Bedford Borough Council has used its discretionary power to extend the Household Support Grant criteria to include those who face additional energy costs because of a disability or they are living with a chronic illness.
Elstow and Stewatby Councillor Tim Hill has announced that he will be standing down in May.
The recent Council Budget protected a number of rural services, despite the drastically reduced support from the government.
As part of a joint project with Brickhill Parish Council, Bedford Borough Council has replaced and refurbished the wooden pig sculptures located at the Crispin Drive Playground on the Woodlands development.
The Higgins Bedford, Panacea Museum and John Bunyan Museum are celebrating British Science Week with a range of free family-friendly science, technology, maths and engineering activities on Saturday 11 March.
Garden waste collections resume from 1st March, following the usual pause in this service over winter.
