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Warming hands.

Watch: Eight yellow cold health alerts in place across the UK

Nathan McDonald, water utilities and drainage manager at The Burton Smith Group

The Burton Smith Group offers free water leak investigations to tackle high wate...

Confusing financial terms have cost Brits an estimated £26 billion.

Confusing financial terms have cost Brits billions

London is Britain's 'smiliest' region

The most competitive UK regions revealed

Ofsted figures show five households in Bedford had their fostering applications approved in the year to March and 10 carers also chose to stop fostering during the same period

Fewer families can foster children in Bedford as numbers decline

Toby Burton, founder and managing director of Burton Smith Plumbing & Heating

New jobs created as plumbing company in Silsoe invests £250k in fleet expansion

Office for National Statistics figures show around 1,025 businesses in Bedford ceased trading in 2022 – up from 870 the year before

More than 1,000 businesses folded in Bedford in 2022

A weather warning for heavy rain has been issued for much of the south of England. Flood warnings are also in place in the area. Picture: Habibur Rahman.

Flash floods hit the UK - and Storm Ciaran is also on the way

A woman reads a book on a bench in Green Park in central London on September 5, 2023 as the country experiences a late heatwave.

UK heat-health warning escalated as temperatures hit sweltering 32C

A woman reading a leaflet from the Office for National Statistics about The Census 2021

A quarter of households in Bedford are in highest social class

It’s measured by household income, economic activity, qualifications, as well as the type and tenure of the household

Andrew Dowdeswell, data reporter

Thunderstorms will hit south east of England on Thursday, said the Met Office.

Met Office issues UK weather warning for thunderstorms

In Bedford, there were 211 admissions for liver disease per 100,000 men in the area, compared to 131 for women (Picture: Mark Case/Getty Images)

Bedford is above England average for liver disease admissions

Sunny weather is set to hit England resulting in the first heat health alert of its kind

What is a heat health alert and what does amber warning mean?

UK to have ‘soft’ heatwave in April and May

Hayfever sufferers have been warned their symptoms could be out in full force this week

Hayfever warning as first ‘pollen bomb’ of the year hits UK

DVLA reveals the most common driving offences in Britain

Men walk down a street amid rubble from destroyed buildings on February 20, 2023 in Hatay, Turkey

Two new earthquakes hit Turkey killing three people and injuring 200

Taking to the open road on holiday (photo: Monkey Business Images)

Parents likely to cut cost of holidays this year by taking a term-time trip

The PCS are timing its road workers’ strikes with the RMT. Credit: Getty

Road workers are set to strike in lead up to Christmas- here’s when

The University of Bedfordshire has done slightly better than last year but still finished third from bottom in league table

University of Bedfordshire finishes third from bottom in the country - according...

A level two heat-health alert warning has been issued ahead of the heatwave (Photo: Getty Images)

Warning symptoms of heatstroke as heat-health alert issued

157 people were admitted to both hospitals with Covid in just 24 hours

Bedford people urged to get Covid jab as almost 160 people admitted to hospital

Why buying their own home is so much harder for women

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Watch rowing racing on Bedford's Great Ouse river with 82 Eights entered so far

Chichester in UK

UK’s happiest and unhappiest towns unveiled - and it’s all to do with the weathe...

Revealed: these are the top 20 property hotspots and coldspots of 2021

Omicron now accounts for around 90% of cases in London, according to the latest official analysis (image: Getty Images)

Omicron is now the dominant strain of Covid in England, figures suggest Henry Sandercock

Electric vehicles charging point

New homes in England required to have EV charging points from next year

Army tanker drivers are delivering supplies to petrol stations hit by the fuel crisis (Photo: NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)

Army tanker drivers to deliver supplies to petrol stations hit by shortage

The government confirmed it was putting troops on standby earlier this week (Photo: Getty Images)

Military drivers to deliver fuel from Monday amid warnings that crisis ‘getting ...

Forecasters are warning of an “unsettled” September (Photo: Getty Images)

Heavy wind and rain forecast as UK braces for ‘unsettled’ September

England to enjoy brief sunny spell, as temperatures set to reach 26C in South Ea...

Just one of the many dogs Howlies Doggy Daycare looks after

Doggy daycare near Bedford proves it's top dog after award win

Bells Motor Group in Riverfield Drive

Bedford car dealership's seven-figure loan to pay for MOT testing centre and 16 ...

NHS Digital data reveals that in Bedford, there were 2,460 hospital admissions where obesity was a primary or secondary factor in 2019-20

More people admitted to hospital due to obesity in Bedford

This poor muntjac was unable to escape from a back garden in Winchester Road

RSPCA dealt with more than 25,000 lockdown incidents in South East

The UK has seen below freezing temperatures and heavy snow over the past few days, but will snow hit again this weekend? (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is where snow will hit the UK this weekend - according to the Met Office

England's Covid R rate is between 1.2 and 1.3 - the regional breakdown

Pfizer says vaccine protects against new Covid-19 mutant strains spreading acros...

This video shows how coronavirus spread across England throughout 2020

More people are hospitalised with Covid in England than ever before

"This is a real sacrifice," says the mayor

Bedford mayor thanks residents for "sacrifice" during new Tier 4 restrictions

Tier 4 restrictions for the Christmas period explained - and if travel is allowe...

You can get a refund for train and coach tickets cancelled due to Christmas rule... Sarah Wilson

The Prime Minister made the announcement today

Coronavirus latest: Bedfordshire to enter Tier 4 with Christmas gatherings cance...

The most dangerous driving day of the year falls this weekend - how to stay safe

Fireworks injuries: firefighters warn people to be careful on Bonfire Night 2020...

38 Blue Badge holders battle for every parking space as applications soar

The Met Office is predicting another hot spell this weekend, with the temperature set to soar to 34C in parts of the country (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Met Office predicts weekend heatwave in England with temperatures to soar to 34C

The weather in the UK this week is initially set to be a mixed bag, before temperatures should soar in some parts mid-week, potentially giving us the hottest day of the year (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when and where temperatures are expected to soar up to 27C across the UK ...

Pothole damage cost UK drivers £1.25bn in vehicle repairs last year

Temperatures this week have dropped, with parts of the UK already experiencing wintry conditions (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the chances of snow across the UK this week as temperatures drop

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Universal Credit is 'transforming lives for the better' in Bedford, claim offici...

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain in the south of England, as heavy downpours are set to hit (Photo: Shutterstock)

South of England weather warning: This is when heavy rain is set to hit

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