Public Health England

In Bedford there were 20,679 adults with depression in 2022-23, making up 13.4% of adults in the area registered with a GP

More people in Bedford have depression, as diagnoses hit new record

Pregnant women and vulnerable people have been warned after dangerous bacteria was been found in a type of cheese

Warning for pregnant women after deadly bacteria found in cheese

Elstow, Shortstown & Wixams have recorded a rise n cases

Elstow, Shortstown & Wixams record a jump in Covid cases

Bedford

Covid cases start to rise again in SEVEN areas of Bedford

Cases have risen in Brickhill and Wootton & Stewartby

Brickhill, Wootton & Stewartby are the only places to record a rise in Covid

Covid cases have risen in Harpur as well as six other parts of Bedford

Bedford's Covid cases jump in Harpur and Goldington areas in just a week

M&S has apologised for displaying daffodils next to spring onions

M&S apologises after displaying poisonous daffodils with spring onions

Cases have doubled in Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople

Covid cases double in Cople, Great Barford & Wyboston in just a week

In seven days, Castle & Kingsway has recorded 11 cases

Castle records a rise in Covid cases for second week running

Castle & Kingsway ward is one of five parts of Bedford to record a rise in Covid cases

Castle area one of five parts of Bedford to record a rise in Covid cases

Four parts of the borough have recorded a rise in cases

Four parts of Bedford record a rise of Covid cases in seven days

But cases still remain low

Clare Turner

Wyboston, Great Barford and Cople has recorded six cases in even days

Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople records a rise in Covid in a week

Wootton & Stewartby is the only area to record a rise in cases

Wootton & Stewartby is the only part of Bedford to record a rise in Covid cases

Putnoe is the only part of Bedford to record a rise in cases in the first week of 2023

Putnoe is the only part of Bedford to record a rise in Covid cases

In the last week, cases have jumped from eight to 19 in Putnoe

Covid cases spike in Bedford's Putnoe as year draws to a close

Bedford's Harpur ward

Covid cases spike in Bedford's Harpur in just seven days

Cases have risen in Bromham & Biddenham; Brickhill; Cauldwell; Harrold, Chellington & Turvey; Kempston North; Kempston West & South; Kingsbrook; and Riseley & Sharnbrook

Bedford Covid cases on the rise in Brickhill again

Cases have risen in Bromham & Biddenham; Castle & Kingsway; Clapham, Oakley & Thurleigh; Elstow, Shortstown & Wixams; Goldington; Newnham; Queen's Park; Wootton & Stewartby; and Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople

Covid cases jump up in Goldington

Brickhill

Covid cases rise in Brickhill but drop across much of Bedford

Findings of a clinical trial involving a new Alzheimer's drug Lecanemab have been published

New Alzheimer’s drug Lecanemab hailed ‘momentous’ by experts in trial

A six-year-old pupil from Ashford Church of England School has died after falling ill with Group A streptococcal infection.

Six-year-old child died in a Strep A outbreak at school

Kingsbrook is one of only three areas of Bedford borough to record a rise in cases

Covid cases rise in Kingsbrook while they are negligible elsewhere

In the space of a week, Castle & Kingsway has recorded 12 new Covid cases

Covid cases on the rise in Bedford's Castle & Kingsway

Kempston Central & East

Covid cases start to climb in Kempston - but plummet across Bedford

Bedford

Four people die from Covid in Bedford - with one in a ventilation bed

Cases have nearly doubled in Bromham & Biddenham

Bedford Covid: Cases almost double in Bromham & Biddenham in a week

Bedford

Three Bedford people die from Covid in a week - with one in a ventilation bed

Cases have risen in nine wards in the borough

Covid cases double in Clapham, Oakley & Thurleigh in just seven days

There’s also risen sharply in Putnoe

Clare Turner

Bedford

Over 230 Bedford people test positive for Covid

Cases have doubled in Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople

Bedford Covid: Cases double in Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople in a week

Bedford

Three people die from Covid in Bedford this week

In the space of a week, cases have jumped from eight to 27 in Elstow, Shortstown & Wixams

Bedford Covid: Cases spike in Elstow, Shortstown & Wixams in just seven days

Bedford

Over 230 Bedford people test positive for Covid in a week

Cauldwell ward

Bedford's Cauldwell and Newnham areas record Covid hike in just a week

Cases have spiked in Bedford's Kingsbrook area

Covid cases spike in Bedford's Kingsbrook area in just a week

Bedford

Six people die from Covid in Bedford in the space of a week

Cases have risen again in eight parts of the borough - including Queen's Park

Bedford Covid cases rise again in Queen's Park and Kempston

Bedford

Two die from Covid in Bedford as UK's alert level downgraded

Cases have risen in the Elstow, Shortstown & Wixams ward

Covid cases rise in Elstow, Shortstown & Wixams

Bedford

Six people die from Covid in Bedford this week

Cases have dropped in the Castle & Kingsway ward from 19 to eight

Covid cases finally plummet in Bedford's Castle ward

Bedford

Three Bedford people die from Covid in just a week

Bedford's Castle ward

Covid cases stay high in Bedford's Castle ward

Bedford

Five Bedford people die from Covid in a week

Cases have dropped across Bedford

Bedford's Covid cases remain high in Wixams, Castle and Bromham & Biddenham

But they are showing a decline all over the borough

Clare Turner

Bedford

Bedford records three Covid deaths in a week

Only two areas of Bedford have had a rise in cases

Covid cases plummet in every part of Bedford - except two

Bedford

Bedford records SEVEN Covid deaths in a week

Bedford's Cauldwell ward

Covid cases skyrocket in Bedford's Kingsbrook and Cauldwell neighbourhoods

Bedford

Bedford records four Covid deaths in a week

Bedford

Bedford averages nearly 90 Covid cases a day for second week running

Cases are spiking in Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople

Bedford Covid cases spike in Wyboston, Great Barford & Cople

In seven days, cases in Kempston West and South have risen from 26 to 34

Covid cases continue to climb in Kempston in just seven days

Bedford

Bedford averages 89 Covid cases a day under new weekly reporting

Bedford

UPDATE: Bedford records 60 Covid cases as Government move to weekly reporting