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A rest for your body and soul. Choose UAE for your holiday
Holidays are a time when we can fully relax, energize, and enjoy new experiences. If you are looking for a place where you can have the most fun and rest properly, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) offers...
Bedford School Under-16 hockey team win National Schools final
Bedford School are celebrating another sporting success after the Under-16 hockey side brought the Tier 2 National Schools Final Plate back to the town after beating a strong Abingdon side...
Autistic young people to make friends through online gaming as part of Bedford council partnership with charity
It’s all fully funded too
Bedford buses to get sychronised departure times and new service and stops
Updates to bus schedules in Bedford will see extra stops added to routes and a major change to departure times in the evenings to give customers more certainty over when they can get their local buses.
No Thameslink or EMR trains out of Bedford for 24 hours due to ASLEF strike
There will be no Thameslink or EMR services out of Bedford on Wednesday, 8 May, due to industrial action by ASLEF. The strikes are part of a long-running dispute over pay with ASLEF union...
Police have arrested 30 people for shoplifting in Bedford since January
Officers say it’s down to their close relationship with town centre shops
Bedford commuters told to check journeys ahead of bank holiday train strikes
It’s the new normal now, isn’t it?
Central Bedfordshire Council has paid out more than £70k in compensation for 450 data breach claims
The investigation covered the last three years – but council says it’s ‘likely’ down to increased staff awareness
Two lanes closed on M1 near Bedford following collision
Expect delays of well over AN HOUR
No vulnerable Bedford children meet education standard for reading, writing and maths
Union NAHT said disadvantage gap will continue unless the Government invests
Drivers asked to avoid Stewartby following car crash
Find an alternative route, say police
Bedford Ath first team season closes with Papa Johns quarter final loss
Despite scoring six tries of their own, Bedford Athletics’ short Papa Johns Cup campaign came to an end with a high-scoring but convincing 62-34 defeat at Stoke on Saturday afternoon...
Police release image of missing teenager from Bedford
Have you seen Tania?
Keysoe International announces plans to become ‘UK’s premier equestrian and well-being centre’
Keysoe International is submitting plans to make it “the UK’s premier equestrian and well-being centre” in the next few months. This announcement was made during the opening of a new...
Fusion Lifestyle still owes Bedford taxpayers £357,000
Bedford Borough Council said a solicitors’ letter chasing Fusion Lifestyle for over £357,000 in management fees and utility bills is part of an “end of contract reconciliation” and...
Neighbourhood Watch faces expulsion for breaching non-political stance
A Neighbourhood Watch is facing expulsion for “failing to meet its responsibilities as a charity” by continuing to post articles about Bedfordshire’s PCC, the Neighbourhood Watch...
Labour PCC candidate blames incomplete legal notice on agent
Labour’s police and crime commissioner (PCC) candidate for Bedfordshire has said he will be “accountable and transparent” if elected and blamed an incomplete legal notice on one...
Plans to make Keysoe International 'the UK's premier equestrian and well-being centre' to be submitted 'in the next few months'
Plans were backed by BBC DJ Sara Cox and Team GB gold medallist Laura Collett MBE
Call for funding help as Jamaican rugby player aims for the World Cup
The Caribbean island nation of Jamaica may not be the first country that comes to mind when it comes to rugby union, but one Bedford player is hoping to help his country to the next Rugby World Cup...
Monthly column: Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign expands testing programme thanks to new equipment
BedsGovet, the organisation behind the Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign, has now purchased its first Sonde water quality monitor using money generously donated by a few pioneer Bedford Borough...