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Campaigners calling on residents and businesses to help save historic Wing pub

Funding for the new scheme has been secured by Thames Valley Police and crime Commissioner Matthew Barber

Online platform set up to help fight against retail crime across Thames Valley

3,878 shoplifting offences were recorded by Bedfordshire Police in the year to June – up from 3,616 in 2022

Shoplifting on the rise in Bedfordshire

Celebrating success at the Auto Trader awards - photo Brendan O'Sullivan

Keeping it in the family – Leighton Buzzard car firm wins top award

Andrew Selous MP. Picture: UK Government

MP welcomes cost of living payments for low-income families

Duncombe Drive car park

Upset over proposed car park charge hikes in Leighton Buzzard

MP Andrew Selous with Iris Lee, owner of Leighton Buzzard Garden Centre

Plans to build housing on garden centre site are unnecessary says town council

Marie French pictured with her late father, Tim.

Leighton Buzzard beautician helps hosts fundraiser in memory of her father

The shop could soon be a Greggs

Leighton Buzzard’s high street could be finally getting a Greggs

Pecks Farm Shop had to erect their own signs to indicate it was business as usual during the road closures

Farm shop hits out over lost business following 6-day road closure

Independent traders say they are being driven out of Leighton Buzzard

'Turn market stalls around or lose shops' say independent traders
Traders accuse council of putting market before shops

John Korchak, Managing Director at Inform Direct - Photo Keith Mindham Photography

Bedfordshire hits milestone number of 50k companies in the county

Peck Farm is one of the businesses you can vote for

Vote for your favourite Leighton Buzzard business in Muddy Stilettos awards

A customer fills his petrol tank at a BP petrol station (Photo by Toby Williams/Getty Images)

Petrol sellers called out for 'unacceptable profiteering' by MP in Parliament

The second annual Young Traders Competition is to be held on May 16

Town gears up for Leighton Buzzard Love Your Local Market fortnight

The new store will be on North Street - Google Maps

New carpet store to open in Leighton Buzzard

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Best home energy efficient lighting: eco-friendly low-cost bulbs

Loading up the Holland's pies on the drone for delivery (photo: Ben Frith)

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s a pie!

The MyBedsLife app

Bedfordshire university app to give students cost-of-living support goes live

Which car will be most popular in 2023? (above) (photo: Adobe)

Predicting most popular cars for 2023 market

Nearly a half of Brits are worried about losing their job (photo: Adobe)

Nearly half of Brits are worried about losing their job

In survey Audi A1 was car with the lowest running costs (photo: Adobe)

Data reveals UK’s favourite cars that cost you most and least to run

Start the year off by downloading a digital budget planner (photo: Adobe)

Helpful saving hacks to help with the cost of living

A councillor has called for education maintenance allowances to be reintroduced in Central Beds

College students 'missing classes over transport costs and too hungry to learn'

A school chef serves cooked hot dinner to a student (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Central Beds Council to lobby government over access to free school meals

Details or Warm Spaces in the Leighton Linslade area

Cost of living crisis: warm welcome awaits in Leighton-Linslade

Central Beds Council

Here's how to have your say on Central Bedfordshire Council's budget plan

A member the public looks through food items inside a foodbank (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Councillors call for more support for Central Beds foodbanks
The figure is expected to rise as the cost of living crisis continues to bite

Bedfordshire Police recorded 1,469 shoplifting offences between April 1 and August 31 this year

Shoplifting on the rise in Bedfordshire as cost-of-living crisis bites

Tom Kerridge and his Full Time Meals Christmas Lunch

Celeb chef Tom Kerridge launches cost of living crisis busting Christmas Lunch

Consumers are being urged to watch out for energy-draining ‘vampire’ appliances this Halloween

Watch out for energy-draining ‘vampire’ appliances this Halloween

Anglian Water is investing in a huge project to secure water supplies in Ampthill and Woburn

Major project to secure future water supplies in Beds and Milton Keynes towns

A sticker is placed on the windscreen of an uninsured car after it is seized by police

Thousands of uninsured vehicles seized in Bedfordshire

Spectrum Community Arts. Image: Spectrum Community Arts.

Leighton Buzzard disability dance group holds urgent fundraising drive

Bedford based Window Ware celebrate after receiving the Bedford Borough Council Service Excellence Award and the Overall Winner title

The best of business across Bedfordshire celebrated at prestigious awards night

Business mentors line-up to help small firms (photo: Adobe)

Business mentors line-up to join national effort to support small firms

Small British businesses set to go big on 100 digital billboards

Ten small British businesses set to go big on 100 digital billboards around UK

Stock electricity image, photo by Peter Byrne PA Images

Electricity thefts on the rise in Thames Valley, new figures show

Families are feeling the pinch as the cost of living escalates (photo: Adobe)

Warning to UK re cost of living pressures - 'the worst is yet to come'

A person fills up at a Shell petrol station

Average Central Beds driver 'could spend over £250 more' on annual petrol costs

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Happy Birthday to M&S Percy Pig

Julie and Jean-Claude Blanc at the Swanbourne Stores

Tasty takeaways bring a flavour of France to Aylesbury Vale village store

Don't miss out on Whizz Air's flash sale offering 18% off bookings made today (19/5)

Luton based Wizz Air celebrates 18th birthday with flash sale

The lucky candidate will get paid £1,000 for the month-long job role

Get paid £1,000 to eat Greggs breakfast baguette, Big Mac Meal and footlong Subw...

247 Blinds is offering three people the chance to earn £1,000 simply by displaying advertising in their home

Get paid £1,000 to advertise from your window - how to apply for the job with 24...
Company 247 Blinds is offering three people the chance to earn £1,000 simply by displaying advertising in their homes.

If you haven't used your Boots Advantage card for a while, make sure you shop with it before June 20

Boots Advantage card holders in Bedfordshire warned to spend their points before...

M&S has shared a new way for loyal customers to pick up a free coffee when they visit their local M&S Café

M&S rolls-out its coffee reward scheme to all its in-house cafes

Launched in 2019 the heart-shaped, truffle-infused sausage gained international notoriety in 2019 and made headlines across the globe

According to its data, the M&S 'love sausage' tops Valentine's Day menu for love...

Chocolate coins make a perfect Christmas stocking filler

Check out these bargains: PoundToy has toys for 1p in pre Black Friday sale - pl...

Center Parcs

Center Parcs announces plans for sixth UK holiday village

'It is rare to find a home so well located in a rural setting.' Photo: Savills.

Take a tour round this award-winning Whipsnade property with its private bluebel...

(L to R) James Mason, MP Greg Smith, Baroness Vere and Candice Mason

Transport minister visits Tring company to discuss how the government can help t...

Independents' Day

What do Leighton Buzzard's small retailers have planned for Independents' Day we...

Plenty of town centre businesses are joining in.

Find out which Leighton Buzzard independent businesses are offering great deals ...

The Woburn

Hotel and pub in nearby Woburn reopens under new name and ownership creating 60 ...