Miracle escape after roof is blown off farm
A farmer had a lucky escape when the roof of his workshop was blown off – but missed a crowd of people who had gathered nearby.Alan Day, who runs Mill Bridge Farm in Gamlingay was in the yard with some...
View Article‘Outstanding’ outcomes here!
Shuttleworth College has been praised by Ofsted for ensuring ‘outstanding’ outcomes for young people.In an Ofsted care standards report published earlier this month the college was determined to be...
View ArticleTalking about my generation!
A young politician spent a day at the House of Commons for the UK Youth Parliament’s Annual Sitting.George Nodwell, 18, from Tempsford debated five motions, chaired by House of Commons Speaker the...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters, 2 Guns
The first Percy Jackson adventure, The Lightning Thief, was an underrated little gem, ideally designed for pre-teens.Three years later, the half-human son of sea god Poseidon pops up again, but in a...
View ArticleFab four were on the money with fun day!
Four sixth form girls who raised more than £1,000 for a hospice have been nominated for an award.The students from Stratton Upper School in Biggleswade – Natalie Stevenson, Evie Mundy, Lucy Dennis and...
View ArticlePoets were good to their words
Schools held a competition to market National Poetry Day.Students wrote hundreds of poems on the theme of water.
View ArticleColour to victory
An estate agents has launched its annual Christmas colouring competition.Inskip and Davie of Sandy has delivered colouring sheets, drawn by Daniel Davie, to the local lower schools and play groups.The...
View ArticleLack of training may have killed resident
Inadequate training may have led to the death of a centenarian living in a care home.In August 2010 100-year-old May Ward died after falling from a hoist at Meppershall Care Home.The home, which was...
View ArticleLottery funding boost for Bedfordshire School Games Festival
Sainsbury’s School Games Festival in Bedfordshire and Luton has been given a National Lottery funding boost of £44,989.The committee for Bedfordshire and Luton has been awarded the funding from Sport...
View ArticleCollege athlete Ethan runs at championships
Biggleswade AC athlete Ethan Metcalfe represented Bedford College at the Southern England Student Sports Association (SESSA) University and Colleges Indoor Championships.Managing to come second in his...
View ArticleCouncil to keep tax grant to itself
Town and parish councils will have less money to spend next year.Central Beds Council has confirmed that it will not pass on money from the Council Tax Support Grant in the next financial year.The...
View ArticleShoppers helping nature
Generous shoppers raised £500 for nature.Mark Brandon, visitor and publicity manager at The Lodge RSPB reserve, thanks Tesco in Sandy for allowing the RSPB to pack bags at the start of the month and...
View ArticleTurbine deferred
Plans to construct a wind turbine at a nature reserve have been delayed.Central Beds Council’s development management committee was due to decide whether to give permission for a turbine at The Lodge...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Smaug is spectacular, roll on the final chapter
‘Truly songs and tales fall utterly short of your enormity, O Smaug the Stupendous...’After last year’s fun opener the Lord of the Rings prequel bursts back onto the big screen in all its Hobbity...
View ArticleMan dies after A1 collision in Sandy
A man has died after his car collided with a building.The 23-year-old was driving his Rover 200 on the A1’s southbound carriageway.The collision occurred at 6pm last night (Sunday, December 15). The...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: Harry Hill versus Moshi Monsters. Fiiiight!
It’s no surprise that one of the biggest TV successes of recent years has been dusted down and given the big screen treatment.But you can’t help thinking that whoever gave the green light to a cinema...
View ArticleAlan Dee: When condolence is just a matter of political convenience, what’s...
Right, Nelson Mandela has now been buried. Can we all move on?Takes one step back to get a couple of things straight: Nelson Mandela, great man, amazing life, commendable example, not a saint but...
View ArticleCar, phones and bags stolen by night burglars
Five homes were burgled in a single night.The houses in Groveside and Park Farm Close in Henlow were targeted in the early hours of Monday, December 9.The thieves forced open doors and stole handbags,...
View ArticleRoxton farm shop helps the homeless
For the second year running Garden Friends Farm Shop will help the homeless at Christmas.The shop, which is based at Roxton Garden Centre, will donate any unsold fruit vegetables and to Clarenden...
View ArticleGive a gift at Christmas
ASDA in Biggleswade has selected three charities it will support for its Give a Gift at Christmas appeal.Bedford Hospital’s Riverbank ward, the Salvation Army and the Bedfordshire Food Aid Network are...
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