Bedford Borough Council has announced changes to their bin collection schedule over the Christmas and New Year period.

Eligible residents are being encouraged to book their jabs for COVID-19 and flu as soon as possible.

Bedford Borough Council has awarded £50,000 to Bedford Foodbank to help support local people who are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.

A new grant funding scheme has been launched in Bedford Borough for voluntary organisations and community groups to help people struggling with the cost of living.

With some of the busiest shopping days of the year approaching, Bedford Borough Council is reminding residents to do their research and know their consumer rights.

Mayor Dave Hodgson assisted with the planting of a replacement Sorbus tree on Cornwall Road last week. The Council Highways team have been working hard to reinstate historic tree pit locations across Bedford Borough.

This year, the Kempston Christmas lights switch on event is on Sunday 27 November at 5pm.

Taking place from 12pm to 6pm at The Saxon Centre, the event is sure to be a fun-filled, festive day for all the family.

Bedford Borough Council continues its crackdown on fly-tippers. A fly-tipper has been fined this month for illegally dumping a painting next to a clothes and shoe collection point.

Bedford Borough Council, in partnership with Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes City Councils, has launched a new set of health and wellbeing standards for local workplaces.  The Healthy Workplace Standards are intended to help employers, even the smallest firms who don’t have the resources f

Families in Luton, Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes are being urged by the Royal Society for the Prevention Accidents (RoSPA) to take action to protect their children from the risks of household cleaning products.