Tomorrow, Saturday 15th August sees Mayor Dave Hodgson's Village Tour 2015 kick off with a series of open street surgeries in rural villages in the north of Bedford Borough. Mayor Dave has held a village tour every summer since he was elected as Mayor in October 2009, during which he holds open street surgeries in villages right across the Borough.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has welcomed the introduction of a brand new bus on the the number 25 rural bus route between Bedford and Sharnbrook in response to buoyant user numbers.
Following the publication of GCSE grades for students across Bedford Borough, Mayor Dave Hodgson has congratulated students and teachers on their efforts.
Mayor Dave Hodgson was on hand yesterday to welcome shoppers to the opening of a brand new Iceland Store at the Church Lane District Centre in Bedford, continuing the dramatic transformation the centre has undergone in recent years.
Mayor Dave Hodgson's annual Village Tour is to conclude tonight with open street surgeries at Stevington, Pavenham and then Oakley with half-hour sessions beginning at 5.30, 6.15 and then 7pm respectively. Oakley is the 61st and final village on the Mayor's Village Tour 2015, which has seen over two hundred people speak to Mayor Dave directly in their village, discussing a range of local and wider issues.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has outlined the depth of the looming crisis facing local services as Government cuts and rising demand for services combine to create an unprecedented funding gap.
