Chronicle Villages

Giant bus really slows the traffic

Students took to the streets and formed a giant walking bus to raise awareness of road safety.

Tennis ace coach, Justin Layne, with some junior students at Langford Tennis Club.

In the Wimbledon mood? Learn to smash and serve

Wimbledon is fast approaching and what better way to get in the mood than by dusting off your old tennis racket?

Councillor’s surgery

Talk to your councillor this weekend.

Lawnmower is a real Godsend for church!

Volunteers at a rural church have been so impressed with their new high-tech lawnmower they have had it blessed!

Creating rubbish evacuation toys

Children at Stondon Lower School took part in a project run by Central Bedfordshire Council on Friday, June 7, which encouraged them to recycle.

Blooming great floral festivities

More than 200 visitors strolled around a village’s gardens.

Jan Diffey with Norton Model 30 (1936) and Phil Diffey with his Humber 1914.

Motoring mania promised in village

Motoring fans will welcome the Haynes Village 100 Charity Gala on Sunday, June 23.

Looking after village green in years to come

New regulations will be made to protect a village green.

Cadets to teach vital skills to 90 people

Learn life saving skills for free on tomorrow (June 15).

Council not to blame for railway suicide

A brilliant inventor who died under the wheels of a train on the day he was due to be evicted from his home, took his own life, a coroner ruled on Friday.

Creating rubbish evacuation toys

Children at Stondon Lower school took part in a project run by Central Bedfordshire Council on Friday, June 7, which encouraged them to recycle.

Chilli Fiesta video

The heat was on for the hottest fiesta in town.

Beeston Open Gardens 2013

More than 200 visitors strolled around a village’s gardens.

Langford church fete

Stop by a church fete.

On your marks! video

Budding athletes showed off their sportiness.

Greenery and flowers make a fine show at open gardens

Gardeners will open their green oasis to the public.

Fly planes from Georgian folly’s roof

A Georgian folly will be open to the public next weekend.

Video: First Class at Langford Lower School video

Is your son or daughter pictured here?

Animal magic at lower school

Children could get to know a variety of exotic species when an animal-handling workshop took place at a lower school.

Master butcher Adrian is surely a cut above the rest!

A master butcher hopes he will live up to his title – after being nominated for a top award.

Vroom with a view

Classic car fans were in for a treat at an historical display on Sunday (May 26).

Technology is the focus

The use of technology in education will be the focus of an upcoming conference and exhibition.

Signals are clear for museum visit

Spend time at the museum.

Tasty meals at farm shop

A farm shop is hosting a charity fundraiser.

Local sights with this village walk

A guided walk focus on Old Warden.

Classic cars at the Tudor dovecote

A free classic vehicles event will be held on Sunday.

Homes approved

Controversial plans to build 10 affordable homes have been approved.

1 comment

Floral royalty promised for this village’s 61st annual celebration

An annual fete is a sign of the coming summer.

Land for sale in Ickwell

A large area of land in Ickwell is on the market.

Looking for...

Featured advertisers

Jobs

Search for a job

Motors

Search for a car

Make Model Price from Price to

Property

Search for a house

Buy Rent

Bedrooms Price from Price from Price to Price to

What is a Cookie?
What is a Flash Cookie?
Can I opt out of receiving Cookies?
About our Cookies

Cookies are small data files which are sent to your browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome etc) from a website you visit. They are stored on your electronic device.
This is a type of cookie which is collected by Adobe Flash media player (it is also called a Local Shared Object) - a piece of software you may already have on your electronic device to help you watch online videos and listen to podcasts.
Yes there are a number of options available, you can set your browser either to reject all cookies, to allow only "trusted" sites to set them, or to only accept them from the site you are currently on.

However, please note - if you block/delete all cookies, some features of our websites, such as remembering your login details, or the site branding for your local newspaper may not function as a result.
The types of cookies we, our ad network and technology partners use are listed below:
- Revenue Science ►
  
  A tool used by some of our advertisers to target adverts to you based on pages you have visited in the past. To opt out of this type of targeting you can visit the 'Your Online Choices' website by clicking here.
- Google Ads ►
  
  Our sites contain advertising from Google; these use cookies to ensure you get adverts relevant to you. You can tailor the type of ads you receive by visiting here or to opt out of this type of targeting you can visit the 'Your Online Choices' website by clicking here.
- Webtrends / Google Analytics ►
  
  This is used to help us identify unique visitors to our websites. This data is anonymous and we cannot use this to uniquely identify individuals and their usage of the sites.
- Dart for Publishers ►
  
  This comes from our ad serving technology and is used to track how many times you have seen a particular ad on our sites, so that you don't just see one advert but an even spread. This information is not used by us for any other type of audience recording or monitoring.
- ComScore ►
  
  ComScore monitor and externally verify our site traffic data for use within the advertising industry. Any data collected is anonymous statistical data and cannot be traced back to an individual.
- Local Targeting ►
  
  Our Classified websites (Photos, Motors, Jobs and Property Today) use cookies to ensure you get the correct local newspaper branding and content when you visit them. These cookies store no personally identifiable information.
- Grapeshot ►
  
  We use Grapeshot as a contextual targeting technology, allowing us to create custom groups of stories outside out of our usual site navigation. Grapeshot stores the categories of story you have been exposed to. Their privacy policy and opt out option can be accessed here.
- Subscriptions Online ►
  
  Our partner for Newspaper subscriptions online stores data from the forms you complete in these to increase the usability of the site and enhance user experience.
- Add This ►
  
  Add This provides the social networking widget found in many of our pages. This widget gives you the tools to bookmark our websites, blog, share, tweet and email our content to a friend.
- 3rd Party Cookies ►
  
  We use Advertising agencies to provide us with some of the advertising on our websites. These include (but are not limited to) Specific Media, The Rubicon Project, AdJug, AdConion, Context Web. Please click on the provider name to visit their opt-out page.

Chilli Fiesta video

On your marks! video

Video: First Class at Langford Lower School video

Looking for...

Featured advertisers

Jobs

Search for a job

Motors

Search for a car

Property

Search for a house

Weather for Biggleswade

Home

Services & Offers

What is a Cookie?

What is a Flash Cookie?

Can I opt out of receiving Cookies?

About our Cookies

Revenue Science ►

Google Ads ►

Webtrends / Google Analytics ►

Dart for Publishers ►

ComScore ►

Local Targeting ►

Grapeshot ►

Subscriptions Online ►

Add This ►

3rd Party Cookies ►

Weather for Biggleswade