Sales of plastic bags drop 90% since fee was introduced
Sales of single-use plastic bags have fallen by 90% since the introduction of the 5p charge in 2015, new figures have revealed.
4 Aug 2019
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Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service receives national accreditation
Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service, the oldest county records office in the country, has again been awarded Archive Service Accreditation.
3 Aug 2019
The Countdown is on - Less than a Year Until River Festival 2020
There is now under a year until Bedford River Festival 2020, which will take place on Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July next year.
2 Aug 2019
Tory cuts to schools are failing our children
Liberal Democrats have slammed the growing inequality in our schools following the release of an Education Policy Institute (EPI) report. The report shows that it would take over 500 years to close the gap between disadvantaged secondary school pupils and their peers at its current rate.
2 Aug 2019
Mayor Dave Hosts Meeting with Maldives Ambassador to the UK
Mayor Dave Hodgson welcomed the Maldives Ambassador to the UK to the Mayor's Parlour in The Old Town Hall in Bedford this week, where they discussed the welcome given to the Maldives 2012 Olympic Team while it used Bedford as a base, along with a range of other topics.
1 Aug 2019
The Government's ‘Serious Violence Strategy’ is neither serious nor a strategy
Responding to the Home Affairs select committee report into the youth violence epidemic, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Ed Davey MP said "Youth violence is an epidemic, and the Home Affairs Committee is absolutely right to say that the Conservative Government's response is woefully inadequate. As this report makes clear, the Government's 'Serious Violence Strategy' is neither serious nor a strategy. Tory Ministers pay lip service to a public health approach, but don't seem to even know what it means.
1 Aug 2019