Mayor unveils Bedford Boroughs' first Average Speed Cameras
Lib Dem Mayor of Bedford Borough, Dave Hodgson, has officially unveiled the new average speed cameras at Milton Ernest.
9 Jan 2013
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Trial for New Car Park Technology
St Peter's Street car park is the first car park in Bedford Borough to be fitted with advanced camera technology, at no cost to Bedford Borough Council.
7 Jan 2013
Lib Dems Protect Weekly Bin Collections
Bedford Borough Council has been awarded £3.1 million thanks to Mayor Dave Hodgson and the Lib Dems
4 Jan 2013
Merry Christmas
I want to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very merry Christmas. Let us hope on this Christmas Eve that the rain eases off and river levels stabilise, and that those households in higher risk areas can enjoy a dry, safe, peaceful Christmas at home or with friends and family. The Council is in close contact with the Environment Agency and will continue to monitor the situation closely today and throughout the Christmas period, as we all hope for some drier weather and respite from the rain.
24 Dec 2012
Fighting for Fairness Alongside GCSE Students in the High Court
You may have seen some of the coverage in the national press about the GCSE English grading fiasco overseen by national regulator Ofqual and exam boards AQA and Edexcel. Thousands of students suffered at the hands of a drastic shifting of the grade boundaries for GCSE English between papers sat in January and then in the summer, in spite of the fact that there was no corresponding increase in the standard of the papers sat.
21 Dec 2012
Residents in Stewartby and Across the Marston Vale Let Down Again by Distant Decision-Makers
There was dreadful news from Parliament this week, when the Joint Committee of the two Houses considering US waste giant Covanta's appalling plans for a monstrous, oversized incinerator near Stewartby effectively gave the final go-ahead for the scheme.
15 Dec 2012