Book for village’s evening of spouses
RAISE money for a street party at a Mr and Mrs evening.The event will be held on Saturday, April 28 in Sutton Village Hall and it will raise funds for the Sutton Diamond Jubilee Street Party.A number...
View ArticleBatman races to halt the criminals
BATMAN will be fighting crime in the capital on marathon day.Biggleswade’s Bernard Rix will be running the London Marathon to raise funds for Crimestoppers – and he will swap his standard running gear...
View ArticleHomes helping the sparrow
SPARROW friendly gardens are the new trend at Bupa care homes.Save the Sparrow will be the main focus of the company’s annual wildlife week in May.The homes, including Allison House in Sandy and The...
View ArticleRubbish road needs clearing
UNSIGHTLY rubbish is littering one of our main roads, according to one Chronicle Country woman.Wendy Kitchener lives in Edworth, which can be entered from the A1 just south of Biggleswade.She is...
View ArticleTop dollar from all night squash
A SQUASH player helped to raise more than £2,000 for Sport Relief.Kim Sadler, who lives in Biggleswade’s Tansey End, took part in Ickleford Squash Club’s 24–hour squash marathon.She played in the...
View ArticleCadets bagged good haul from shoppers
AIR cadets raised more than £800 for their squadron during the Easter holidays.The youngsters from the 22 (Sandy) Squadron gave up three days of their break to pack shopping at Iceland in Biggleswade...
View ArticleLunch for the jubilee
THERE are still spaces for diners at a Diamond Jubilee Big Lunch.Senior citizens from Sandy and the surrounding area are invited to join the festivities at Sandy Upper School on Monday, June 4.There...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the new movie releases: Battleship, The Cabin In The Woods
IT seems likely that, in what passes for a garret in the fleshpots of Hollywood, some ambitious young screenwriter is even now working on a big budget movie treatment for the rainy afternoon favourite...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to new DVD releases: The Deep Blue Sea, Snowtown, Keith
LOVERS are at loggerheads in 1950s-set drama THE DEEP BLUE SEA (12: Artificial Eye), a heart-rending adaptation of a Terence Rattigan play.Hester Collyer (Rachel Weisz), the wife of respected judge,...
View ArticleMatalan fears for its future at park
A CLOTHES store will be forced to close if plans to redesign Biggleswade’s retail park are approved.LXB Retail’s plans to completely rebuild the London Road Retail Park have been much discussed since...
View ArticleVIDEO: Reading Passports Scheme
Hundreds of youngsters spent the Spring term avidly checking their passports – but there wasn’t an airline check-in desk in sight.That’s because they were tackling the many fun tasks contained inside...
View ArticleSinger joins musical extravaganza
A TITANIC gala concert will feature a local singer.Leigh Smith from Sandy will be in Titanic: The Musical at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage tomorrow (Saturday, April 14).There will be a cast of...
View ArticleAir ambulances join for summer
A PARTNERSHIP between two air ambulance charities will help save lives this spring and summer.One helicopter from the East Anglian Air Ambulance and one from the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust...
View ArticleBluebell walks at The Lodge
SEE the bluebells at RSPB The Lodge in Sandy.A vivid carpet of blue will cover the woodland walk well into May. Visitors can take a walk through the flowers to enjoy this spectacular springtime show....
View ArticleIf the boat race is anything to go by, I might skip the Olympics
GIVEN that the length of Chiswick Bridge across the Thames is some 606 feet and just a lick and a spit away from the end of the Boat Race I begin to fear for the rowing skills of both Cambridge and...
View ArticleVandals destroy a children’s garden
VANDALS have destroyed a children’s garden a fortnight before it was due to be opened.The garden was going to be part of the creche at Saxon Pool and Leisure Centre in Biggleswade. Staff discovered the...
View ArticleArsonists strike football club’s equipment storage
ARSONISTS set alight £3,000 worth of equipment belonging to a football club.The fire was started at Biggleswade United Football Club’s headquarters in Fairfield Road just before 5am on Saturday (April...
View ArticleSandy a haven for all walkers
CELEBRATE the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee by putting your walking boots on and enjoying the countryside.Sandy Town Council and Central Bedfordshire Council have joined forces to launch five jubilee walks...
View ArticleRally bikes stolen from a keen rider
THIEVES stole six off–road motorbikes from a champion rally biker’s garage.Stotfold’s Donna Gray, a British Ladies Enduro Champion and top rally contestant, had the bikes stolen between 3am and 5am on...
View ArticleBungalow is pulled from family’s grasp
A FAMILY packed their bags and sold their furniture – only to have their housing association property revoked.Martin Bygrave, who currently lives with his wife and two sons in Sandy’s Nursery Drive,...
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