Today is the 80th anniversary of the R101 airship disaster. The R101 was built at Cardington, of course, and set off from there on its first, and tragically final, overseas voyage on October 4th 1930. It was an honour to attend a service of remembrance at Cardington Church on Sunday, and to sit amongst men and women who recall the working airship sheds as we collectively remembered all those who lost their lives in the disaster.
"Liberal Democrats have long campaigned to reform the Housing Revenue Account subsidy and replace it with a fairer system. We've now been able to deliver on that pledge in government."
Bedford will be joining thousands of towns, cities and businesses around the world by marking 10:10:10 day this week.
As part of the Council's ongoing efforts to find a sustainable method for treating the borough's residual waste, the Mayor, Portfolio Holder and Council officers are to visit the UK's first full scale autoclave plant for the treatment of household waste.
Commenting on the decision to call off strikes by BBC staff planned for next week, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Media, Olympics and Sport, Don Foster said:
I am very pleased to have announced an additional £1 million of funding in the current financial year for road and footpath repairs. Sadly, the former Conservative County Council left an appalling legacy of crumbling, unsafe roads, and a vast backlog of necessary works. It was clear to me that this had to be a priority for the new Council, and Liberal Democrat colleagues and I were successful in ensuring that an extra £2 million was invested in the roads last year over and above the funding level of the old County Council after we forced another £1 million into the budget. The new funding boost means an extra £2million again this year. This means more roads being resurfaced and repaired right across the Borough.
