I chaired a meeting of the Council's Executive at Borough Hall on Wednesday night where, amongst a range of matters including the Council's use of surveillance powers, the Borough's Community Safety…
I was delighted to join Thomas Boden, Chairman of Lantmannen Group, in opening Lantmannen Unibake's major new bakery at Cambridge Road, to the South of Bedford. We have worked closely with the…
I was honoured to host a flag raising ceremony at Borough Hall yesterday to mark Armed Forces Day, which is approaching on Saturday. Armed Forces Day helps to raise public awareness of the…
Today Bedford town centre plays host to the second Bedford Italian Festival. The event follows a tremendously sucessful inaugural festival in 2009, and the plans for this year are even bigger…
Last week I visited the yard where we send abandoned cars to be crushed. The purpose of the visit was to help raise awareness of our campaign to crack down on the scourge of abandoned cars, which…
I am delighted that the latest project from Castle Quay Weekender organisers We Are Bedford, the first Bedford Busking Festival, will be going ahead after they hit their target of raising £500.…
I was dismayed to learn this week of the decision that the final determination of Biogen Power Ltd's application to build a new waste gasification incinerator atTwinwoodsBusinessParknear Milton…
When the statue donated to Bedford by the town's Italian community was unveiled at the time of Bedford's first Italian Festival in 2009, the response was overwhelmingly positive. It is remarkable for…
On Thursday I attended a short remembrance and tribute to Kenyan athlete and Olympic Marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru, who died tragically in an accident at his home in Kenya a week ago at the…
With my first comment upon being re-elected being that I will work with everyone who has the Borough's interests at heart, I am delighted that I have been able to appoint an all-party Cabinet.…
