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Bedfordshire operating theatre staff picket

Theatre staff win pay battle following hospital strikes

Enhanced diagnostic and treatment facilities will mean people are seen more quickly.

Major plans set to improve facilities and patient flow at Bedfordshire hospitals

Rushmere Park Academy pupils, Leighton Buzzard, welcome the news that 'kids go free' this August. Image: Alex Mayer MP.

Bus passengers welcome multi-operator ticket - and up to £9m in funding

A disabled badge is displayed on a car dashboard. Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Central Beds Council cracks down on Blue Badge misuse

Bedford Hospital

Operating theatre staff walk out of Bedford Hospital again over pay dispute

File photo of police officers

Car and van overturn during M1 crash between Dunstable and Flitwick

Surgeons conduct an operation. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Hospital operating theatre staff to walk out over overtime pay row

Lesley Potter, Admiral Nurse at Dementia UK, is taking part in the scheme

Bedfordshire branches of Nationwide to host free pop-up dementia clinics

This is one of the earliest pictures of Whipsnade Zoo's famous chalk white lion, excavated in 1933

Whipsnade Zoo shares never-before-seen pictures as it celebrates 95th birthday

Central Bedfordshire Council held a Youth Voice workshop at Woburn Safari Park's new SENse the Safari facility

Young people help shape services at pioneering safari park classroom

Have you seen him?

Police release picture of missing 15-year-old with links to Bedford
Bedfordshire Police are appealing for your help to find Daniel.
Clare Turner

The breakfast club at Beecroft Academy in Dunstable now opens half an hour earlier thanks to Central Bedfordshire Council's support of the National Wraparound Childcare Programme

Central Beds Council creates extra places at wraparound childcare clubs

File photo of a disabled parking sign

Two under investigation after crackdown on blue badge misuse

Grant Palmer Celebrates ‘Going for Growth’ With Many Bus Fares Held at £2 and Patronage Surging

Grant Palmer celebrates ‘going for growth’ with many bus fares held at £2

A driver was freed from a car after crashing into a tree in Westoning yesterday (Tuesday)

Firefighters rescue driver after car hits tree

Maternity services at both Bedford and the L&D Hospital have been rated inadequate

Maternity services at both Bedford and Luton Hospitals AGAIN rated inadequate

Symbiosis Care Limited, in Bedford, failed to pay £1,162.62 to one worker (Picture: Pixabay)

Bedford firm one of nearly 500 companies named for not paying minimum wage

Amazon is closing its Marston Gate depot (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Amazon plans to close Marston Gate depot - its first UK site

File photo of students in a classroom

Council gives green light to new plans for future of education

Your pictures taken at Woburn Safari Park could bag you a top prize

Members of Allders Opticians

‘Give yourself the gift of sight this Christmas’ urges optician

The show is set in an abandoned cinema

Ryan Simons and Alex Moran on bringing Shock Horror to the Dunstable stage

Dunstable Specsavers

Opticians raise a brew and much-needed funds for charity

The show has a terrifying puppet

Ghost story set in an abandoned cinema visits Dunstable

Central Bedfordshire Council has published its draft waste strategy, which covers the period from 2026 through to 2051

Bedfordshire waste strategy sets out vision for greener future

It was a bumper fundraising in the sun event for Team BedsFire

Hot, hot hot as fire crews host fun in the sun charity events

The site of the former Pulloxhill Lower School in Fieldside Road

Council approves new special primary school

The combined Houghton / Flitwick team.

Central Bedfordshire's leisure centres raise more than £400 for charity at staff...
Everyone Active colleagues recently took part in a charity fundraising Rounders Tournament.
WHITTINGTON SARAH

The crash happened on Saturday (July 20) on Woburn Park, Woburn

Fire crews free woman trapped in car after it crashes into ditch

The new turntable

Music programme in Central Bedfordshire set to train the DJs of tomorrow

The Manchester Borough also has one of the highest percentages of pupils achieving a grade 8 in their GCSEs, with a score of 58.26%.

New special school provision overshadowed by social media row

File photo of children playing violins.

Inspiring Music service to change after 4-week consultation over its future

Bedford Hospital (Inset: Pixabay)

Bedford Hospital changes homebirth service following review

The map showing the sites for potential development. Picture: Central Bedfordshire Council

Suggested sites for development face 'rigorous assessment' by council

A sign on the shore warns bathers and swimmers about toxic algae in Lake Windermere. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Water park manager explains the dangers in wake of new law over sewage spills

Staff on a NHS hospital ward. Photo from Peter Byrne/PA Images

Bedfordshire NHS Trust pays out nearly £9m for misdiagnosis claims

Luanna's work displayed in a local gallery.

Artist turns creativity into charity to help adults undergoing cancer treatment

Alameda Middle School pictured rehearsing. Picture supplied by Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival

Students tread the boards as part of prestigious Shakespeare schools festival

Some of the women participating in a workshop to create their poems

New audio project launches this week exploring the impact of anti-social behavio...

The Bumble Bee and The Blackbirds, in Flitwick

Two Flitwick pubs scoop major national award

Leader of Central Bedfordshire Council, cllr Adam Zerny

Local healthcare is worth fighting for

Lesley in the coffee lounge at The Newells

Still making headlines at 75 with Dancing on Ice insight

A new-born baby lies in an incubator moments after her birth at a maternity ward (Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)

More midwives at Bedfordshire hospitals since damning CQC report

Dunstable Priory Church

Give the gift of local appreciation this Christmas in Bedfordshire

The Cinch Storage Bedford Team

Cinch Self-Storage Bedford offers free breakfast this week to celebrate opening
Cinch Self Storage is inviting the Bedford community to join the celebration of its new facility on Wolseley Road, Kempston.
Lily Byrne

Ampthill - happiest place to live in Bedfordshire

Ampthill is the happiest place to live in Bedfordshire, according survey

Emergency services news.

Ambulance service in talks to use handover limit for patients coming to hospital

Tankers were brought in to remove flood water on the A421 near Marston Moretaine. Picture: James Linsell Clark / SWNS

Fire & Rescue staff verbally abused by callers during "Biblical" flooding

From iconic bunk bands and vintage race days to fireworks and musical theatre; here's out 15 picks what to do in Bedfordshire before the end of 2024, with minimal Christmas involvement.

15 exciting events around Bedfordshire before the end of 2024

Wellbeing Games promo photo

Take part in the 2024 Wellbeing Games

Fire and Rescue news.

Firefighters battle blaze at commercial building in Kempston

File photo of a person putting a vote into a ballot box

Here's what Bedfordshire voters need to know as snap election called

File image of children in a classroom. Credit: Monkey Business - stock.adobe.co

'Deep dive' into SEND provision aims to identify 'glitches in the system'

Seeking this couple!

Bedford businesswoman hopes to reunite vintage clutch find with owner

Bedford Hospital

48-hour strike at Bedford Hospital over pay begins on Monday

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