Mayor's Exam Congratulations for Students
Mayor Dave Hodgson has congratulated students across Bedford Borough on exam successes after yesterday's GCSE results day, following on from A-Level results day last week.
24 Aug 2018
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Exam success - GCSE results
Provisional GCSE results for the 2017/18 academic year have been released today showing that 63.7% of Bedford Borough students reached the required standard in English and Mathematics at Grade 4 and above (standard pass) and 41.1% of Bedford Borough students reached the required standard in English and Mathematics at Grade 5 and above (strong pass), an increase of around 3% on last year.
23 Aug 2018
Tory Torbay facing cash crisis
Tory-run Torbay Council has been forced to announce an 'immediate moratorium' on all non-urgent expenditure. The council's first quarter budget monitoring report has forecast an in-year overspend of more than £2.8million.
22 Aug 2018
Eid Mubarak!
Mayor Dave Hodgson has wished Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating Eid al-Adha today
21 Aug 2018
Eid Mubarak!
Mayor Dave Hodgson has wished Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating Eid al-Adha today
21 Aug 2018
Liberal Democrats reveal that half of prisoners are abandoned on release
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrat Homelessness campaigner Tim Caswell has revealed that more than 100,000 prisoners across England and Wales left prison for "unsettled" or "unknown" accommodation in the last three years, almost half of the 220,411 prisoners released in that period.
20 Aug 2018