Bedford Borough Council has issued a warning to residents and visitors over growing concerns about blue-green algae blooms that are appearing on areas of the lakes at Priory Country Park and some of the Borough's watercourses.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has reassured residents that vital frontline services will continue to be protected despite years of government grant cuts and with the country facing a cost of living crisis. Unlike many other councils who have had to stop some of their services, Mayor Dave has ensured that bins have been regularly collected, no libraries have closed and no Children's Centres shut down.
The Annual Canvass of households, to update the Electoral Register, is now live. Each year we have to, by law, find out who is eligible to register to vote.
During National Allotments Week, Newnham Liberal Democrat Councillors Hilde Hendrickx and Jake Sampson speak about the importance of the natural environment and green spaces across the Borough.
As part of the major annual investment into roads and pavements across the Borough, three more roads are set to be resurfaced by Bedford Borough Council in the next couple of months. Castle Road Gyratory, Eastcotts Road in Kingsbrook and Ridge Road in Kempston will all be repaired and renewed to create a safer environment for all road users.
Last week Mayor Dave Hodgson visited the Hydro Power Facility on the River Great Ouse. The facility has been generating clean, renewable energy for Bedford Borough and beyond for over 10 years. Since then the Council have been installing and promoting new innovative ways to generate clean energy and reduce the Borough's carbon emissions.
