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Cllr David Bligh - Town Mayor 2024-2025

Mayor's Column: January is a time for planning ahead

Watch as War Horse memorial gets purple poppy coat to remember fallen service animals

Watch as War Horse statue gets draped in beautiful purple poppy coat

Elm Lodge Care Home team come together with Mayor Councillor Bligh to donate £600 to local charity.

Elm Lodge care home hosts successful family day raising £600 for Home-Start

Local celebrity Rusty Goffe openiing the 2023 Exhibition

Leighton Buzzard Art Society 2024 exhibition and sale

Charity Auction at the Cod & Waffle

Gratitude to those supporting mayor’s charities in Leighton Buzzard

'House' by Lorna Moore

Never say never

Left: Marian and one of the owls. Right: her brilliant book cake, highlighting her love for the work of William Wordsworth, Rory Stewart, and John Clare. Images: Paula White.

Leighton Buzzard centenarian celebrates 100th birthday with owl display

Angela Rayner

New housing target for Central Bedfordshire cut by almost 150 new homes a year

The mayor held a fundraising event at Lime Tree restaurant​

A busy month featuring great events in Leighton Buzzard and Linslade

Elm Lodge Care Home enjoyed a morning meeting with Mayor Cllr David Bligh, who took time to chat and

Elm Lodge Care Home welcomes Mayor Cllr David Bligh for a morning of fun and lau...

The High Street was transformed on Sunday. Image: Leighton-Linslade Town Council.

Big Lunch Food Festival offers 'a feast in the heart of Leighton Buzzard'

Leighton Buzzard High Street was transformed into a bustling hub of street theatre, live music, and culinary delights as it hosted the ever-popular Big Lunch Food Festival.

Jo Robinson

Volunteering Fair LB - 8 June 2024

Calling all residents: come to the Volunteering Fair LB 2024

Clipstone Park Dignitary Event

Councillors Come Together To Celebrate Next Phase of Clipstone Park

RBL and RNA Standard Bearers

Royal British Legion parade Branch Standard

Cllr Mark Freeman (L), Town Mayor Cllr Kevin Pughe (C), Stuart Clarke (R)

Town Mayor visits RBL Breakfast Club

The new shop was opened on Thursday

New estate agents opens - and pledges to be "very much part of the community"

This caravan covered in ULEZ protest slogans was chained outside Sadiq Khan’s house in Tooting, London.

ULEZ ‘cash grab’ caravan dumped outside Sadiq Khan’s house

Taylor Swift has announced she is performing at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium in 2024 as part of her UK Eras tour (Getty Images)

Taylor Swift Era’s tour: Every surprise song performed so far

Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. The city of Glendale, Arizona was ceremonially renamed to Swift City for March 17-18 in honor of The Eras Tour. (Photo by John Medina/Getty Images)

Taylor Swift announces UK Eras tour dates with extra show

Raveena Cox, Matt Budgen, Councillor Farzana Kharawala, Marc Woolfe

Mayor visits Clipstone Park development for a sneak peek at show homes

Town Mayor Councillor Farzana Kharawala presented a 2023 Community Volunteer Awards to Anne Guess

Mayor presents Community Volunteer Awards at annual Civic Service

Mayor of London calls for duty-free shopping to be reinstated

Credit: SWNS

Pensioner returns book 58 years late racking up £42k in late fees

Marvel’s Jeremy Renner has been hospitalised following a snow-ploughing accident on New Years Day

Marvel actor Jeremy Renner ‘critical but stable’ after accident

Leighton Buzzard Christmas Festival weekend: Friday night

Gallery: Thousands watch Christmas Lights switch on and fireworks

The Mayor reads the Proclamation. Image: Leighton-Linslade Town Council.

Mayor of Leighton-Linslade honoured to read Proclamation of Accession naming new...

Happy 10th birthday to Leighton-Linslade Children's Trail. Image: Leighton-Linslade Town Council.

Leighton-Linslade Children’s Trail celebrates 10th anniversary this August

The activities team and Elm Lodge manager meet Cllr Farzana (from L-R) Talia Greaves, Cllr Farzana, Helen Cornick and Krasi Nikolova. Image: Elm Lodge.

Leighton Buzzard care home welcomes Mayor as special guest

A Leighton Buzzard care home's community barbecue had "a real sense of occasion" as staff and residents welcomed Mayor of Leighton-Linslade, Councillor Farzana Kharawala, to their home.

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Left: Dinner at The Dukes. Right: The planting of the Jubilee tree with Mayor Cllr Kharawala, Mayor Folkerts of Titisee - Neustadt, and Cllr Andreea Piciorus. Images: Sarah Nelson/Nigel Strofton.

Town Twinning honoured with special events in Leighton Buzzard and beyond

Mayor Cllr Kharawala visits Leighton Buzzard Mencap High 5s club.

Mayor visits Leighton Buzzard Mencap's High 5s club

Councillor Sheona Hemmings deputy mayor, left, and Cllr Farzana Kharawala mayor, right

Re-elected mayor looks forward to attending more community events

The beacon will be lit on Thursday. Photo: Tony Margiocchi

Jubilee celebrations at Dunstable Downs

Caryn Fripp receives her Community Volunteer Award (Photo: June Essex)

Civic pride in abundance at Leighton-Linslade Mayor's annual service

Mayor Farzana Kharawala

Join Leighton-Linslade Mayor at annual civic service to celebrate ‘wonderful com...

Reflect and Give Thanks Day in Leighton Buzzard

Leighton-Linslade pauses to reflect on challenges brought about by pandemic

Mayor Councillor Farzana Kharawala presenting the 2021 Young People Award to Kiera Hill

Leighton-Linslade Mayor presents Young People Award to dedicated Kiera

Minilush beauty salon in North Street was officially opened by Mayor, Cllr Farzana Kharawala

Business is a beautiful success story in Leighton Buzzard

Leighton Buzzard news

Programme of activities for Black History Month in Leighton-Linslade

Stephen King, the PCN Operations Manager, and the empty hall, now that the equipment has gone

Final Covid-19 jab totals revealed for Leighton Buzzard's rugby club vaccination...

Rose Gunter

Community champions presented with personalised awards by Leighton-Linslade's Ma...

Music in the Park. (2019 image)

Music in the Park returns to Leighton Buzzard - but make sure you reserve your s...

Downing Street has refused to comment on whether Johnson regrets his past language (Photo: Charles McQuillan - Pool / Getty Images)

Boris Johnson has refused to apologise for past sexist comments - despite his pl...

1 in 30 people living in London now has Covid - as a ‘major incident’ is declare...

May’s elections could be postponed across the UK for the second year in a row

Hospitality, retail and leisure businesses will be able to claim up to £9k with ... Helen Johnson

You could buy a house in Italy for just 90p - here's how

What the PM said: Boris Johnson confirms three-tier alert system for England (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

What the PM said: Boris Johnson confirms three-tier alert system for England

Cllr Farzana Kharawala

New Leighton-Linslade Mayor will give support to three charities facing serious ...

Circuit breaker lockdowns could be introduced in response to a rise in infection rates (Photo: Shutterstock)

The UK’s first local ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown could be imminent - here’s what ...

Birmingham is now an “area of enhanced support” (Photo: Getty Images)

New towns and cities have been added to the UK lockdown watchlist - here it is i...

Mayor Cllr David Bowater

Murder mystery evening in Leighton Buzzard to support mayor's charities

Shops are back in business!

Back in business as retailers relaunch in Leighton Buzzard

George Floyd died while in police custody (Getty Images)

Here’s why people are protesting in the US after a black man dies in police cust...

VE Day 75th annniversary

Mayor will take part in Nation’s Toast as Leighton-Linslade Town Council embrace...

Cllr David Bowater

'I'd like to organise a party, not a wake when coronavirus crisis is over' plead...

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