With fewer than 24 hours to go before polls open for the crucial Bedford Borough Mayoral by-election, the Liberal Democrats are urging local residents to use their vote tomorrow. Liberal Democrat candidate Dave Hodgson has campaigned on his plans to make Bedford Borough a great place to live, work and do business. Polls are open between 7am and 10pm tomorrow.
Bedford Town Centre's record of bucking the trend in the face of the crisis for UK High Streets was the focus of a report on BBC Look East last night. In his introductino, the newsreader declares that Bedford is 'the High Street fighting back against out-of-town stores and the internet'. The report includes the facts and figures which illustrate how Bedford has increased footfall in contrast to the national trend of falling numbers of visitors to high streets, and features comments from Mayor Dave Hodgson, seen here during his interview in The Arcade.
It is six months on from when Elstow Solar Farm first went operational, and it is already far exceeding expectations in terms of energy and income generation. The state-of-the-art solar farm has generated 1,926Mwh of energy, more than originally predicted. This has led to over £127,000 more income for the council than was originally estimated.
Following high levels of interest from residents, Bedford Borough Council are highlighting some of the recent exciting archaeological findings from the local area.
Congratulations to The Fox Inn in Carlton and the Carlton Village Shop and Post Office who have been in shortlisted in the Countryside Alliance awards for the 'Best Regional Pub' and the 'Best Regional Village Shop/Post Office' categories respectively.
At a meeting of the Executive, Finance Portfolio Holder Councillor Michael Headley outlined the strategies put in place to deal with the financial challenges the Council faces caused by years of Conservative government cuts and huge inflationary pressure. The measures have offset the additional forecast costs from children's social care placements and temporary accommodation, whilst protecting vital frontline services as the Council has done every year since 2009.
