Catch it While You Can - Town Hall Office Block Disappearing Fast!
If you have been down by the river in Bedford town centre recently, you will know that the town hall office block building is...
24 Jul 2014
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No Births, No Beds: Commissioners Select 'Devastating' Preferred Options for Bedford Hospital
Two proposals for a massive, permanent downgrading of Bedford Hospital have been identified by NHS Commissioners as preferred options under their ongoing health review. The two models for future care both involve major cuts across all services including an end to all maternity and dedicated children's services in Bedford. The move comes in spite of the hospital's high safety rating and the growing local population.
25 Jul 2014
Save Bedford Hospital - Have You Signed the Petition Yet?
Mayor Dave Hodgson addresses the Save Riverbank Ward rally held at the time of the withdrawal of paediatric services from Bedford...
31 Jul 2014
Mayor Dave's Village Tour Thanks and Schedule of Remaining Village Surgeries
Having held the first seventeen open street surgeries of his ongoing summer village tour, Mayor Dave Hodgson has thanked everyone who has come out to speak to him so far. Mayor Dave is once again getting out and about to villages right across Bedford Borough to enable people to talk to him directly about the issues that matter to them and their community.
1 Aug 2014
Mayor's A Level Congratulations for Borough Students
Mayor Dave Hodgson has congratulated local students and school and college staff following the publication of A Level exam results. The results across Bedford Borough showed more local students achieving top grades, in the face of the widely-reported national decline in A* and A grades.
15 Aug 2014
Plans for Savage Hospital Downgrade are 'as Unjustifiable as they are Shocking'
In his latest monthly article for the Times and Citizen newspaper Mayor Dave Hodgson has written of his disgust at the proposals from NHS Commissioners to 'rip essential hospital services put from our community'. In the article a Mayor Dave describes the plans as 'as unjustifiable as they are shocking' and repeats his call for the community to come together in support of the campaign to save Bedford Hospital as we know it. Here's the full text of the column:
20 Aug 2014