Jobs: Accountants are raking it in!
Accountants’ pay has risen by a whopping 7 per cent in the last year, according to a report.Accountancy and finance recruiter, Marks Sattin, says the average salary in the number-crunching profession...
View ArticleOur Local Business Accelerator winners
Two innovative small businesses have won this year’s South Anglia Local Business Accelerator campaign.Nuts About Sweets based in Red Lodge, which hires out sweet carts to a range of clients, and Zebra...
View ArticleGrave good rules apply to all at the town’s cemetery
Rules forbidding grave goods at a cemetery will be more strongly enforced.More items are now being placed on graves in Sandy Cemetery, a practice which is against the council’s burial regulations,...
View ArticleIs work finally beginning on delayed supermarket?
Diggers have moved on to the site of a future supermarket.The construction workers were spotted on Tesco’s land in New Road, Sandy on Wednesday morning (February 5).However Tesco will not confirm that...
View ArticleNew Shefford group will help in emergencies
A new organisation hopes to prepare a town for future emergencies.The Shefford Emergency Group (SGE) is made up of a body of volunteers who would know how to act in the event of a catastrophe in the...
View ArticleCampaign to reverse traffic flow gets a boost
The campaign to reverse the flow of traffic in a road has been given a boost.Biggleswade Town Council’s off street car parking committee has backed the petition to change the traffic order in Hitchin...
View ArticleStart of a whole new chapter
The final library to be refurbished in Chronicle Country is to close while work is carried out.Shefford Library will be shut until Friday, February 23 while it is modernised and upgraded.Central Beds...
View ArticleMayor hits out at provision for town’s youth
Entertainment provision for youngsters in one Chronicle Country town has come under fire.Shefford mayor Councillor Paul Mackin says Central Beds Council is not providing enough activities for the...
View ArticleDance the night away at ceilidh
Dance the night away at a ceilidh event.The Unicorn Ceilidhs group is putting on its next event at the Weatherley Centre in Biggleswade on Friday, February 22.The dance will include performances by...
View ArticleNeil Fox’s film reviews: A Good Day To Die Hard
A Good Day To Die HardHe’s back, and he’s old, and slow, and his wisecracks don’t crack so wise. Another needless instalment in a franchise that has already had a second coming. The original Die Hard...
View ArticlePupils shine in public speaking contest in Bury St Edmunds
Young people’s debating skills were put to the test at the annual English Speaking Union’s competition.This was at County Upper School on Monday and won by the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook with St...
View ArticleLost dog
A terrier has been lost.The male dog named Curly went missing on Saturday, February 9.He was last seen on the disused railway line between Old Warden and Cardington.If you have any news of his...
View ArticleCustomers loved this fundraiser
A supermarket raised more than £300 for charity through a cooking display.Sainsbury’s in Biggleswade held the Valentine’s fundraiser in aid of the Bone Cancer Trust, raising £316 on Thursday, February...
View ArticleGlobal produce to feature at fair
Fairtrade produce from around the world will be showcased at a forthcoming fair.The Fairtrade Association Biggleswade (FAB) is hosting its fifth annual Think As You Shop event on Saturday, March 2.St...
View ArticleCall for new charity collection point
A new collection point for a charity could be set up.Shefford mayor Councillor Paul Mackin wants to add a collection point for the Need Project in the town.Donations could be left there to be passed...
View ArticlePlea for action on parking
Homeowners in a town’s residential streets have appealed for restrictions to stop dangerous parking by commuters.Residents from Dells Lane, Mead End, Tennyson Avenue and surrounding roads packed out a...
View ArticleMaking a point about charging
A charging point for electric vehicles could be installed in Shefford.Shefford Town Council is due to meet officers from Central Beds Council.
View ArticleHear some Valleys sounds at church
A Welsh male voice choir will be performing at a concert.The Welwyn Garden City Male Voice Choir is to sing at Trinity Methodist Church in Biggleswade tomorrow (Saturday) at 7pm.
View ArticleRetailer denies it has shelved new store plans
Marks & Spencer has denied that it has cancelled plans to open a new store in Biggleswade.John Palmer, who lives in the town was confused at M&S’s reply to his email asking about...
View ArticleBands are doing battle
Bands will be doing battle in a pub competition tonight (Friday).Visit the Red Lion in Biggleswade to see some top Chronicle Country acts perform in Battle of the Bands.
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