This week is Deaf Awareness Week, and Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats are backing its important message locally. Liberal Democrat Councillor Tim Hill, who is hearing impaired, has stressed the importance of the campaign's work to raise awareness of the needs of those who are deaf or have hearing loss, and highlighted the benefits this can bring locally.
Holocaust Memorial Day events will once again be taking place in Bedford, on Sunday 27th January.
The Council's LibraryPlus digital model launched in 2017 is proving to be a success in the three libraries where it was introduced - Bedford Central Library, Bromham Library and Wootton Library. Bedford Borough has a higher rate of book issues than the average for England with 3,572 issues per 1,000 population (England's average is 2,990).
Average speed cameras are being installed at seven more locations across Bedford Borough later this year.
Mayor Dave Hodgson shows children from Wootton Lower School the plans for the school's new Fields Road extension site ...
Dave Hodgson was born on an army base where his father taught the children of soldiers and he is passionate in supporting the men and women of our armed services, who daily put their lives in danger for the freedom of our country.
