Play areas in Bedford Borough to remain closed
With ongoing concerns about the high infection rate in Bedford Borough, Bedford Borough Council has decided that children's play areas will not be opening on Saturday 4 July.
With ongoing concerns about the high infection rate in Bedford Borough, Bedford Borough Council has decided that children's play areas will not be opening on Saturday 4 July.
The Government has finally released the Coronavirus 'Pillar 2' testing data. You will recall Mayor Dave Hodgson has been calling on the Government to provide this data, along with more detailed postcode level data to enable us to make better informed decisions locally.
Infection rates in Bedford Borough are high compared to other places in the South, so Bedford Borough Council is urging people to be careful this weekend.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has thanked residents, businesses, NHS staff, all our carers and council staff, police and other emergency services in his monthly Bedford Independent Column.
Today is the UK's National Srebrenica Day when we remember the genocide committed against over 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the space of just a few days in Srebrenica 25 years ago in July 1995.
The interim report into the 'deep dive' into Bedford Borough's high Coronavirus infection rate has now been published.