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Additional six-mile school run for Wixams’ parents after two year delay in road opening

There is no through route to join both halves of Wixams, meaning some children can’t walk to school, a meeting heard. Councillor Graeme Coombes told the recent Wixams...

Bitterness, anger, threats and allegations in the air as council debates its East West Rail route response

A last ditch Conservative bid to get Bedford Borough Council to lobby for the Government to think again over a controversial new railway north of the town has been overwhelmingly rejected. A four-hour meeting was full of...

Get tested: Council urges residents as surge testing continues

People of all ages who live, work or study in the areas of Cauldwell, Kingsbrook, Queens Park and Wixams are being strongly encouraged to take a COVID-19 (coronavirus) PCR test this week...

Proposed new political map for Bedford: have your say

The Local Government Boundary Commission (LGBC) is reviewing Bedford's council ward boundaries to make sure that councillors represent roughly the same number of electors. The LGBC wants...

Bedford planners reject calls for review of controversial warehouse application

Calls from a campaigning resident, for a review of a highly contentious plan for massive warehouses near Wixams, have been rejected by the Bedford Borough Council's...

Wixams residents feel ‘let down’ and ‘ignored’ by planners over G-Park expansion

Residents of Wixams have said they feel like they are being 'deliberately ignored' by Bedford Borough Council's planning department and claim their...

All remaining Bedford play parks open from this weekend except Wixams

Bedford Borough Council have said all 120 play parks will be open from this weekend, except Kingfisher play area in Wixams. A spokesperson for the council says that due to...

Community food workshops given National Lottery funding boost

A Bedford community group that runs cookery workshops for teens, vulnerable and disadvantaged adults has received National Lottery funding...

Toiletries, food and clothing donated for Bedford Homeless Partnership by Wixams residents

Over 60 residents and volunteers from the Wixams Community Group took part in a collection in partnership with Bedford Homeless Partnership...

Councillor and community group oppose Wixams warehouse proposal threatening their ‘peaceful village’

The Wixams Community Group and a local councillor have raised concerns about plans to build three new warehouses on land which had been previously...

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