A new partnership has been launched between Beds Police and HMP Bedford to clamp down on the smuggling of drugs, phones and other illegal items into the prison.
Bedford and Kempston MP Mohammad Yasin has launched a local campaign to encourage schools and the borough council to get tough on plastic in support for a proposed law to reduce plastic.
Wider curriculums, longer classroom hours and reducing teacher workload were the key topics of discussion as Education Secretary Damian Hinds visited Bedford.
Tesco, Asda and Morrisons have all reduced the amount of sugar in their own-label soft drinks prior to the introduction of the so-called “sugar tax” this week.
