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Connection and creativity at Music24's Mind Our Music session in Bedford

Music charity receives significant National Lottery Funding

Center Parcs Woburn Forest

Center Parcs confirm death of teenager after skateboard fall at Woburn Forest

Redrow South Midlands is inviting the local community to FREE Deposit Match event

Here’s how you can double your 5% house deposit in Leighton Buzzard this month

Campaigners have welcomed news of a GP surgery for the east of the town

New surgery is good news but not enough say health campaigners

Bedfordshire’s three local authorities have been selected to lead a new East of England partnership focussed on providing better outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). - Stock picture

Bedfordshire’s councils team up for new SEND partnership

Adult services Bedford Fortnightly Social Group enjoying a meal

Autism Bedfordshire receives £10,000 grant from The Panacea Charitable Trust

The campaign aims to help people make positive changes to their relationship with alcohol. Image by Monica Di Loxley.

Alcohol campaign launches as figures show more risk for Bedfordshire men

Abstract hospital in blur background. PIC: boophuket - stock.adobe.com

Urgent care needed for towns where housing has been 'foisted on the community'

The centre opens next week

New mental health centre offers sanctuary to young people in Leighton Buzzard

Members of Breastfeeding Buddies have been recognised with a regional award

NHS volunteers recognised for breastfeeding support via Baby Brasseries

Alistair Strathern (centre). Image supplied by Labour Party

Labour's candidate for Mid Beds says constituents feel 'let down' by MP
“I’m going to be here day in, day out, speaking to people, having those conversations to show people that I’m on their side”

Ed Davey and Emma Holland-Lindsay campaigning in Ampthill

LibDem candidate for the Mid Beds says she will be a hard-working local champion

Get your vote in now - photo Keith Brown

These are the Bedfordshire projects up for a countryside award

Members of the Falls Team next to the falls response vehicle

Pioneering falls team to help vulnerable people in Bedfordshire

Leighton celebrate with the league trophy. Photo: Leighton Town FC.

Reds' league is confirmed

An outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed at Bedford's Priory Country Park

Bird flu confirmed among black-headed gulls at Priory Country Park in Bedford

Earliest postcard to mention Titanic ship disaster to go on auction

Help the NHS and partners piece together the future of mental health care.

Call for Bedfordshire people to take part in mental health summit

The MyBedsLife app

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

John Korchak says business is booming - Keith Mindham Photography

Companies boom for Leighton Buzzard

Photo L-R: Kirsty Maynard, THSP, SME Bedfordshire Business Awards 2022 Gold Winner. With Justin Richardson, Chief Executive at Bedfordshire Chamber of Commerce, Shani Carter, Business Development THSP

Businesses can now enter prestigious SME Bedfordshire Business Awards

Rail strike news. Image: Govia Thameslink Railway.

Bedfordshire commuters face more rail disruption in February

A pile of calculators (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Improve your maths skills with new courses in Bedfordshire

Abstract hospital in blur background

NHS crisis – ‘field hospitals’ could be used in Bedfordshire

It's 'lights, camera, action!' for Somewhere 2 Sing choir.

Bedfordshire singers star in music video to support homeless children

A&E waiting times at both Bedford and Luton hospital need addressing according to a new CQC report

Hospitals Trust rated GOOD but some services at Luton and Bedford must improve

Karen Storey and Rebecca Howard with the new app

New app to help nurses at Luton, Bedford and MK hospital with mental health

Borough Hall and Central Beds Council headquarters

18-year-old who died of accidental overdose was failed by authorities
A report into his death found that a cohesive, multi-disciplinary plan was not in place despite “very clear” risks

Bedford based Window Ware celebrate after receiving the Bedford Borough Council Service Excellence Award and the Overall Winner title

The best of business across Bedfordshire celebrated at prestigious awards night

HM The Queen

Queen's funeral: Bedford and Luton and Dunstable Hospital postpone procedures

Queen Elizabeth II by Dorothy Wilding

Queen Elizabeth: Books of Condolence will open tomorrow in Bedford, Luton and Ce...

154 pre-booked operations at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were postponed on or after the day the patient was admitted between April and June

More than a dozen patients face delays after operations cancelled at Bedfordshir...

The boat engulfed in flames. Image: Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Huge fire destroys narrow boat on Grand Union Canal in Heath and Reach

File photo - a nurse puts on PPE in a ward for Covid patients

9 Covid deaths recorded in Central Bedfordshire in past week

There have been four deaths in Central Beds

Central Bedfordshire averages nearly 150 Covid cases a day

People are being advised to stay away from the hospital's A&E department unless it's a medical emergency

Heat wave puts pressure on Luton and Dunstable Hospital A&E

Julie Hood

Volunteer vaccinator from Bedford unveils book about her experience

Madame Burova; Author Olaf Falafel with his book, Blobfish; Author Ruth Hogan.

Famous authors coming to Leighton Buzzard this weekend

Labour Councillor Louise Jackson met with the BCA last week.

New board to oversee NHS services

Naloxone available here stickers (Photo by JEFF J MITCHELL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Bedfordshire Police pilot scheme to help save lives and counter drug overdoses

Autism Bedfordshire's summer scheme.

Autism Bedfordshire appealing for volunteers and staff

Jan Chalkley, the Macmillan Deputy Head of Nursing for Cancer and Palliative Care at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

New Macmillan nurses boost busiest cancer teams across Bedfordshire

Leighton Town celebrating their Bedfordshire Senior Cup victory on Tuesday evening Picture www.simongillphotography.com

Pictures - Manager reflects on Leighton Town's Beds Senior Cup victory

Leighton Town manager Lee Bircham and his side are celebrating winning the Bedfordshire Senior Cup after a nail-biting penalty shoot-out

Leighton Town beat Bedford Town on penalties to win Beds Senior Cup

Bedford Hospital

Less than two-thirds of staff at Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust happy with standar...
Bosses not surprised as staff struggle 18 months into the pandemic

Luton and Dunstable Hospital

Beds and Milton Keynes hospital and ambulance services feeling the pressure

Central Bedfordshire College to merge with Bedford College

Colleges across Central Bedfordshire, Luton and Bedford are to merge

Many find it hard to ask for help

At least 151 child self-harm admissions at Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust last yea...

Boxing Saves Lives

Luton and Bedfordshire community groups celebrate grants success

Flooding in Bedford in 2020 (From drone footage shot by Oliver Downing, Nelson Media)

Flood alerts in place in Bedford and Central Bedfordshire

"Every cancellation just adds to the backlog NHS England is trying to clear and the growing number of patients waiting for treatment"

More than 150 operations cancelled at Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust at last minut...

The fire service says stay indoors

Storm Eunice: Trees block roads in Dunstable and Bedford as Bedfordshire Fire Se...

Bedford Hospital

Drop in visits to A&E at Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust last month

"The NHS has limited bed capacity and many hospitals are old" and "poorly ventilated"

One in six Bedfordshire Hospitals Trust Covid patients may have caught virus in ...

Fly tipping on farmland can be expensive for landowners

Luton and Central Bedfordshire see drop in fly tipping figures despite rising tr...