Young spider boys and girls descended on Mead Open Farm last Saturday to be the first to try the brand new Sky Trail and Sky Tykes High Ropes Course.

It promises to be a right royal occasion – especially now Leighton-Linslade Carnival Committee has selected its queens and princesses for the big July 13 event.

Leighton’s Heathwood Lower School enjoyed a visit from Ian Whybrow (author of more than 100 books including the Harry and His Bucketful of Dinosaur series) on Thursday.

The eye of the Law will be on car crime at Bucks beauty spots over the summer in a bid toto prevent the theft of valuables from cars.

An annual community event that has been running for the past decade will not go ahead this year due to lack of volunteers from the village.

Flames took hold of a portable building at the back of a warehouse in Heath and Reach yesterday evening.

A self-confessed dog lover from Heath and Reach has got her paws on her dream pet boutique in Woburn.

A mother who opted to have both of her breasts removed after battling cancer says she is determined to stop her daughter suffering too.

Bedfordshire’s aviation history is to be commemorated with the unveiling of two memorials at the sites of former wartime bases, Woburn Park and Podington, the latter now the drag racing strip known as Santa Pod.

Hill Farm and Orchard in Slapton is hosting a sponsored Dog Trek in aid of Dogs for the Disabled on Sunday, June 9.

Parents of a baby boy born at 11 minutes past 11 on the morning of 11/11/11 say they want his special presence to live on by helping other critically ill children.

A mature university student who has set her mind on investigating women’s experiences during menopause says she is determined to give Leighton people local support.

A young mother and loyal supporter of the NSPCC is determined to help raise half a million pounds for the children’s charity.

Leighton-Linslade welcomed a new Mayor at the town council’s annual meeting last night.

Gambolling in a Hertfordshire back garden is a sight to make anyone sit up and take notice – a grey squirrel may be a regular visitor, a black squirrel is rarer, but the reader who captured this brief snatch of film has never seen both at the same time.

A teenager has been left shaken after he was attacked with a hammer and robbed by masked men as he rode his bike through an alleyway in Leighton.

The election of a new Town Mayor will take place this evening at the annual meeting of Leighton-Linslade Town Council.

Beds Police crime commissioner Olly Martins is putting up Colette Paul, currently Deputy Chief Constable of South Wales Police, as the county’s new Chief Constable.

Budding entrepreneurs in town are being given a helping hand in launching their own businesses.

Four-legged fundraisers will be helping to fetch in a bumper fundraising total at a charity event on the Ashridge Estate next month.