Ready, Set, Read! is the theme for the Summer Reading Challenge at Bedford Borough Libraries this year. It runs from Saturday 15 July through to Saturday 9 September and promises to be an exciting and engaging programme for children aged four to eleven.
Local Election Day is Thursday 4 May, when elections will be held for the Mayor of Bedford Borough, Borough Councillors, and Parish and Town Councillors where areas have parish/town councils that are contested (ie. more candidates than seats on the Council).
From Saturday 29 April to Sunday 7 May, families are invited to visit Bedford Borough Libraries for free fun Coronation-themed craft activities. Bedford Central, Bromham, Kempston, Putnoe, and Wootton libraries all have activities planned.
For the first time, electors voting in person at polling stations will need to show photographic ID to vote at this year’s local elections, including electors in Bedford Borough.
Bedford Borough Council is warning people not to fly-tip or dump waste this Christmas holiday.
Instead, people are being encouraged to use the local Household Waste Recycling Centre at Barkers Lane, Bedford MK41 9SB to dispose of any bulky waste.
The Annual Canvass of households, to update the Electoral Register, is now live. Each year we have to, by law, find out who is eligible to register to vote.
A fleet of grocery delivery robots is heading to local neighbourhoods in Bedford thanks to an exciting pilot project between Bedford Borough Council and Starship Technologies, the world’s leading provider of autonomous delivery services, in partnership with
