Environment

The 20 best-paid council staff in Bedford and Central Bedfordshire councils earned more than £2.7million between them last year.

It has been widely acknowledged that Oakman Inns, which operates popular pub-restaurants across Bucks, Herts, Beds, Oxon, Northants and Warwickshire, was the first multiple-site pub group to end the use of plastic straws across their 20 plus venues.

Social enterprise company chief executive Dawn Hewitt is on a mission to raise £21,000 for the charity she’s been involved with since its inception 21 years ago.

A 76-year-old Leighton Buzzard pensioner who wheels her green bin out each week claims she was shocked when the council refused to collect it because it was “too heavy”.

How many of you have walked around the town and commented to yourselves about the amount of rubbish deposited in car parks, on the canal towpath, around the supermarkets and along the ‘Black Bridge’ path between Mentmore Gardens, Linslade and Grovebury Road, Leighton Buzzard?

A Leighton Buzzard resident claims he is concerned that a new development will increase “parking problems” on Theedway.

Famous gardener Alan Titchmarsh MBE visited Woburn Abbey on Wednesday to launch a new exhibition marking the bicentenary of the first landscape gardener Humphry Repton.

Renowned gardening expert Alan Titchmarsh MBE will open a new exhibition at Woburn Abbey on Wednesday (March 21) at a press launch which celebrates the bicentenary of Humphry Repton and his influential work for the Dukes of Bedford.

There’s a chance to question council officials tomorrow (Tuesday) about possible changes to bin collections in Central Bedfordshire, including the option of moving to a three-weekly collection and charging £40 annually for garden waste.

Multiple easyJet flights have been cancelled at Luton Airport and dozens of schools are closing early ahead of heavy snowfall expected later today.

Bedfordshire commuters have been struggling to work today after the Beast from the East finally hit the county.

A man from Quarry Walk in Dunstable has received an 8-week prison sentence (suspended for 12 months) after pleading guilty to four offences of fly tipping in locations across Central Bedfordshire.

A consultation on possible changes to waste collections in Central Bedfordshire – including three-weekly black bin pick-ups and a £40 annual charge for garden waste – is under way.

A popular fishing competition has been cancelled – because of a lack of fish.

A Leighton Buzzard pet shop is celebrating triple success, as the store marked its first birthday, received a special nomination, and welcomed international visitors.

Campaigning groups opposed to plans by Central Bedfordshire Council for massive development across the borough are taking their fight to borough headquarters today.

A farmer was shocked to find his fields have been included as possible development land in Central Bedfordshire Council’s Local Plan.

Environmental charity The Greensand Trust can press ahead with restoration work at Shire Oak Heath after being successful in its bid to purchase the 17-acre site which neighbours Rushmere Country Park.