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Cllr Charles Royden and Cllr Wendy Rider by Manton Lane Footbridge

Stay Safe and Say No to Cold Callers

Bedford Borough Council Environmental Health & Trading Standards are urging people to stay safe in their own homes by saying a firm "No" to cold calling doorstep traders.

21 Mar 2013
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Mayor Dave Hodgson with Cllr Doug McMurdo outside Number Thirteen, the new front of house cafe-bar for Bedford Corn Exchange

Number Thirteen is Open for Business

Sunday night saw the official opening of 'Number Thirteen', the brand new 'front-of-house' facility for Bedford Corn Exchange and high quality new town centre cafe-bar. The Council has invested in the long-empty former Saracen's Head property in order to improve the experience for concert and gig-goers enjoying the Corn Exchange, and the new facility is already establishing itself as an attractive addition to that area of the town centre.

20 Mar 2013
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De Parys- Recent Consultations

Cllr David Sawyer and Cllr Henry Vann have recently been running some consultations in localised areas around De Parys regarding exciting changes on Caves Lane, Pemberley Avenue and Campbell Road:

15 Mar 2013
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Dave Hodgson with Town Bridge behind

More Progress in our Drive to Open up the Council

There was more good news in our drive to open up the Council to local residents last month, after we won approval for our proposals to remove the remaining restrictions on public questions at Full Council meetings. This means members of the public now have the same rights to ask questions at Council meetings as councillors, with the previous limit of six questions or 30 minutes scrapped from the rules within the Council's constitution.

8 Mar 2013
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