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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

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

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

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

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

The MyBedsLife app

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

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
A poster and web page have been created to highlight the warm spaces available to residents who might be struggling during the cost of living crisis.

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

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

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

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