Sewage floods into villagers’ homes
Christmas was ruined for villagers after their homes were flooded with raw sewage.The sewage entered houses and gardens in and around Station Road in Tempsford following a pump station...
View ArticleReaders helped spread Christmas joy to needy families
Needy families in Chronicle Country had a joyous Christmas thanks to generous readers.The Families in Need Appeal toys and foods were packed at Sandy Baptist Church on Saturday, December 22.The Norman...
View ArticleHedgehog rescue at library session
Find out how to help hedgehogs at a library talk.The next meeting of Sandy Good Afternoon Club will be on Friday (January 4) in Sandy Library.Elaine and Richard from Sandy Hedgehog Rescue will be...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Jack Reacher
“There’s this guy. He’s a kind of cop, at least he used to be. He doesn’t care about proof, he doesn’t care about the law, he only cares about what’s right.” Tom Cruise hits good form as Jack Reacher,...
View ArticlePolice ‘arrest’ sit-in patient
A pensioner was removed from a doctor’s surgery in handcuffs after a row over her medical records.Police were called to Biggleswade Health Centre on Thursday, December 20 after Mary Kerswell refused to...
View ArticleHave your say on budget
Have your say about Central Beds Council’s spending proposals for 2013/14.They include freezing council tax for the third year and making £14m of cuts. Councillor Maurice Jones said: “So far we have...
View Article£5.5m investment to improve college
Shuttleworth College is racing ahead in the 21st Century - thanks to investment of £5.5 million by Bedford College.Student accommodation blocks have been upgraded, a new high tech learning resource...
View ArticleHave a go at market
Creative entrepreneurs are invited to take their first step up the business ladder.Sandy Town Team will launch a Have a Go Market in April.People from Sandy or the surrounding area who make things and...
View ArticleWalk provides breakfast food
A charity’s trustee has raised £5,000 for his chosen cause.Pat Smith, who lives in Potton, walked 500 miles to help The Kasiisi Porridge Project.The project, which is based near Sandy, provides a daily...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: The Impossible, Quartet
The ImpossibleIs it too soon for films about the devastating 2004 Asian tsunami? In my opinion it’s never too soon to make a film that tries to make sense and come to terms with true-life disasters of...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: My ‘Dirty Dozen’ for 2012
Every year reviewer Neil Fox picks his top films of the past 12 months. How many did you see, and how many did you rate so highly?The MasterInevitably, predictably it’s Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest at...
View ArticleMan hospitalised after New Year’s Day assault
A man suffered a bleed to the brain after he was kicked in the head during an attack on New Year’s Day.Police are appealing for witnesses after the assault in Station Road, Sandy at around 12.30am.The...
View ArticlePotential Gypsy and Traveller sites
The long list of possible Gypsy and Traveller sites has now been released by Central Beds Council.Councillors are discussing potential Gypsy and Traveller sites as part of the council’s Gypsy and...
View ArticleRecycling bin for Christmas cards at store
Christmas cards can be recycled at a supermarket’s new facility.Sainsbury’s in Biggleswade has a new bin where cards can be dropped in to be recycled.Cards can be brought to the store until Tuesday,...
View ArticleHeadteacher Julie so honoured to receive OBE
A headteacher at a special school has been awarded an OBE for services to education.Julie Mudd – who has worked at Ivel Valley School and the former Sunnyside School in Biggleswade all her working life...
View ArticleTesco says building update is due soon
A tardy supermarket will announce its latest construction schedule in mid January.The new Tesco store in Sandy was given the go ahead by Central Beds Council back in March 2011 – but construction is...
View ArticleSoggy but bouyant
Dripping wet it may be after the heaviest rainfall on record in England but the farmland market is still apparently bouyant, according to propety agents.According to agents Savills, Bedfordshire...
View ArticleGroup for slimmers
A new slimming group is being launched this month.Cherry Balfe is starting a Slimming World group at Burgoyne Middle School in Potton on Thursdays at 7.30pm.For details call her on 01767 651135 or...
View ArticleIs there will to help at mill?
Volunteers are wanted to help run the new Jordan’s Mill attraction.The Biggleswade flour mill is being renovated and will re-open in the spring, along with a new riverside cafe, mill shop, meeting and...
View ArticleMeeting held after sewage flooding
Villagers whose homes were flooded with raw sewage attended a public meeting on Thursday (January 3).Tempsford Parish Council organised the meeting after sewage entered homes and gardens in the village...
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