Responding to Government figures that nearly 600 homeless people died on the streets last year, Bedford Borough Liberal Democrat Homelessness Spokesperson Tim Caswell said "These deaths are absolutely tragic. As a wealthy country, we simply cannot accept people dying on our streets."
Eleven schools in Bedford Borough took part in the Sustrans' Santa Challenge with children walking, cycling or scooting to school, building up miles towards an imaginary journey all the way to Lapland to meet Santa Claus.
With the Christmas and New Year bank holidays coming up, there will be a few changes to bin collections.
As we enter the festive season, we wanted to share some information from our local NHS colleagues which may be useful to you or to loved ones over Christmas:
To cele brate 12 months since the opening of the police enquiry office and community hub at Lime Street in Bedford, the police are holding a Public Engagement Day on Tuesday 18 December, between 10am and 2pm.
Commenting on this week's Local Government Finance Settlement, which confirmed the severe ongoing Government cuts for local services, Mayor Dave Hodgson said that contrary to the Prime Minister's claims, 'austerity is most definitely not over for local services.'
