Roaming charges down again in time for summer holidays - Duff
Last night, Euro-MPs and EU Member States achieved a breakthrough in their talks to reduce the costs of using mobile phones abroad.
2 Apr 2012
News
Bringing Bedford Park Café Back into Use- Mayor Dave Hodgson update
Comments from the Mayor's website- "A number of residents have contacted me in recent times to ask if and when the Bedford Park Café building will be brought into use as a café, and my response to date has always been that I have authorised the necessary work there and hope to see it operating as soon as possible. That's why I'm very pleased that after essential safety and refurbishment work, I'm now able to say that the building is almost ready for full use as a cafe and the Council is advertising for potential operators to come forward and tender for the contract."
1 Apr 2012
Citizens' Initiative: progress towards participatory democracy in Europe
The Citizens' Initiative comes into force on 1 April of this year. Introduced by the Lisbon Treaty, this new instrument will allow citizens to direct issues to the European Commission with a view to adopting appropriate action. A citizens' committee of at least seven people originating from seven different Member States will be required to record an initiative, and the one million signatures required must come from at least seven Member States. The organizers of initiatives who have collected one million signatures will be allowed to request a public hearing, to be organized in the European Parliament .
1 Apr 2012
CRC simplified to save businesses millions- Ed Davey
Millions of pounds will be saved for businesses through ambitious new proposals to simplify the Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme, (CRC).
31 Mar 2012
Cllr Merryman supports Bikability Project
In a one-off exception, it wasn't just children who got on their bikes this week for Bikability, as Cllr Phil Merryman visited Daubeney Middle School to join a group of young participants on a cycle training lesson. The Bikeability course is aimed at children aged 10 in the Bedford Borough area, and designed to help children develop the skills required to adapt to 21st Century's roads.
30 Mar 2012
Opening the Superb New Library Facility at Lincroft School
Getting out to schools around the Borough and talking to the staff and the children is without doubt one of the most enjoyable parts of the job of Mayor, and this week I had the honour of opening new library facilities at Lincroft School in Oakley. The new facilities will be a superb boost for the pupils, and it is clear that a lot of careful planning has gone into making sure they bring maximum benefit. As the School itself says, the library is the heart of the school. The library was obviously very well-stocked with books, magazines and of course IT equipment, and it is clear that as at schools across the Borough, at Lincroft Middle they are helping the children to enjoy their library and to really get the most from it (and to see it as so much more than somewhere they are forced to hang around in during wet break times, which is how some adults apparently remember their school library!).
30 Mar 2012