Council’s application
A town council has applied for planning permission to move to new offices.Sandy Town Council wants to turn the Old Chapel in Pleasant Place in Sandy into town council offices and a tourist information...
View ArticleMidweek results
MONDAY, OCTOBER 22Evo-Stik Southern League Division One Central: Beaconsfield SYCOB 3 Barton R 2TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23Evo-Stik Southern League Premier: Hemel Hempstead Town 1 Cambridge City 0.Evo-Stik...
View ArticleBedfordshire League preview
Action in The Premier Division supported by Sportsform Division will see league leaders Arlesey Town Reserves at their Armadillo Stadium base defending their season’s unbeaten ways against Sharnbrook,...
View ArticleNadine Dorries to lead Parliamentary debate on abortion
Mid Beds MP Nadine Dorries has been selected to lead a Westminster Hall debate in Parliament on abortion.The Conservative MP will lead the debate on lowering the legal limit at which abortion...
View ArticleLangford floral theft
Two women stole £150 worth of artificial flowers.They were caught on CCTV taking the lily silk flowers from Langford Nurseries and Garden Centre on Saturday, September 22.CCTV shows one of the women...
View ArticleRemember, remember fireworks night
Rockets, Catherine wheels and Roman candles – it’s almost time for fireworks night.There are plenty of displays for you to chose from in Chronicle Country this year. Here are just a few for you to...
View ArticlePC’s anger at job loss
A long-serving police officer who is set to lose his job because of controversial police redundancy rules has spoken out.The PC, a father of two, found out on Saturday that under police A19 rules, as...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the pick of the week’s TV
SATURDAYThe Golden Rules of TV (ITV1, 6.05pm)Comedian Robert Webb narrates this new tongue in cheek series which takes a good look at the dos, don’ts and absolute-must-nots of telly.He rummages...
View ArticleNadine Dorries’ monthly column: Resisting big government, and learning...
The Mid Beds MP writes for the Times & Citizen every monthI believe that my role in Parliament is, to paraphrase Ronald Reagan, to get government “off our backs”. A large state intrudes in people’s...
View ArticleDiscuss transport plan
Have your say about the local area transport plan at a public meeting.Central Beds Council will be holding the meeting on Tuesday (October 30) to discuss the plan for Biggleswade and Sandy.Go along to...
View ArticleAustralian visit is harmonious day
A top choir from down under joined pupils for a vocal workshop.The Australian Voices visited Gamlingay Village College on Thursday, October 18 and worked with the middle school’s choir.Headteacher...
View ArticleGoodwill for the RAF
Your final chance to spread Christmas cheer among our troops in Afghanistan is upon you.The Biggleswade Chronicle Afghan Appeal for 2012 is drawing to a close. The deadline has been brought forward to...
View ArticleTicket to a good afternoon
All things growing will be the theme for a library event.Roger Skipper will be the next speaker at Sandy Good Afternoon Club in Sandy Library.His illustrated talk is entitled Flora, Fauna and Gardens...
View ArticleClosure looms for crime path
Neighbours have called for a footpath to be closed because they are being plagued by antisocial behaviour.People in Belam Way and St Neots Road in Sandy are petitioning for the path that connects the...
View ArticleFarewell to a former mayor
A former mayor, councillor and school dentist has died aged 94.Margaret Alexandra Armstrong, known as Alex, moved to Biggleswade in the 1950s and soon became an intrinsic member of the community. She...
View Article‘Policing needs to be kept public’
Members of Unison police branches from across Beds, Herts and Cambridgeshire came together on Wednesday night to unit in a call to ‘Keep Policing Public’.The event, part of the ongoing campaign against...
View ArticleCracker of a Christmas is on the cards
A town Christmas tree will make a real cracker of a lights switch on.This year Sandy’s celebration will be different, Councillor Nigel Aldis told the rest of Sandy Town Council at its meeting on...
View ArticleChairman hits back at critics
A town council chairman has denied claims that the organisation’s meetings are poorly run and that minutes have been wrongly recorded.Councillor Nick Daniels, chairman of Arlesey Town Council has...
View ArticleMaking a meal of it at lower school!
Pupils at a lower school are enjoying hot food again, as a partnership blossoms.Freshly cooked and prepared lunches are back on the menu at Northill Lower School, as staff work with Edward Peake Middle...
View ArticleLiam’s not afraid to pull his weight!
Supermarket employee Liam Greenhow could never be accused of not pulling his weight at work.Liam, who works at Sainsbury’s in Biggleswade will be doing just that – and more – when he pulls a delivery...
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