Reacting to news that climate-changing gases in the atmosphere have reached a new high, former Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey said "Climate change comes not just with an environmental cost, but a human cost. Unless we act now, the destruction could be unparalleled."
Following the resignation of HEART Multi Academy Trust (MAT) Chief Executive Clare Smith, Mayor Dave Hodgson has said that the changes at the top of the organisation are indicative of the severe problems both with their now-halted proposals for Cauldwell, Shackleton and Shortstown Primary Schools and with the way HEART sought to impose them.
Bedford's Christmas Lights Switch On event will take place on Thursday 22nd November, at 7pm, along The Embankment.
We are used to hearing of Conservative-run Northamptonshire's financial woes, but now it transpires the Council's child protection services are also in crisis.
Next week is Bedfordshire's Homelessness Awareness Week, with many events throughout the week. A week today will see SoupFest return, this was a very popular event last year and will hopefully be successful again. Next Tuesday evening the Vue Cinema will be showing the film 'Sleeping Rough. Details of the various events are below:
The Bedford Branch of the Royal Anglian Regiment Association (Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire) held its Remembrance and Reunion Event in Kempston on Sunday 18th November. The event was described by Mayor Dave Hodgson as 'a very special and poignant occasion'.
