Bedford Borough Council and Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity, work with local schools in Bedford Borough to encourage children and parents to walk, cycle or scoot to school.
One of the things that has bothered me for a number of years, and I know it bothers many local residents too is the absence of Bedford on the television weather maps.
You may have seen last week it was announced Michael McIntyre was coming to the Bedford Corn Exchange. When tickets went on sale, they sold out in just seven minutes!
The Hapur Trust make grants totalling around £1,000,000 each year and their Bedford Giving grants are now open with a deadline of 6th January.
Mayor Dave Hodgson and Bedford Borough Council have acted swiftly to protect local bus users from Stagecoach cuts described by Mayor Dave as 'unacceptable'.
Following the resignation of HEART Multi Academy Trust (MAT) Chief Executive Clare Smith, Mayor Dave Hodgson has said that the changes at the top of the organisation are indicative of the severe problems both with their now-halted proposals for Cauldwell, Shackleton and Shortstown Primary Schools and with the way HEART sought to impose them.
