Young people from lower, middle, upper and special schools from across the borough flocked to Bedford Park, on Monday 23rd April, to take part in a once in a lifetime opportunity - to run alongside world class Kenyan athletes, Philip Langat and Shadrack Kosgei. The athletes were making a fleeting visit to the U.K in order to take part in the 2012 Virgin London Marathon.
Meeting in Leuven this weekend, the European Federalists have set their sights at the elections to the European Parliament in 2014.
It's Pints in the Parishes night once again tonight. I will be in Great Denham, which is obviously a growing community and one which is not served by a pub. As with all the pints in the parishes sessions, it came about after I wrote out to all rural parish councils about the events and inviting them to nominate a venue in their parish, if they wished. In the case of Great Denham, the Parish Council was kind enough to say that they would like to me to come and hold a session, and it proposed the public bar at The Bedford golf club. If you are local or happen to be in the area, why not pop along to talk about any issues affecting you or your community, or indeed anything at all you want to talk about? I will be in Bar 19 from around 7.30pm.
Commenting on Lord Blencathra's lobbying for the Cayman Islands government, Liberal Democrat Party President, Tim Farron said:
Littering on our streets is utterly unacceptable. Words of condemnation are not enough, however, and that is why we are taking real action to crack down on this form of anti-social behaviour which can blight our neighbourhoods. In fact, there have been a few illustrations in the last few weeks of how our 'zero tolerance' approach in this area means that if you litter the streets of Bedford Borough, you should expect to face punishment.
Responding to Ed Miliband's comments on party funding, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader, Simon Hughes said:
