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Duncombe Drive car park (Picture: Tony Margiocchi)

Councillors clash over late parking charges amendment in heated debate

Long delays have been reported

M1 closed at Dunstable as emergency services deal with vehicle blaze

Andrew Selous MP. Picture: UK Government

MP welcomes cost of living payments for low-income families

The Deakin-White team, located in St Albans, Dunstable and Wing.

Deakin-White announce sponsorship of local football competition!

Appledown Rescue and Rehoming Kennels held the show on Saturday

Dog rescue centre raises over 5k during fundraising event

Outside of a Wilko store. (Picture: Andrew Selous MP)

MP 'relieved' Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard Wilko stores won't close

Some of the uniforms available on the day

Busiest day ever for pre-loved school uniform event

The shop could soon be a Greggs

Leighton Buzzard’s high street could be finally getting a Greggs

Mr Selous has asked Barclays to think again about the closure of the branches

Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable bank closures – MP urges Barclays to think again

The branch will close on October 18 - Google Maps

Leighton Buzzard to lose another bank as Barclays announces closure

The centre will be closed from Thursday

Leighton Buzzard’s recycling centre closes from Thursday for repairs
It will be closed for three weeks

The Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable Truck Convoy 2023 - photo Tony Margiocchi

Keep on trucking! Convoy celebrates charity fundraising success

Eileen was on hand to help feed the masses - Photo by Tony Margiocchi

Thousands turn out to watch 200 truck convoy roll by

Last year's charity convoy raised £14,000.

Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard Truck Convey is revving back into town

Council staff targeted car parks in Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable

Blue badge cheats in Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable face court action

Pictured: Koko, aged 50

Whipsnade Zoo chimps celebrates special birthday

A customer fills his petrol tank at a BP petrol station (Photo by Toby Williams/Getty Images)

Petrol sellers called out for 'unacceptable profiteering' by MP in Parliament

Leighton won again at Bell Close.

Leighton go top with win

Some of the rubbish littering the roadside - including an abandoned toilet. PIC: Tony Margiocchi

Call for action as rubbish-strewn roads branded 'a disgrace'

Central Bedfordshire College is celebrating the merger. Image: The Bedford College Group.

Central Bedfordshire College celebrates £80m merger with Bedford College Group

Central Bedfordshire Council headquarters, Chicksands.

Grants for charities in Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable to fight Cost of Living

Fire and rescue news.

Firefighters tackle blaze at Chinese takeaway in Leighton Buzzard

Andrew Selous MP, and right, the meeting poster.

Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable's MP planning GP capacity meeting

Central Bedfordshire Council headquarters, Chicksands

Central Beds children with SEND wait 'months or years' for help

Abstract waiting room in blur background

Anger as health boss accepts blame for 'confusion' over health hubs' future

Connells colleagues support Wear It Green day for Mind. Image: Connells Group.

Connells employees raise almost £70k for charity partner Mind

A member the public looks through food items inside a foodbank (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Councillors call for more support for Central Beds foodbanks

Connells employees have been busy fundraising for Mind. Image: Connells Group.

Connells employees in Leighton Buzzard, Milton Keynes and Dunstable raise £10k
They took part in a week of events

Bircham purrs after Leighton beat leaders

Electric vehicles are the way of the future. Image: CBC.

More electric vehicle charging bays to be installed across Central Bedfordshire

Royal Mail pickets at the Cardiff Road entrance in Luton this morning (September 30). Photo: Tony Margiocchi

Postal workers in Luton, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard go on strike

The mobile unit at Dunstable

Luton great gran says new lung check scheme can save lives

The Queen during her visit to Priory View in 2017, and right, Andrew Selous MP.

MP for Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable pays tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabet...

HM The Queen

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

Aldi is hiring. Image: Aldi.

Aldi hiring at stores in Luton, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

Image: Andrew Selous MP, and right, a petrol pump. Images: Andrew Selous MP.

Leighton Buzzard's MP says petrol prices in town 'unacceptably high'

Work is under way to develop a suite of cycling and walking infrastructure plans

Have your say over plans to increase walking and cycling in Central Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service news.

Early morning rescue as lorry's brakes caught fire on M1

The field fire in Totternhoe. Image: Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Firefighters from across Central Bedfordshire douse blazing field in Totternhoe

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

9 Covid deaths recorded in Central Bedfordshire in past week

Expect road closures due to A5 maintenance works expected to last until September

Road closures between MK and Dunstable start tonight - and run until September

There have been four deaths in Central Beds

Central Bedfordshire averages nearly 150 Covid cases a day

Fire crews tackle the scrap metal blaze

Fire crews tackle scrap metal blaze in Totternhoe

Watling House

Consultation over future of council services in Dunstable starts

The new provision will be based at The Vale Academy in Dunstable and Rushmere Park Academy in Leighton Buzzard.

New provision for autistic children at Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable academies
The Shared Learning Trust is opening two brand new Alternate Resource Provisions for children with autism in September 2022 – based at The Vale Academy in Dunstable and Rushmere Park Academy in Leighton Buzzard.

The convoy passes through Dunstable.

21 pictures of the return of Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard Truck Convoy

There are long delays at the hospital's emergency department

Hospital warns of long delays at emergency department

Mayor Liz Jones at the Dunstable Classic Motor Rally. Photo: John Chatterley

Classic day out for all the family at Dunstable motoring show

Knights in mock battle and, right, the book cover

Spectacular mock battles of medieval times in Dunstable relived

Andrew Selous MP, out and about in South West Bedfordshire

MP urges Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard pensioners to claim their pension rights

Josh Hawkins in Footloose (photo by Mark Senior)

Dunstable star excited by lead role in Footloose the Musical at nearby Aylesbury...

Beds Fire and Rescue Service

Crews douse bank holiday blazes near Leighton Buzzard

Andrew Selous MP, celebrating more funding for buses in Central Bedfordshire

Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable get more money to improve bus services

Liz Thomas is surprised with a billboard from Mjog as part of their ‘You’ve Got Mail’ Campaign.

Edlesborough clinical manager describes 'battle' back office NHS staff face

An appeal has been launched to help young patients at the L&D

Charity appeal launched to help youngsters at Luton and Dunstable Hospital