The Bedford Archive

News from Bedford Today

• Central Bedfordshire housing targets slashed
  Target falls by around 40 per cent
• £150k spent on travel expenses
  Nearly £900,000 has been spent on recompensing staff at Central Beds for travel in six months.
• Police paedophile phone line launch
  New service will allow public to raise concerns about child sex offenders
• Rise in applications prompts uni boss call
  35 per cent rise in applications to study at the University of Bedfordshire
• Teens attacked at skate park
  Three teenagers were attacked with bats and chains in an assault at Fltwick Skate Park.
• Nadine's News: The launch of the Big Society
  Mid Beds MP's monthly column
• Man dies after roof fall
  Police have confirmed that a man who fell through a roof in Bedford on Saturday has died.
• Fuller's Forum: The future of Bedford Borough's schools
  Bedford and Kempston MP Richard Fuller writes his monthly column for the Times & Citizen
• Three-legged race means charity windfall
  A charity three-legged beer race has enabled a youngster - who is confined to a wheelchair – to purchase a new off-road buggy
• Man falls through glass roof
  A man is being treated for very serious injuries after an incident in Bedford town centre on Saturday afternoon.
• Body found in roadworks
  43-year-old suspected murder victim is recovered by police
• Pride In Bedford: Football ace George Thorne
  The first nomination for this year's Pride In Bedford Awards
• Crime falls in Bedfordshire
  Latest figures from Beds Police Authority