Environment

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.

People are being warned about the dangers of field fires after four major events in Bedfordshire this week.

Hundreds of fish were saved from drying out in a Leighton Buzzard pond on Tuesday when the fire service arrived to top up its water levels.

A Leighton Buzzard pet shop is hoping to reunite a lost tortoise with its rightful owner.

Protestors hoping the Great Crested Newt could come to their aid to stop or delay developments may have been outflanked by changes in the licensing scheme.

Hot weather can pose a real health risk for many, especially older people, babies or very young children, and anyone with breathing problems or many other health conditions.

A kind Leedon Lower School pupil dedicated her birthday to helping wildlife, as she completed a litter pick in Astral Park on her special day.

Leighton Buzzard residents were left furious as they saw mess dumped in the middle of ‘Clipstone Dairy Road’ on their drive to work this morning.

More money will have to be spent on Central Bedfordshire’s infrastructure if the council is to provide the kind of area residents will want in 20 years’ time, it’s been claimed.

Leighton Buzzard punters have had a quacking surprise in town, as two ducks have taken to sitting in the high street.

Eight young hedgehogs have been released at Center Parcs in Woburn Forest after many months of care at a special hedgehog hospital.