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Andrew Selous MP. Picture: UK Government

MP welcomes cost of living payments for low-income families

Andrew Selous MP with housing minister Rachel Maclean

Minister pledges to support local thriving communities

Phyllis and Henry

Phyllis and Henry give their advice after 72 years of marriage

Leighton Buzzard Household Waste & Recycling Centre, Shenley Hill Road, Leighton Buzzard. Picture: Google Maps

People using Leighton Buzzard tidy tip will have to prove they live in the area

CBC's investment plans secured the £4.6million.

Government funding to breathe life into Bedfordshire town centres

The shop could soon be a Greggs

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

Rob Parker, site manager for Hadley Grange, Leighton Buzzard

Site managers recognised with top industry award

Houghton Regis Brownies on site at Linmere

Brownies visit new development to help encourage women in construction

Torrential rain didn't stop Friends of Windsor Drive Group - and their four-legged friends - taking part in a walk round the open space at Windsor Drive in solidarity with CPRE's March for the Countryside

Campaign group keeps up the pressure over plans for 100 new homes

An artist's impression of what Houstone School will look like when it is complete.

Long-awaited opening of new school delayed until September

The final meeting of Houghton Regis WI after 78 years of service to the community

WI forced to close after nearly 80 years at the heart of the community
But a new ladies’ group is starting

Indicative images of the show apartment which will soon be open to buyers at Bellway’s Linmere Gateway development

Take a look around a new show apartment opening in Houghton Regis

Doctor checking blood pressure of a patient, he is measuring pulses with a sphygmomanometer, hands close up

'Misunderstanding' over funding as health hubs 'still on the table'

Do you have any doorbell or dashcam footage?

Driver taken to hospital after car 'goes into property' in collision

Andrew Selous MP, and right, the meeting poster.

Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable's MP planning GP capacity meeting

Close up top view of people putting their hands together.

Timebanking is the new way to bond with your community

John Bedford

Houghton Regis shoplifter banned from Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard shopping ce...

Andrew Selous MP

Not such a healthy increase in care staff for Leighton Buzzard, Dunstable and Ho...

Andrew Selous MP on a visit to Bassett Road Surgery in Leighton Buzzard

MP reveals a healthy increase in primary care staff for Leighton Buzzard, Dunsta...

Andrew Selous met with Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Simon Clarke MP

Housing growth in Leighton Buzzard, Linslade and Houghton Regis - but GP capacit...

A new Headway centre has been opened in Houghton Regis

Luton brain injury charity launches new site in Houghton Regis

Virgin Media has increased internet speed for customers in Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard and Houghton Regis

Internet speed boost for Dunstable, Houghton Regis and Leighton Buzzard

You can now get the vaccine from CBC's mobile testing buses.

New vaccine walk-ins for Leighton Buzzard and Houghton Regis

Darren Goult (left) and Keith Hart (right)

Leighton Buzzard man and best friend holding family fun day in Houghton Regis

Central Beds Council HQ

Leighton Buzzard and Houghton Regis health hubs unlikely to be built until at le...

This 5 bed detached farm house is our property of the week

Property of the week: 5 bed detached farm house is offered for sale at £950,000

Mental health (stock image)

'How will mental health patients travel to planned £60m facility in Bedford?'

Child poverty remains an issue in Central Bedfordshire

'Task force should be set up to tackle child poverty in Central Beds by 2023'
A task force should be set up in Central Bedfordshire to end child poverty before 2023, it has been claimed.

Deborah Pargeter. Photo: June Essex

Leighton Buzzard teacher with community spirit awarded MBE

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Four charged over Houghton Regis burglaries

The Leighton Buzzard Sentinel team are headed up by Sgt Louise Bates (front)

Leighton's '˜dedicated' team polices other towns too

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Have a say in the future of your town

The Lancer

Will we be toasting national win?

Boundary changes

Proposed boundary changes for South West Beds area revealed

Leighton's library users fined thousands

Totternhoe field fire. Photo: Jamie Norman

Large field fire in village sends clouds of smoke to nearby towns

Early hours fire ruins Houghton Regis home

A Tornado

MP says bombing Syria is “the right thing to do”

Staff help for positive change

Missing Yuri

Appeal to find missing Houghton Regis teen Yuri

Transport Minister, Andrew Jones MP, officially launched construction of the Woodside Link road

Woodside Link launch is the road to regeneration

Jennifer Steele

Bedfordshire artists unite to hold huge exhibition

Luton Town Hall

Luton Borough Council seeks judicial review over Houghton Regis development deci...

Beds Wildlife Rescue

Bedfordshire Wildlife Rescue celebrates 10 years

Charity fears of a ‘hidden’ epidemic
Around 5,000 people in Bedfordshire have diabetes - and don’t yet know it.

Dunstable Gazette from February 1965

Looking back on wolf drama as zoo says it’s secure

New season new 3G pitch

Houghton Regis’s Dog Kennel walk in better days

Man jailed for violent crime spree

Council best at building

Uni technical college revs up with open days

Fred Alsop - an Olympic hero

Snakes and Ladders Mini Olympics

Top councillor looks at extending Luton-Dunstable busway to Leighton Buzzard

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