Environment

Central Bedfordshire’s towns are to get a deep clean from this weekend.

Dire predictions of the future caused by climate change were presented to an audience in Leighton Buzzard by Dr Chris Brierley, Associate Professor in the Geography Department of University College London.

There has been anger in Leighton Buzzard over two dog attacks on sheep grazing by Astral Lake.

The Friends of Long Spinney are appealing for the public to vote for their bid for the Aviva Community Fund for the Wood Carving Trail.

Kerbside collections of household garden waste will be suspended across Central Bedfordshire over the winter months.

A beautiful coin that is thousands of years old has officially been declared as treasure after a member of the public found it in Wing.

A tug-of-war over a patch of countryside overlooking Linslade has broke out once again after developers issued another appeal to the Planning Inspectorate.

A trio of Wing school friends are hoping their Kenya fundraising campaign will be a roaring success after one of their fathers shaved off his beloved beard for the cause.

A Luton farmer has lost more than 20 sheep to dog attacks in the past 12 months.

Tiddenfoot Waterside Park has won a top award from The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Bedfordshire as part of their ‘Living Countryside Awards’, in recognition of its volunteers’ work to improve the park.

Central Bedfordshire Council has got tough with travellers after gaining an injunction banning eleven named individuals setting up unauthorised encampments anywhere in Central Bedfordshire over the next two years.

Leighton-Linslade has bloomin’ done it again, winning Gold in the prestigious Anglia in Bloom competition for the third year in a row!

An “abandoned” boa constrictor was found freezing cold at a country park near Leighton Buzzard, as the RSPCA came to its rescue with a hot water bottle.

A Leighton Buzzard father and son are urging residents to look after the environment, after they were left shocked by the amount of litter they found at Astral Lake Park.

Pugs (and their owners) are joining forces to break a Guinness World Record

Leighton Buzzard’s Sandhills residents are celebrating the good news, as after years of waiting, Astral Lake Park will open its gates to the public at noon tomorrow (Friday, August 17).

A Dunstable couple have had to be put up in a hotel after rats invaded their council flat.

A fearless Leighton Buzzard photographer and filmmaker captured a spectacular shot of extreme weather, as he stood right at its heart to achieve the perfect picture.