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Bumper Crowds Enjoy Bedford Christmas Market
Thousands of people visited Bedford Town centre this weekend to enjoy the Christmas Fair and take advantage of the Mayor's Free Parking Deal.
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Prison Threat and Community Work for Retailer of Fake and Dangerous Goods
A Bedford man has been handed a 10 months suspended prison sentence and ordered to carry out 270 hours of community service after an investigation by Bedford Borough Council Environmental Health…
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Bedford's Christmas Fair Continues Today and Tomorrow - Enjoy Bedford Town Centre this Christmas
Bedford Town Centre's big Christmas Fair continues today through to tomorrow, Sunday 15th December. The Fair includes the usual full array of Victorian-themed attractions popular with all ages,…
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Mayor Hails Local Schools' Excellent Showing in Ofsted Annual Report
Mayor Dave Hodgson has praised the work of local schools in driving up and maintaining high standards, following Ofsted's ranking of the Bedford Borough local authority area as the second best place…
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First Prosecution in Bedford Borough for Breaching Dog Control Orders
A Bedford man has been ordered to pay more than £300 after he was seen repeatedly breaching a Dog Control Order in Bedford Town Centre.
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Apprenticeships Up 38%!
The latest provisional data* on Apprenticeships (for 2012/13) reveals uptake has increased by 38% across Bedford Borough - while the wider picture shows performance across England down 1%.
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The Deal That Protects All Council Leisure Facilities and Secures £3 million Extra Investment
I have yet to write here about the excellent outcome a short while ago of the tendering process we undertook to help safeguard the future of the wide range of public leisure facilities run by the…
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Utility Companies Ordered to Return and Fix Their Repair Jobs
Utility companies and others who have dug up the borough's roads are being ordered to return after checks by the Council found more than a third of road reinstatements were not up to standard.
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Front Line Comes First in Three-Year Savings Plan
Earlier this month, my Cabinet agreed savings of over £18 million over the coming three-year period, as a vital contribution to the need for further vast spending reductions in that period in the…
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New B & Q Means More Local Choice and More Local Jobs
Earlier this month, I was invited to help mark the opening of Bedford's own B&Q store, which sits on a newly-developed site across the roundabout from Kempston Interchange Retail Park. This large…
