Let's end homelessness - back the new plan from Crisis
Crisis have launched a new plan to end homelessness within ten years.
11 Jun 2018
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More Free Family Fun in Bedford this Weekend with the International Kite Festival!
Spectacular kites from around the world will take to the skies above Bedford this weekend, on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th June, for the annual International Kite Festival.
8 Jun 2018
East Midlands Rail Franchise Invitation To Tender
A summary of the government's specification for the next East Midlands rail franchise, published yesterday: Bedford is almost entirely removed from from the intercity rail network. We'll be a stop on a Corby to London 'commuter-style' service instead, with the exception of a couple of trains in the morning northbound and 3 in the evening southbound.
8 Jun 2018
On its 40th Anniversary, River Festival to be Bigger and Better Than Ever
2018's Bedford River Festival will be bigger than ever before, with the Festival expanding further down the River to include St Marys' Gardens.
7 Jun 2018
Government failing first time home-buyers
Responding to reports that the proportion of parents lending money to their children for housing deposits has risen to 27%, Liberal Democrat Housing campaigner Dean Crofts, said "A broken housing market that routinely relies on parents lending cash to young home-buyers flies in the face of fairness."
7 Jun 2018
Mayor Dave meets with Govia Thameslink
Liberal Democrat Mayor Dave Hodgson met with Govia Thameslink this morning and made clear the extent of the impact of the utter failure of the new timetables on Bedford Borough residents. Dave reminded them that Bedford rail users have been hit doubly hard by the daily chaos currently taking place, because these failing services are those we have left *after* the government has taken away peak-time fast intercity trains.
6 Jun 2018