At this week's meeting of Full Council, Mayor Dave Hodgson announced that he has signed a letter calling on the BBC to reverse their decision to merge the two branches of Look East. This comes after the BBC announced plans to end the Cambridge-based version on the regional news programme. This would move one of Bedford Borough residents' major sources of local news 100 miles away to Norwich.
The Fraud Investigation Team at Bedford Borough Council have cautioned a local woman after it was found she supplied false information to the Council with the aim of obtaining free school transport for her children.
Invisible Folk and Bedford Borough Council are inviting people to take a journey into Bedford High Street's rich heritage.
A fleet of grocery delivery robots is heading to local neighbourhoods in Bedford and Kempston thanks to an exciting pilot project between Bedford Borough Council and Starship Technologies, the world's leading provider of autonomous delivery services, in partnership with the Co-op.
This week marks a decade of the Bedford Borough Council's Jobs Hub - a service, which has helped provide advice and support to over 50,000 residents and has helped over 4,000 people into Work, education and self-employment.
The final preparations are being made on the Embankment and Russell Park before 250,000 people arrive for the 2022 Bedford River Festival.
