Residents

'Council spent £16m on a bridge to nowhere. It's a dangerous mess'

£16m bridge leads to 'dangerous' deep mud...it looks like a warzone

A road left so badly damaged by a landslip it was closed to cars can't be fixed properly - as it's still moving a YEAR later.

Britain's 'wonkiest road' destroyed by landslip finally set to reopen

BG - A Blackbird

Bedfordshire developers reveal top tips to keep wildlife safe this winter

It comes after Bristolians were ranked as the most romantic in the UK

What's your love language? Take this quiz to find out

The three councillors funded the mobile CCTV camera

Councillors fund CCTV camera to tackle fly-tipping and anti-social behaviour

James Copley loads hoses onto a fire engine as five engines prepare to leave Leigh Community Fire Station. Photo by Anthony Devlin/Getty Images

Have your say on Bedfordshire Fire Service’s proposed council tax increase

Sara Munden with Elstow Manor Wellbeing Coach Maria Hindle and resident Anne Poole

Bedford care homes join forces to knit for hospital baby unit

The initiative aims to support UK mission to reduce energy bills, create green jobs, and advance climate action

Social housing in UK to have cleaner energy come new initiative

East West Rail and campaign group Stop the Arc have clashed over claims any new stations between Bedford and Bletchley depend on housing development cash (Picture: Pixabay)

East West Rail and campaigners clash over housing development cash claims

Car are flooded outside a newly converted Meadow Mill on Water street in Stockport as emergency teams arrive to rescue people trapped inside. January 1 2025.

Fire crews use boats to rescue flood-trapped residents in flats

Cars stranded in deep water due to flooding in Stockport.

Watch: Roads flooded and cars submerged as heavy rain hits the UK

Aerial footage shows large stretches of severely flooded road, with multiple cars completely submerged in the water.

Jessica Martin

Baycroft Flitwick staff team

Baycroft Flitwick Care Home reflects on a Year of Building Community in 2024

Handing over the festive gifts to the hospice

Wixams care home offers festive support to hospice patients

Residents are rescued from fire.

Watch: Police run into burning building to rescue residents from blaze

Almost half use loyalty programmes as a way of saving around the festive period

Four in 10 adults are worried about the cost of Christmas this year

Worcester City Council insists the tree in Columbia Drive poses no immediate risk and has issued a protection order for it. Inset: Chris Davis

'Menacing' 100ft tree could crush my home but council won't chop it

Bedford Borough Council appoints PayByPhone to replace Phone and Pay as parking payment provider

Bedford Borough Council appoints PayByPhone to replace Phone and Pay as parking ...

The Cleat Hill cordon has now been lifted. Picture: Bedford Borough Council

Cleat Hill residents finally allowed home - two months on from fatal explosion

Dunstable Priory Church

Give the gift of local appreciation this Christmas in Bedfordshire

Emergency workers standing in flood water during the recent Central Bedfordshire floods. Picture: Debbie Ward

More urgency needed over flooding response in Central Beds, warn councillors

An additional 12,000 households across Bedford are being added to the glass recycling trial from Monday, December 9

Glass kerbside recycling trials expanded across more parts of Bedford

Nigel Cooper and his Koi pond in Ulverston, Cumbria.

Fish-eating otters killed my koi-carp. Now my dog scares them away

Volunteers at Bedford Winter Night Shelter

It’s time to help Bedford’s homeless this winter as call goes out for volunteers

A cordon remained in place at the scene while investigations into the cause of the explosion were ongoing

Cleat Hill residents must sign waivers to return to homes after fatal explosion

London Fire Brigade tackle a fire at a takeaway in Holloway.

Watch: Smoke rises from takeaway fire as 15 fire engines are deployed

Parts of Pontypridd, South Wales, have been left submerged in water as the River Taff bursts its banks.

Watch: Residents bail out their flooded homes after heavy rainfall

Before-and-after pictures show how a house of horrors which was turned into a makeshift dump has finally been cleared of rubbish after more than a year.

Makeshift tip FINALLY cleared as nightmare neighbour evicted

A late night snowman in Weston Park. Photo: David Kessen, National World

Daredevils filmed sledging down alleys and hurling snowballs

Snow has arrived in parts of the UK - watch how residents made the most of the weather well into the night.

Jessica Martin

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Nightmare tenant with rubbish dump in front garden gets EVICTED

A cordon remained in place at the scene while investigations into the cause of the explosion were ongoing

Residents evacuated after fatal explosion in talks on plans to return home

Fed up residents say they have had enough as a local Airbnb is constantly being used to host drug-fuelled parties into the early hours.

Watch: 'Drug-fuelled' teens at Booking.com let climbed into my garden

Owen Turner (inset) has been jailed for 9 break-ins to businesses across Blackpool

Burglar responsible for 9 raids including theft at Costa Coffee jailed

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Marston Moretaine care home enjoys Harvest surprise from local school

Crews were called to a fire in an outbuilding in Colmworth caused by a rogue firework

Outbuilding blaze started after fireworks set fire to barn

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Residents allowed to collect property after explosion in Bedford's Cleat Hill

Horrified residents are demanding action after their neighbours turned their home into a makeshift TIP with tonnes of rubbish dumped on the driveway.

Next door has a rubbish dump in the garden...it's making our kids sick

The joys of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, with Liam Kennedy and Tui. (pic by Dominic Scurr).

I visited Egypt's desert jewel and left with smile wider than Sinai

Retired bank worker, Nick Wisniewski, 66, is the last person living on 'Britain's loneliest street' which is all due to be knocked down - but he's refusing to move.

'I'm not moving!' Council move to evict man on derelict estate

Dog poo has been piling up across Bedford say Liberal Democrats.

Residents resorted to emptying overflowing dog poo bins across Bedford

Blake Stephenson MP speaking in the House of Commons about the GP surgery for Wixams

Local MP secures meeting with Government Minister over Wixams GP Surgery

The 10 most takeaway-obsessed cities named - with the capital taking the top spot (Photo: Adobe Stock)

Which UK cities are the most take-away obsessed

One Group Services at work on Cranfield High Street

Cranfield community comes together during the recent flooding

Drivers have been removing flood signs to access closed roads in Bedford. Photo: Oli Scarff/ Getty

Drivers warned removing flood signs from closed roads is ‘extremely dangerous’

A disappearing sign of the times? Paper permits are to be replaced by virtual permits in Bedford from September 26.

Bedford to introduce virtual parking permits

Sanzhar Abishev (inset) is one of the residents who are being disturbed by noisy car-meets in a residential street near Buckingham Palace.

I live near Buckingham Palace. Boy racer car meets are ruining my life

Video shows how large crowds gather in an exclusive part of central London to cheer on 'boy racers' at ‘dangerous’ car meets - which locals say are ruining their lives.

Lucinda Herbert

A fire at a recycling centre in Hovefields Avenue, Basildon.

15 vehicles alight as huge blaze breaks out at recycling plant

Lightning lit up London's skyline over the weekend

Epic thunderstorm lights up London's iconic skyline in dramatic video

Tim Anderson is one of hundreds of residents who sponsored trees this year

Residents and businesses green-up Bedford streets

Marshal Craig, one of the last remaining residents on Clune Park estate in Port Glasgow which is almost deserted.

'I'm not moving!' - Man refuses to leave derelict 'Chernobyl' estate

Dominic Holroyd with residents, Patricia Langan, Barbara Aggett and Muriel Shephard

Popular rector's fond farewell to Bedford care home residents

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Former councillor Terry Westgate says tourists eager to get the perfect snap have trashed public flowerbeds in an "absolute tragedy' for the city.

Watch: Locals say tourists trashing flowerbeds to get Insta pictures

Police crawl into burning flat to rescue residents from fire.

Watch: Police crawl into burning flat to rescue residents from fire

(Photo: Pexels)

Thousands of UK households to receive up to £600 in government support

Gary Hough, 62, looks up to the skies outside his home surrounded in seagull

'Horrified' residents invaded by 'apocalyptic' swarm of seagulls

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