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COUNCIL STEPS IN TO CONTINUE RURAL BUS SERVICES
Bedford Borough Council has announced it will step in to continue two rural bus services.
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Pulling Together for the Bedford Rowing and Watersports Lake!
On Wednesday this week I attended the formal start of landscaping for the Bedford Rowing and Watersports Lake. In fact, I even had the honour of planting the first tree! The vent was held to mark not…
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Cutting Council Carbon by 40%... While saving taxpayers £8 million!
This week saw the launch of the Council's Carbon Management Plan. That doesn't sound very exciting, I know. However, it sets out how the Council is going to cut its carbon emissions by a massive 40%…
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Ridding the Borough of Useless Street Clutter!
Today I launched our campaign to rid Bedford Borough's streets of useless street clutter. Unnecessary road signs, railings and bollards that are cluttering our local streets are firmly in our sights.…
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Visiting One of Bedford's Hidden Giants!
When I talk to people about the major firms located here in Bedford Borough, I am always struck by the fact that the presence of Fujifilm UK's Head Office does not seem to be widely known. They…
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Battery Recycling from the Doorstep
A lot of people use a lot of the different services provided by the Council, but the one thing the Council does which almost all of us use and rely on is the household bin collection scheme. We have…
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Network Rail Must Respect Riverside Right of Way Over Footbridge
Network Rail is seeking to pull down the footbridge over the Bedford to Bletchley railway line along the riverside path in Bedford, near the Prebend Street Bridge. This may not mean much to those…
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Mayor Announces New Limits to Council 'Snooping' Powers
Mayor Dave Hodgson has announced a series of measures to restrict Bedford Borough Council's use of powers dubbed a 'snoopers' charter' for councils, and bring openness and transparency locally to a…
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Restricting the Council's Own 'Snooping' Powers
You may have read in yesterday's Times and Citizen newspaper, or heard on Heart FM this morning, about my reforms to the Council's policy on the use of the excessive powers it has to conduct…
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Figures Show Bedford Borough Council Tax Cut is Biggest in the Country
A survey has shown that the Council tax cut delivered in Bedford Borough by Mayor Dave Hodgson is the largest in England. The survey published yesterday by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance…