At Monday's Climate Change Workshop we heard some of the successes of the Climate Change Fund. These successes have included paying for solar panels, replacement of doors, improved LED lighting and air conditioning.
A report looking at options around the East West Rail route north of Bedford Midland has shown that the service could run effectively using just the existing four lines, and avoid the need to demolish any homes in the Poets area.
The latest weekly coronavirus statistics for Bedford Borough have been published.
Bedford Borough Council has been notified of 7 cases of a variant known as VOC-21APR-02 (first identified in India). The variant was identified after genetic sequencing was carried out on positive COVID-19 tests.
Congratulations to Festus Akinbusoye on becoming Bedfordshire's new Police and Crime Commissioner.
The first preference votes in the Police and Crime Commissioner Election have been announced. They are: Festus Akinbusoye (Conservative) - 51,700 (42.4%) David Michael (Labour) - 42,708 (35%) Jas Parmar (Liberal Democrats) - 15,983 (13.1%) Patrick Hamill (Independent) - 8,279 (6.8%) Antonio Vitiello (English Democrats) - 3,387 (2.8%) We are now moving to the second phase of the Count and expect a final result in an hour or two.
