- Action urged on hip fracture costs
- Clegg reveals £1bn jobs fund boost
- Tube staff under attack, says RMT
- 'Sharp drop' in degree courses
- GPs 'overpaid for ghost patients'
- Probe into sex-selection abortions
- Mild weather hits Centrica profits
- Tributes to 'jolly jester' Carson
- 'MP' held after Commons disturbance
- RBS losses hit £2bn amid bonus row
- Travellers 'hit by rip-off charges'
- UK urged to support tar sands ban
- Fast-track asylum delays criticised
- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
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Nadine Dorries’ monthly column: Sorry, but there’s no conspiracy and no secrecy for the sake of secrecy
THERE are certain words in Britain that are bound to arouse public interest and are often liberally doused over headlines or campaigns to add a touch of spice.
Get on board with carnival procession
SUMMER may seem a lifetime away but plans for the carnival are in full swing.
Impulse buys wane as cash strain continues
Hagglers, savvy-shoppers and sale-seekers are on the increase according to new research from Santander Credit Cards.
Now there are one million motorists aged 80 or more
The number of drivers over the age of 80 has now topped one million according to information obtained by motoring charity the IAM following a freedom of information request to the DVL.
Our grandparents the dairy farmers
THE 1900s photograph of Browns Dairy Farm at Wood Hall, Campton that was published in Memory Lane on January 13, 2012 brought in some unexpected feedback considering its age from two surviving grandchildren.
Nostalgia
Thomas was a Jack of all trades
BELL RINGERS stand outside St Mary’s Church in about 1900. Tony Primett’s grandfather, Thomas Primett, is kneeling on the far right.
Boys who worked Beds
AGRICULTURAL workers line up in 1930 for a photograph taken at what used to be Filldyke Road Nursery in Meppershall. And some of them look as though they have only recently left school.
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The Avenue - Biggleswade war workers’ second home
The Avenue in Biggleswade was once home to The Avenue Club – a purpose-built war workers’ community club in the early years of the Second World War.
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More Sandy memories of a lost London Road
FURTHER feedback has come in on the notorious Fanny Armond, who helped her husband Jack run J Armond & Son in Sandy during the 1930s (November 25, 2011).
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Announcements
Brenda Craske : Obituary
Published in the Biggleswade Chronicle on 20 February 2012
John Sissins : Memorial
Published in the Biggleswade Chronicle on 17 February 2012
Beryl Herrington (Formerly Tooley) : Obituary
Published in the Biggleswade Chronicle on 17 February 2012
Kirsty Izzard : Birthday
Published in the Biggleswade Chronicle on 17 February 2012
Len Hobbs : Memorial
Published in the Biggleswade Chronicle on 17 February 2012
Local Businesses
High pods are set to open up a new market for hilltop zoo video
EIGHT “luxury camping pods” are being planned at Whipsnade Zoo as charity chiefs aim to make it a year-round attraction.
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Internet highway is about to get faster
INTERNET signals will soon be whizzing into your computer with the help of turbo-charged broadband.
£11.3m cuts to Central Beds’ budget
A BUDGET cut of £11.3m has been agreed by Central Bedfordshire Council.
Longer trains for commuters
SOON commuters will have a more comfortable ride to work thanks to station improvements.
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Weather for Biggleswade
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 9 C to 15 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
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Temperature: 3 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 18 mph
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