Just over a year ago, my Liberal Democrat colleagues and I on the Council fought a successful battle over the threshold to be set under the Council's new petitions policy for the number of…
Details of new bus services in both urban and rural parts of the Borough have been announced, and they confirm that we are bucking the trend and protecting and even improving services here at a time…
I recently attended a small ceremony to mark the opening of a new 'changing place' disabled toilet at River Street Car Park. You might wonder why a ceremony was held to mark the opening of a toilet,…
I recently visited St Cuthbert's Hall in Castle, which has been taken on by a volunteer group set up with the purpose of securing it as a community facility after it was made available for rent. The…
Towards the end of last week I popped along to see for myself the mounting pile of signs which have been removed as a result of our campaign to rid the Borough of useless, unattractive and…
After speaking in the first session of the Infrastructure Planning Commission's 'Open Floor Hearings' being held this week on the Covanta incinerator application on Tuesday, on Wednesday night…
Yesterday I spoke at the first session of the open-floor hearings being conducted by the Infrastructure Planning Commission on the application by US waste giant Covanta Energy to build a 600,000…
The 'Warmer Beds' Home Insulation Scheme is offering a special summer discounted price to homeowners in Bedford Borough to help make their homes more energy efficient, save money on their heating…
Throughout my first, short term as Mayor until the elections in May this year I got out and about around the Borough as much as possible in order to be as accessible as possible to local residents in…
A while ago my Cabinet colleagues and I introduced a new scheme for all restaurants and food outlets in the Borough whereby their food hygiene inspection rating is published online, along with full…