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- 31st July 2008
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
- 28th July 2008
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
- 13th July 2008
We know now that 19 more Post Offices across Bedfordshire are scheduled to close. That includes 5 Post Offices in Bedford itself and more in the outlying villages, such as, Biggleswade, Blunham, Old Warden, Southill and Stewartby, to name but five. Thes
- 12th July 2008
- 6th July 2008
Next week 1000's of people will descend on Bedford for the Bi-annual River Festival. thebestofbedford team will be on site. We're sharing a stand with Bedfordshire and Luton Chamber of Commerce and will be running a competition to win an IPOD. Drop in a
- 5th July 2008
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
- 3rd July 2008
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
- 29th June 2008
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
- 28th June 2008
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
- 21st June 2008
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