At Full Council on 28th February Councillor Jim Weir led a petition calling on all local authorities to lobby the Government to abolish the current system of Estate Management Charges and put in place a fairer and more transparent scheme.
Wixams Station got the green light from Bedford Council’s Planning Committee on 20th February, after Councillors unanimously backed plans for the station buildings, car park and platforms at its meeting on 20th February.
Bedford town centre has been through some tough times in recent years. The incessant rise of online shopping, resulting in the disappearance of many well-known high street brands, combined with shutdown during COVID, have hit Bedford’s shopkeepers hard.
After months of heated debate and consultation, Bedford Borough’s Local Plan 2040 received nearly 1500 responses from interested parties and residents.
For the February half term break, thousands of families who are entitled to income related free school meals will obtain supermarket vouchers funded through the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Household Support Fund.
Bedford Borough Council is holding a vigil on Friday 24th February 2023 to mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The event will take place from 6pm in Harpur Square and is open to all residents of Bedford Borough.
If you take a moment to look around you will begin to notice a world awash with an artificial glare. Animals and people constantly bathed in the harsh synthetic lights beaming from our homes, workplaces, laptops, phones and street lamps.
