- Tube staff under attack, says RMT
- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- GPs 'overpaid for ghost patients'
- Healthcare regulator chief quits
- Toddler critically ill after crash
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- Mild weather hits Centrica profits
- Son's tribute to funnyman Carson
- 'MP' held after Commons disturbance
- RBS losses hit £2bn amid bonus row
- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- Tributes to 'jolly jester' Carson
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
Other Sport
Bedford Ladies’ promotion hopes crushed
After two weeks of cancelled matches due to the recent snowy weather Bedford HC Ladies’ hopes of promotion from East Women’s Premier were crushed as they lost 4-1 to Holcombe in Kent at the weekend.
Wootton second at indoor UK Trials and Championships
ATHLETICS: Katrina Wootton, of Bedford & County AC, claimed a fine second place in the 3,000m at the indoor UK Trials and Championships in Sheffield on Sunday.
Stokes claims the only catch
ANGLING: Queens Works AC were on the river at College Farm, Oakley, on Sunday for their fifth Winter League match, but freezing conditions saw only four anglers turn up.
Titles galore for Bedford as they relinquish crown
BEDFORD & County AC signed off their Chiltern Cross-Country League season with a good performance at a freezing cold Wing at the weekend.
Promising Powell can’t save Wyvern from Leyton loss
MISSING a number of experienced players Wyvern-Grangers went down to a 40-34 defeat to Leyton at Woodford in Premier Division Two this week.
Time to vote in Luton Sports Awards
NOMINATIONS are invited for the Luton Annual Sports Awards that are due to be held on March 22 at the Riverside Suite, Vauxhall.
Boast and Bergin set for 2012
Bedford & County AC athletes Suzi Boast and Matt Bergin are looking forward to an exciting summer on the track in.
Skelton comeback is backed by returning trainer Sanders
BOXING: Matt Skelton’s trainer Kevin Sanders is convinced he’ll be on the title trail again soon.
Ryan’s bout is called off
THAI BOXING: Eagles Gym fighter Ryan Nandha saw his WBC British Thai boxing super bantamweight title bout with Anjum Shah at the Medway Park Leisure Centre on Sunday called off due to the freezing weather at the weekend.
Sapwell heads to Corby
Flitwick tennis player Josh Sapwell suffered defeat at the AEGON British Tour event in Bath at last month.
Dorel breaks school record
ATHLETICS: Abbey Middle School pupil Dorel Spiridache recently set a new school record while competing in the Year 8 Beds and District Cross-Country event held at Lincroft Middle School.
Bedford School reign supreme in county hockey
Bedford School excelled in the recent Bedfordshire County hockey tournaments. They recorded victories at U18, U16, U14 and U13 levels, with their U11s finishing second by a goal difference of one as they drew 6-6 with the winners.
Queens Works and Ampthill fish the Grand Union Canal
Queens Works AC joined Ampthill AC on the Grand Union Canal at Mill Road, Bletchley, last Sunday.
National finals for netball stars
NETBALL: Seven-straight victories and a closely-fought final have afforded Bedford Girls’ School’s U16 A netball team a place in the national finals of one of the sport’s most prestigious inter-school competitions.
Runners-up Sharnbrook head to National Schools final
NETBALL: Sharnbrook Upper School’s U18 netball team performed fantastically as they finished runners-up at the East Region Schools last weekend.
Quarter-finals for ace Elliott
TENNIS: Steppingley tennis star James Elliott reached the quarter-finals of the Safina Cup in the Czech Republic this week.
Dallas return for Skelton
BOXING: Bedford boxer Matt Skelton will make his return to the ring for the first time since October 2010 when he fights Tom Dallas at Hillsborough Leisure Centre in Sheffield on March 3.
Awesome four-some for Beford HC ladies
BEDFORD ladies secured a comfortable 4-0 victory at Colchester to continue their unbeaten start to 2012 in the East Women’s Hockey League Premier Division.
Paula books Vienna date
ATHLETICS: Bedford & County AC star Paula Radcliffe is set to warm up for this summer’s Olympics marathon by competing in the OMV half-marathon in Vienna on April 15.
Rosettes for Equilibrium Livery
A five-strong team from Equilibrium Livery, Boxend, competed in the Unaffiliated Dressage at the Keysoe College Equestrian Centre on Saturday.
Beds Road Club honour stars
Bedfordshire Road Club celebrated their achievements of 2011 at their annual award dinner on Saturday night, at Box End Park’s Corner 5 Restaurant.
Four wins in a row for Bedford HC ladies
Bedford made it four East Women’s Hockey League Premier Division victories on the bounce with a 2-1 success over second-placed Canterbury at Chester Road on Saturday.
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Weather for Bedford
Thursday 23 February 2012
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