
Recycle your Christmas Tree
After the Christmas celebrations are over and all the decorations are down, if you cannot plant your real Christmas tree in the garden, don't forget to recycle it.
After the Christmas celebrations are over and all the decorations are down, if you cannot plant your real Christmas tree in the garden, don't forget to recycle it.
Around 1300 households were visited ahead of the floodwater's arrival to alert communities to the flood warning and the danger it represented.
This Christmas please give the ultimate gift - by joining the stem cell register. Every 20 minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer such as leukaemia, lymphoma or myeloma. Only around 30% of people with blood cancer find a matching donor within their family. Locally DKMS Bedford hub have registered over 2,200 people so far and you can see how you can help by watching their video here.
The Environment Agency has lifted the severe flood warning that was in place covering the Great Ouse through Bedford.
With flood warnings still in place for the River Great Ouse, Bedford Borough Council and partners including Bedfordshire Police, Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue and volunteer groups are continuing to monitor the situation as the floodwater levels have peaked at Bedford town centre and move through the villages to the east of Bedford.
Our friends at Healthwatch Bedford Borough have again shared the pharmacy opening hours for the festive period.