Staff ambitious for school to improve its grade quickly
Staff are working hard to improve a lower school.Langford Lower School was graded by Ofsted as ‘requires improvement’ after its inspection in November.An inspector returning to the school in January...
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A plan for Gypsy and Traveller pitches has been approved.Central Beds Council’s full council has approved its re-drafted Gypsy and Traveller Local Plan.It lists 15 pitches on Site 26 off Dunton Lane,...
View ArticleCharity at All Seasons Boutique
A clothes shop will be raising money for charity.All Seasons Boutique in Sandy will be collecting money for the British Heart Foundation tomorrow (Friday, February 7) and on Saturday.From 10am there...
View ArticleAxeman escapes jail after wild rampage
An axeman who went on a drunken rampage in three communities has been spared jail.Appearing at Luton Crown Court, James Hyett – who smashed windows and stabbed a car tyre during the frenzy in Henlow,...
View ArticleVideo: Chinese New Year at Meppershall Academy
Pupils at Meppershall Academy celebrated Chinese New Year in style on Friday last week (January 31).Activities included playing Chinese music and performing a play.
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Machete Kills, Blue Jasmine
For a generation of film fans weaned on 1970s exploitation and irony, MACHETE KILLS (15: Lionsgate) comes across like a James Bond adventure.Among the jumble of bloody action, extreme violence and...
View ArticleWoolf admits lost control led to dog attack
A pack of dogs attacked a woman as she took a walk.Victoria Millard was taking her own dog for a stroll in Moggerhanger when the dogs set upon both of them, magistrates heard on Tuesday.Frances Woolf...
View ArticleFarewell Jim; athlete, boxer, and footballer
A well known sportsman of yesteryear has died aged 84.Jesse James ‘Jimmy’ Heath was born in Islington in 1929. One of 13 children, he and his family were evacuated to Sun Street in Biggleswade after...
View ArticleVillage’s own fashion model
A model who grew up in Chronicle Country has died.Avril James, who was a popular fashion model in London in the 1950s, died in December.Born Avril Humphries in 1927, she started life as a Londoner but...
View ArticleChildren challenged to design their own bird boxes
Youngsters are being inspired by nature while creating their own bird boxes.The children at Treetops Nursery in Sandy’s Medusa Way are drawing, designing and even building the homes for our feathered...
View Article£17m cuts approved
A council committee has approved its medium term budget plan.This week Central Beds Council’s executive committee approved the plan, which includes £17.4m worth of cuts in the next financial year.This...
View ArticleGive glory to God for the precious gift of water!
I recently came across this poem about water written by Heather Fenton in 2006, which ends: “Water, water everywhere, says ‘now give God the glory!’”.Much as I love water to swim in, and to boat on,...
View ArticleBrave youngsters to receive club awards
Ill or disabled youngsters who have shown bravery in the face of adversity could be given awards.The Rotary Club of Biggleswade Ivel is looking for children and teenagers aged from 11 to 19 who have...
View ArticleNew nursery could open at town’s academy
A new nursery building will cater for extra demand at an academy.Biggleswade Academy has put in a planning application to build the new facility, with building work due to start in the Easter holidays...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: New Robocop has been diluted, but it’s not as...
“Dead or alive, you’re coming with me!”Let’s take a look into the not so far away future – it’s 2028, when the world’s worst crime hotspots can be safely sorted thanks to US-made military grade drones...
View ArticleBPHA helps tenants find work
Housing provider BPHA is helping its tenants to find jobs.The social housing provider has homes in Biggleswade, Sandy, Bedford, Potton, Stotfold, Arlesey, Dunton and Henlow as well as elsewhere in the...
View ArticleFlooding in Chronicle Country
We may not have been hit anywhere near as hard as Somerset but fields and footpaths in the area have still been submerged underwater.The ongoing rain has led to rivers and brooks across the area...
View ArticleIt’s your town – so use it or lose it!
Well 2014 is now well and truly under way and I wonder how your New Year Resolutions are coming along or if they have been long since forgotten. Most resolutions seem to be about ‘cutting down’ on our...
View ArticlePerformers night at new venue
A popular music night is moving to a new venue.Performers & Pints in Potton will now be held at the Rising Sun pub in the town.The next event will take place on Saturday, March 1, with the line-up...
View ArticleNetwork meeting is designed for all you creatives!
Artists, businesses and creative professionals can get advice on marketing, the internet and social media at a network meeting.Creative Bedfordshire: Marketing your Creative Practice will be taking...
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