A JEALOUS and controlling husband, who couldn’t accept his marriage was over, stabbed his wife through the heart and then sent her a taunting text message as she lay dying, a court heard this week.

A UNIVERSITY management school has launched 20 new Master of Business Administration (MBA) scholarships to mark the London 2012 Olympics.

PLANS to build a new road linking the A428 and the A6 are set to be approved by council chiefs on Monday night.

A FILM-MAKER who is credited with getting David Gilmour his first gig with Pink Floyd has penned his first fictional novel.

PEACOCKS in Bedford closed it doors this afternoon, just one hour after it was announced the company had been sold.

PLANS to build a Premier Inn hotel on land by the side of The Branston Way will be discussed by council chiefs on Monday.

A WACKY potato head modelling competition is set to begin for children who visit a Willington garden centre.

A FORMER leader of Central Bedfordshire Council has been shortlisted in a prestigious national awards scheme.

CONSERVATION cash is now available for Bedfordshire charities, community groups and not-for-profit organisations.

THERE are certain words in Britain that are bound to arouse public interest and are often liberally doused over headlines or campaigns to add a touch of spice.

EIGHT “luxury camping pods” are being planned at Whipsnade Zoo as charity chiefs aim to make it a year-round attraction.

A NEW supermarket will mark its opening with a £1,000 charity donation.

A MOBILE fish and chip shop is giving people the chance to win a chippy dinner if they can guess what seaside is on the side of its van.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a Tesco delivery man was attacked by a gang of youths.

PLANS for a major shake-up for schools in south Bedford have been confirmed, with two middle schools set to close.

THE site of Bedford’s first ever gay wedding reception could become flats if a planning application goes ahead.

MEMBERS of the Army Intelligence Corps visited Bedford Hospital on Friday to present fundraising cash to Bedford Hospitals Charity chiefs.

TWO residential homes in Bedford have been rated as two of the top BUPA care homes in the UK.

A UNIVERSITY professor has developed a new way of harnessing energy to make batteries a thing of the past which is seen to be a world first.

It was Bedford versus Luton when pensioners living at Bedfordshire Pilgrim Housing Association’s (BPHA) sheltered accommodation schemes did battle at the inter-courts quiz last week.