Details were announced this week of the project which will see 8,000 additional homes in Bedford Borough receive 'superfast broadband' by 2016 and all homes have access to a minimum 2MB broadband. Working with partner authorities, Bedford Borough Council has successsfully secured over £1 million of investment in improving local broadband, especially across rural parts of the borough.
Thousands of people visited Bedford Town centre this weekend to enjoy the Christmas Fair and take advantage of the Mayor's Free Parking Deal.
A Bedford man has been handed a 10 months suspended prison sentence and ordered to carry out 270 hours of community service after an investigation by Bedford Borough Council Environmental Health & Trading Standards Service.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has praised the work of local schools in driving up and maintaining high standards, following Ofsted's ranking of the Bedford Borough local authority area as the second best place in the country for a child to attend lower or primary school. Since the figures were compiled, a further school has moved into Ofsted's good or outstanding categories, meaning Bedford Borough would rank joint first in the national table, based on the proportion of children attending a good or outstanding school. Currently, an extraordinary 97% of children attend a good or outstanding primary or lower school.
A Bedford man has been ordered to pay more than £300 after he was seen repeatedly breaching a Dog Control Order in Bedford Town Centre.
