I suppose it's becoming a habit: relying on the internet to supply most of the answers we want. The local reference library is excellent, but on a Bank Holiday weekend and up against a publishing deadline it is just not a viable resource.
What I want
I do park responsibly, honest gov'nor. I even go out of my way to do so. However, this effort is not being aided by the nabobs of our County town. Indeed, it strikes me that they are more intent on filling their coffers than acting either rationally or
I see that a large, well known and highly profitable supermarket in Cardington Road is about to stop supplying its customers with plastic carrier bags at no charge. I welcome the move, of course. Why wouldn't I?
Well, let me see …
Their in-store a
Bedford Hospital has a wonderful Diabetes Centre housed adjacent to the main site at Rye Close. Who would want to reduce its effectiveness in dealing with a huge and growing problem in UK society?
In a single visit to the Centre patients can have the
The leisurely pace of the road repairs around St Cuthbert's Church has been a source of frustration and annoyance for months.
Bedfordshire Highways has the power to maximise inconvenience and delay for motorists, so they seem bent on using such power
I have noticed that it is now more expensive to park at the Riverside Square in the evening than it is during the day.
Where's the logic?
I can understand charging for parking during the day - it discourages congestion and encourages use of the Pa
Even Professor Kate Jacques, pro-vice chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire and a long-time advocate of the two tier system admits: "Parents like middle schools. It means their children can be in a primary school environment for longer. And pupil
The move proposed by Bedford County Council to a limited two tier structure looks innocuous. It covers just 21 schools in the Bedford and Kempston area.
It is not yet known whether the rest of the county could follow suit later.
The switch would m
Bedfordshire County Council (BCC) has confirmed it has no power to close schoools under arrangements governing the transition to the new Bedford Unitary Authority. Some have taken this to mean that the introduction of two tier schools for Bedford and Ke
The proposal to abandon the three-tier schools in Bedford and Kempston and return to a two-tier system has been characterised as "a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change education in the town".
That's not true. Education in the town was changed fr