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Discussions took place between the students, the Mayor, and key stakeholders involved in the Universal Studios development planned for Bedford.

Mayor of Bedford visits students to talk about the Universal Studios development

Stock image of three people on treadmills in a gym.

2025 Bedfordshire and Luton Wellbeing Games

From Bedford to Luton, Leighton Buzzard to Biggleswade, these schools boast very low absence rates

Bedfordshire's 12 top state secondary schools for attendance

Andy Selemba is running the marathon for the sixth time!

10 running for Keech Hospice in London Marathon

• A street scene image of Chamberlains Bridge in Leighton Buzzard

Bellway team in Bedfordshire celebrate ninth consecutive HBF 5-Star home builde...

(left to right) Qadeer Qureshi, CEO of Aegis Support Services and Gina Bubbins, Director of Partnerships, The Bedford College Group.

Aegis Support Services joins The Bedford College Group’s Employer Partnership Sc...

Staff on a NHS hospital ward. Photo from Peter Byrne/PA Images

Bedfordshire NHS Trust pays out nearly £9m for misdiagnosis claims

• Bellway is offering to pay up to £25,000 towards stamp duty costs for customers who reserve a new home with them in Bedfordshire before 30 April.

Bellway launches campaign to support buyers in Bedfordshire facing stamp duty in...

NFU Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire Chair Freya Morgan.

Bedfordshire farming leader slams government’s removal of nature incentive sche...

Alex Mayer MP

Great Daffodil Appeal: Leighton Buzzard shoppers spring into action

Left to right - Gillan Kelly, GLL Partnership Manager - Aaron Colbert, GLL Community Sports Manager - Rachel Roberts, Employer Partnership Specialist at The Bedford College Group.

GLL joins The Bedford College Group’s Employer Partnership Scheme

GLL, a charitable social enterprise specialising in leisure, health, and community services, has officially joined The Bedford College Group’s Employer Partnership Scheme, further strengthening opportunities for students to gain valuable industry experience.

Tracy Roberts

Thea Roberts is thriving in her new role at Pretium Consult.

Bedford College student secures role at construction consultancy, Pretium Consul...

Bedfordshire children celebrated their love of literature with some fantastic costumes.

In Pictures: Bedfordshire children celebrate World Book Day 2025

These sixth forms were among Bedfordshire's highest performers when it came to A Level exams in 2024

Bedfordshire's 8 best state sixth forms for A Levels

John Korchak, Inform Direct

Number of companies in Bedfordshire hits record high

Sandwashing in Leighton Buzzard c1912. Ref: Z50/72/200

Bedford Archive: Digging into Leighton Buzzard's industrial history

Busy woman working at home office calculating and paying utility bills for house rent.

Searches for ‘how to save on water bills’ surge as costs set to rise by £123

A recent photo of the band Zenana. Pic: Jean Fitch

Leighton Buzzard beautician to release single as part of reformed girl band

Former glamour model Lucy Kemp who has had all her fillers dissolved to go back to a more natural look.

Watch: Ex-Playboy model has £80k of cosmetic procedures reversed

John Panayis at fish and chip shop Nick's Plaice in Northampton.

Watch: Britain's oldest chip shop worker, 91, still does 30 hour weeks

The John Bunyan Boat

The John Bunyan Community Boat announces the 2025 Cruise Programme

Alex Mayer MP

Chancellor backs East West Rail in major boost for Leighton Buzzard commuters

Many of Bedfordshire's top performing schools will be familiar names to those who follow performance data closely

The 16 best state secondary schools in Bedfordshire for 2025

A new-born baby lies in an incubator moments after her birth at a maternity ward (Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)

More midwives at Bedfordshire hospitals since damning CQC report

Julia Dwyer, Director of Cadent Foundation

Cadent Foundation and Citizens Advice extend partnership with £2m funding boost

These schools were among Bedfordshire's top primary schools last year

Bedfordshire's 16 top state primary schools named in new data

Emergency flashing lights are seen on an ambulance (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

New site will be needed for ambulance operations centre - if it avoids closure

Central Bedfordshire Council headquarters - and inset CBC leader Cllr Adam Zerny. Images: CBC.

Central Bedfordshire Council officially expresses interest in devolution

Central Bedfordshire Council (CBC) has submitted an official letter expressing its interest in being part of the government’s devolution priority programme.

Jo Robinson

• Bellway is offering incentives worth up to £25,000 on selected new homes across Bedfordshire.

Bellway offers homebuyers in Bedfordshire up to £25,000 to help make their move

Former Bedfordshire Chief Constable Garry Forsyth

Are councils providing transit sites to help tackle unauthorised encampments?

The scan of a patient diagnosed with prostate cancer

Scientists harness healthy gut bacteria to fight prostate cancer

New Bedford town centre policing hub

Monthly Column: The future of neighbourhood policing

Alex Mayer MP.

Have your say: 'Shape East West Rail plans' says local MP

The Mount Vernon Cancer Care Centre. Photo: Google Maps

Delay in relocating services from Cancer Care Centre labelled "appalling"

Scott Paterson confesses to killing Annette Smith.

Watch: Killer confesses to suffocating and dismembering his landlady

Emergency services news.

Ambulance service in talks to use handover limit for patients coming to hospital

St Mary's Clophill

Fantastic Walking Festival

BLMK ICB chief executive Felicity Cox. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

"We know that we are not getting everything right" admits care board

Leader of Central Bedfordshire Council Adam Zerny with Emma Hardy, Minister for Water and Flooding. Picture: Central Bedfordshire Council

Council leader vows to examine if it could have done more to combat floods

Paragolfer instruction with Cae Menai Davis.

Bedford wheelchair users are invited to rise up and play golf at Woburn Golf Clu...

Kiddi Caru day nurseries in Bedfordshire are welcoming parents to their Autumn open day on the 21st

Join us for Kiddi Caru’s Autumn Open Day 2024: Discover early years education at...

Edith Griffith Chair of Leighton Linslade Health Provision Group.

Column: Health Matters

Photo by Mariano Nocetti on Unsplash

New swim school opens exclusively for children with Special Educational Needs (S...

Dreadzone are just one of 15 picks we’ve made for concerts taking place in Bedfordshire before the end of 2024.

15 concerts coming to Bedfordshire before the end of 2024

Many primary schools across Bedfordshire have high numbers of students working at the expected level (Photo: National World/Google)

The 19 best-rated primary schools in Bedfordshire

These schools have shown they are setting their pupils up for success 👩‍🏫

Amber Allott

There are plenty of great secondary schools across Bedfordshire (Photo: National World/Google)

Bedfordshire's 16 top-rated secondary schools

Environment news. Image: Anglian Water.

Anglian Water rated two stars after 'serious' pollution incidents

Council leaders have written to the Prime Minister backing plans for a Universal UK theme park to be created at Kempston Hardwick

Council leaders urge prime Minister to support plans for Universal UK theme park

Bedford Hospital and Luton & Dunstable Hospital

Trust pays out £11m in negligence claims for childbirth and maternity failings

Darren Roe

Leighton residents can now ‘bus, dance and party’ to major regional River Festiv...

Redrow South Midlands

Leighton Buzzard housebuilder donates to local charity providing friendship to c...

Northants have announced a new partnership with Bedford School (Picture: Mark Lewis)

Northants team up with Bedford School to help 'nurture the talent' of the future

File picture of Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue vehicle

Firefighters rescue 'intoxicated male' from canal in Leighton Buzzard

Blake Stephenson in Woburn Photo: LDRS

Towns and villages need more police says Conservative candidate for Mid Beds

Prospective students packed-out the 2023 UCAS event

12,000 students expected to attend University of Bedfordshire's UCAS event

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