Chilli Fiesta
The heat was on for the hottest fiesta in town.The chilli fiesta was held at the Mansion House in Old Warden on Saturday and Sunday (June 8 and 9).Visitors flocked to the event to tantalise their...
View ArticleLocal authorities to die in
You are more likely to die prematurely in Central Bedfordshire and Bedford Borough than in most similar authorities.Longer Lives, a new Public Health England website, shows how deaths from major...
View ArticleCouncil not to blame for railway suicide
A brilliant inventor who died under the wheels of a train on the day he was due to be evicted from his home, took his own life, a coroner ruled on Friday.Peter Williams couldn’t face losing his home of...
View ArticleNew future for town’s hospital
A hospital will not be closed any time soon –but it will be changed.Last year campaigners collected a 6,500 signature petition to protest against any closure of Biggleswade Hospital.On Monday Central...
View ArticleCheer-ful afternoon out is promised by the carnival
It’s Carnival time at last!The long awaited Sandy Carnival will be held on Saturday (June 15).The parade will start in All Saints Way at 1.30pm and make its way through the town, arriving at Sandye...
View ArticleArchitecture prize goes to contractor
A building contractor has won an award.Modplan of Shefford has won a regional architecture award from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for the second time in three years.
View ArticleCharity ride for farmers
Young farmers cycled 100 miles for charity.The 15 Biggleswade Young Farmers cycled around Bedfordshire over two days.They raised more than £1,500 for the mental health charity, MIND. They thank...
View ArticleLook out for lost male cat, Charlie
A male cat went missing on Monday night.Charlie lives at The Jays in Sandy. He is microchipped and wearing a blue/silver collar. He has white paws and a white tip on the end of his tail. Call Becca...
View ArticleScouts need you as their new leader
Bedfordshire Scouts are looking for a new county commissioner.The leader will take charge of nearly 5,000 young people and 1,200 adults across the county.Although the commissioner will need to have...
View ArticleBid to run services
A council is giving people the chance to run services.With the launch of Community Right to Challenge South Cambs District Council is giving community groups, charities and parish council’s to bid to...
View ArticleLocal councillor’s advice surgery
Talk to your councillor.Central Beds Councillor Nigel Aldis is holding a help and advice surgery in Sandy Library.Go along tomorrow (Saturday, June 15) between 10am and noon.This is a chance to have...
View ArticleBugs and bees at the nature reserve
The RSPB is holding a Bees, Bugs and Beasties session on Saturday, June 22.It will be at the Sandy reserve from 11am to 3pm.The warden will show the some of the insects living on the reserve. Lunch...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Hitchcock
HITCHCOCK (12: 20th Century Fox), a fact-based account of the making of the famous film director’s Psycho, is a disappointingly inconsequential affair.The movie opened in cinemas shortly after TV drama...
View ArticleMulti-million pound payout from hospital
A 10-year-old with cerebral palsy has received a multi-million pound NHS compensation payout.Jamie Quinnell of Potton was starved of oxygen during his birth at the Lister Hospital after signs he was in...
View ArticleLooking after village green in years to come
New regulations will be made to protect a village green.Beeston Green is protected by a variety of legislation, the earliest of which dates back to 1857.But over the years gaps in responsibility and...
View ArticleThought: Are carnivals an outdated idea?
Carnivals – will they still be here in 50 years time?Biggleswade and Sandy both have their own carnivals, which have attracted vast crowds in times gone by.But in recent years at many carnivals...
View ArticleShould sex establishments be banned in our towns?
Plans to ban sex clubs from town centres in Central Beds have been revealed.A public consultation has been launched this week.The council says it is keen to update its policy on the licensing of strip...
View ArticleCadets to teach vital skills to 90 people
Learn life saving skills for free on tomorrow (June 15).In celebration of their 90th anniversary Biggleswade’s St John Ambulance Cadets are holding a 90 for 90 Challenge.The 10 to 17-year-olds want to...
View ArticleYouth club back on track
A youth club is set to resume.The Biggleswade Young People’s Tuesday Youth Club has been closed for the last 10 weeks due to various difficulties. However it will be up and running again in three weeks...
View ArticleSupermarket for the old video store
A supermarket has applied for an alcohol licence.Morrisons has confirmed it will open in the former Blockbuster store in Biggleswade by applying for a licence at the 15/15AMarket Square address.
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