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Bedfordshire GP websites hit by healthcare firm's collapse

Chancellor John Healey leaves 11 Downing Street to present the Autumn Budget to Parliament on October 28. Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

Bedfordshire MPs respond to the new budget by Labour Chancellor

Fireworks. Image: Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Warning of anti-social behaviour spike this Halloween and Bonfire season

Animal Antiks. Image: Ashley Peters.

Family 'feels lost and distressed' as councils stop farm centre placements

Clockwise from top left: Bedford Borough Council, Luton Town Hall, Milton Keynes Council and Central Bedfordshire Council

Deadlock on devolution deal as deadline passes with councils still at odds

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Free spooky slime making at Leighton Buzzard Library this Thursday

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Future of Poundland stores in doubt as company could face insolvency

Town councillors Jo Symes and Andrea Kidd celebrating the free Christmas buses. Image: Leighton Buzzard Lib Dems.

Ride on the L service for free during all four Christmas Saturdays

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Bedfordshire soldiers laid to rest on the Western Front

Clockwise from top left: Bedford Borough Council, Luton Town Hall, Milton Keynes Council and Central Bedfordshire Council

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Sport

Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli of Italy is in pole position to win the 2026 Formula 1 Drivers’ Championship

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Lioness Tricia helps England roar to victory in mini football World Cup

Acts such as East 17 and Kerry Katona will be at Parkdean Resorts’ Celebrity Christmas Weekender in late November

East 17 to headline Christmas Celebrity Weekender

Sam Nombe got his first goal back at the club on Tuesday night

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Crime

Goodness Sokoh used Snapchat to target his victims. Photos: Thames Valley Police and Getty Images

Rapist who used Snapchat to lure victims is jailed for 21 years

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Police hunt wanted man with links to Bedfordshire

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Police step up patrols after reports of man 'concealing knife'

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'There's no urgency' Police criticised after motorbike stolen

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The new Morphy Richards Zino is a true bean-to-cup filter coffee machine - and probably one of the best in the business

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The LHTS Hub held a successful trial morning promoting a new daytime performing arts programme for home-educated and flexi-schooled young people.

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Health

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Nurosym's earpiece has helped people relieve various symptoms

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Blue Sapphire Care Ltd provides personal care to people living in their own homes

Leighton Buzzard care home provider told it Requires Improvement

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One in five pet owners thinks fireworks should be banned

Pet owners call for fireworks ban and public displays

The M25, Britain’s busiest motorway is marking its 40th birthday

M25 celebrates 40 years of traffic and congestion

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