Homes blighted by sprawling retail park development
The smell that hangs over homes near a Bedford KFC is “already horrendous” an objector has said over plans to change a fast food...
Drug dealer served with Bedfordshire’s first Slavery and Trafficking Prevention Order
A drug dealer who trafficked two teenagers into a different county to sell drugs has been made subject to Bedfordshire’s first ever Slavery and...
Historic murder case comes the Luton Crown Court
A jury was sworn in on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in the case pensioner couple accused of being involved in the murder of the...
It’s tough at the top – it’s even harder at the bottom!
Bedfordshire’s top council officers’ salaries have been published in the latest TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) Town Hall Rich List.
The three council’s chief executives are paid...
Landfill targets set to be reached by Bedford Borough
Bedford Borough Council has said it is “on target” to hit its landfill target.
As with other local authorities, the borough council is working to...
Three arrested after a series of armed robberies in the county
Two men and a woman have been arrested in connection with a number of armed robberies targeting businesses across the county.
Police were called at...
Central Beds Council set to get multi-million pound deal from Holme Farm sale
The sale of “a once in a generation” employment site at Biggleswade is set to proceed, eventually netting a local authority tens of millions...
Police arrest 10 and seize almost £260,000 in cash and drugs in gang shakedown
Bedfordshire Police’s specialist gangs and guns unit have made 10 arrests and seized hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of drugs in a targeted...
Roads Police base to return to Bedfordshire if re-elected, says PCC election candidate
Festus Akinbusoye, has announced plans to bring back a Roads Police base and to invest in roads policing, if re-elected for a second term...
How much did life cost in 1974?
1974 might seem like a lifetime ago when looking back at the first days of Bedford Borough Council 50 years ago. But if it...
