From the back garden to a booming national business
A playground firm that started life in the boss’ back garden is celebrating its 18th birthday.Setter Play, which is based in Shefford, marks its 18th year in business this month.Managing Director...
View ArticleMatt Adcock at the cinema: Blackhat review
Hackers, eh? A very current threat, writes Matt Adcock.Not content with just irritating disruptors of gaming networks or dodgy thieving from financial institutions, what if they started blowing up...
View ArticleHospice is in urgent need of more donations
A hospice is in urgent need of new mattresses – and needs your help to buy them.Sue Ryder St John’s Hospice in Moggerhanger provides compassionate care for people with life-limiting illness and their...
View ArticleNew Year Honours achievements are celebrated in style
HM Lord-Lieutenant of Bedfordshire Helen Nellis recently led a ceremony to celebrate the achievements of Bedfordshire residents included in the 2015 New Year Honours List.Those whose achievements were...
View ArticleVote in the Beds food and drink awards from next week
Nominations will be closing for the Bedfordshire Food and Drink Awards on Sunday.The first award scheme of its type to cover the whole of the county has seen a phenomenal response with hundreds of...
View Article70 watches stolen in Sandy
Police are appealing for information after a large collection of pocket watches was stolen from an elderly couple’s home in Sandy.Burglars helped themselves to around 70 watches while the victims were...
View ArticleBeds business awards launched
This year’s FSB Bedfordshire Business Awards have been declared open to entries from all companies and sole traders. Bedfordshire’s SME businesses have been at the forefront of the UK’s powerful drive...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Nightcrawler, The Imitation Game, The Hundred-Foot Journey
A cynical petty crook is inspired when he sees a freelance camera crew and decides to go into business filming crime scenes and accidents in NIGHTCRAWLER (15: Entertainment One).He sells the footage to...
View ArticleEquipment break down shuts hospital
Biggleswade Hospital has been temporarily closed due to an equipment break-down.The hospital on Potton Road is currently without heating or hot water, and engineers have estimated that it will take...
View ArticleSomething for your football weekend
Former Chronicle editor Jim Stewart has swapped Chronicle Country for the football stadiums of Europe by launching a new sports magazine.Jim has published the first edition of Football Weekends, a...
View ArticleThe Octonauts are coming to the rescue
When there’s trouble under the sea, there’s only one team to call. Who’s going to dive into action? The Octonauts! Get ready to embark on an exciting new mission with the entire crew of quirky and...
View ArticleSaturday evening music on offer across Chronicle Country
This Saturday is music night across Chronicle Country as various bands perform.Tatanka, a female-fronted, four-piece band playing a wide spectrum of popular rock covers from the 1970s to the present...
View ArticleNo disabled access until at least 2019
Improved access to Biggleswade Railway Station is at least four years away.This week train company Govia, which runs the Peterborough to Kings Cross line, announced improvements to its trains that...
View ArticleDrug drivers will be caught say Beds police
New drug driving legislation that comes into force from Monday (2 March) will make it easier to catch and convict drug drivers of illegal drugs, say Beds police. Low levels have been set for eight well...
View ArticleWork starts on new Arlesey homes
Construction has started on Albone Avenue, a brand-new development of 43 affordable homes in Hitchin Road, Arlesey. The much-needed development which will provide 31 traditionally-built rental homes...
View ArticleHelen helps install school defibrillators
A lifesaving piece of equipment has been installed at a Chronicle Country school – with more on the way soon.Student paramedic Helen Harbar and her paramedic mentor Carl Batchelor visited Northill...
View ArticleCertificate will help raise home care standards says company boss
A home care provider in Luton and Central Bedfordshire is welcoming the introduction of the National Care Certificate as a significant step towards increasing standards.Maria Collins, the owner of Home...
View ArticleAmanda vows to raise awareness of ovarian cancer
News featureAmanda Cawthorn, 43, of the Saxon Gate estate in Biggleswade, visited her doctor after suffering from a persistent cough and tiredness, which was put down to an underactive thyroid.But she...
View ArticleTribute to one of the first female commercial pilots
One of the world’s first female commercial pilots has died aged 93, after a lifetime of adventure and travel.Jo Collins, who lived in Haynes, was eager to learn to fly as a young girl and took to the...
View ArticleMaggie’s debut novel is in book stores now
An author who grew up in Gamlingay has just published her first novel.Maggie Allder’s thriller Courting Rendition is available online or to order via bookshops.Maggie explained: “It’s set a little in...
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