

Cranfield University covers quarantine costs for international students

Cranfield University will pay overseas students’ quarantine costs through their newly launched international arrivals bursary...

Bedford MP quizzes Health Secretary over ‘care home shield’ claims

Bedford and Kempston MP, Mohammad Yasin asked a question of the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock today, regarding the Government's treatment of care home residents during the Covid-19...

Bedford Labour councillors hit out at ‘real terms cut’ in public health funding

News that the council's public health team will receive a below-inflation increase of 0.7% core funding has been met with anger by the Borough's Labour councillors...

Exclusive: All Borough care home residents to have first COVID-19 vaccine dose by 24 January

Bedfordshire CCG has confirmed to the Bedford Independent that it has begun a rapid campaign to vaccinate all care home residents within Bedford Borough. It follows a call from NHS England...

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