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Central Beds Council

Trans woman who applied for job at council loses discrimination claim

Grant with team mate Elliot lighting up the streets.

Window cleaner brings Christmas cheer to Biggleswade in aid of charity

Evri signs in the window of a Post Office branch. Picture: Mark Dolby

Post Office branch in Biggleswade is now taking Evri parcels

Businesses can apply for support

Grant boost to help Central Bedfordshire businesses

Scenesetter of Asda car park, Biggleswade.

Asda submits plans to restore 24/7 deliveries to its Biggleswade store

Penrose Court is looking for empathetic individuals to form part of its trusted, professional team. Picture – supplied.

Ad Feature Recruiting now: Vacancies at luxury Penrose Court Care Home

The Red Lion pub in Biggleswade closed in 2019

Hearing begins over plans to convert Grade II listed Biggleswade pub into house

The Crown Hotel's toilets have been given a Platinum Plus rating

Biggleswade hotel wins acclaim in annual Loo of the Year awards

The graffiti scratched over a Remembrance display in Biggleswade

Outrage as business on Biggleswade High Street has Remembrance display defaced

3,878 shoplifting offences were recorded by Bedfordshire Police in the year to June – up from 3,616 in 2022

Shoplifting on the rise in Bedfordshire

Richard Fuller MP is calling for an investigation by the National Audit Office

East West Rail – audit office to investigate project after MP voiced concerns

Tracy's business supports people after the loss of a child by the creation of a special keepsake made from clothing that holds sentimental value. Image © Tigz Rice Ltd 2023

Lower Stondon woman’s business helps to support those experiencing baby loss

Biggleswade Household Waste Recycling Centre. Picture: Google Maps

People using tidy tip in Biggleswade will have to prove they live in the area

Krishan Modi pictured with his father, Has, the founder and chairman of Jardines, who started the business 43 years ago, and a member of staff

Potton pharmacy apologises and explains why it was forced to close

Sandy Secondary School pupils tighten the final bolt on the steel frame of the new teaching block. Picture: Central Bedfordshire Council

Sandy Secondary marks new milestone in school transformation project

Martin Ridewood and Claire Skentelbery BNI Impact

Biggleswade Business Group aims to set world record

BT phone box interior. Picture: Central Bedfordshire Council

Have your say on BT plans to remove 11 payphones in Central Bedfordshire

Aerial view of the warehouse and yard

New jobs created as business opens £13million expansion

MP Richard Fuller (second from left) visits iCandy in Biggleswade. Picture:iCandy

MP visits iCandy's headquarters in Biggleswade

Signage outside a branch of the British high-street retail chain "Wilko (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Final closing date for Biggleswade's Wilko store revealed

HM Lord-Lieutenant Susan Lousada with iCandy's joint-CEO, Warren Appel

Biggleswade based pushchair company iCandy celebrates 90 years

Redrow South Midlands has donated to Henlow Hurricanes

Kicking off the season in style! Biggleswade housebuilder supports local footbal...

A last-ditch attempt by the owner of HMV to strike a rescue deal for Wilko has failed.

Rescue deal for Wilko collapses - with union confirming all stores will close

Exterior of Wilko in Fulham. Picture: Olivia Preston

Wilko store in Biggleswade will NOT close despite company's struggles

North East Beds MP Richard Fuller

MP runs campaign to find best shop, pub and cafe in Biggleswade area

Central Beds Council

Central Beds Council makes top 10 list for highest rise in business rates

Left to right: Joel Reynolds, Philip Mosley, Laura Genco, Graham Reynolds, Emma Drew, Fae Huntley.

Langford Football Club’s changing rooms given a facelift

Synapse has partnered with National World (image: Synapse)

Synapse partners with National World to create new opportunities

A person working in Aldi. Pic supplied by Aldi.

Almost 100 jobs at Aldi in Bedfordshire up for grabs - including in Biggleswade

Trading Standards officers advise reporting unsolicited cold callers following reports of 'Nottingham Knockers' operating in the Stotfold area.

Scam warning after reports of ‘Nottingham Knockers’ in Stotfold area

Sandpiper Bay (Picture: Jack Morrison)

Fancy hosting your next office meeting in a beach hut?

The ticket office at Biggleswade could close - Photo Google Maps

Have your say on future of Biggleswade, Sandy and Arlesey train ticket offices

Student officers outside police HQ

Royal Marine, estate agent and professional cake maker join Bedfordshire Police

The plans for East West Rail

Tempsford station plan wrong for the village say campaigners

John Korchak, Managing Director at Inform Direct - Photo Keith Mindham Photography

Bedfordshire hits milestone number of 50k companies in the county

Philip and Victoria

Bedfordshire pub-owner goes from lightbulb shower moment to business launch

The partnership is the first to open in the country

Twelve jobs created as Greggs opens pioneering new store in Biggleswade

Peta grows her flowers locally on a patch in Biggleswade. © Anna Lukala

Sustainable flower farmer from Biggleswade plays a part in British history

Natalie Doig in Potton Woods, a spooky area explored in her new podcast 'Weird in the Wade'.

Biggleswade's haunted Pound Stretcher, woods and UFO hoax explored in podcast

Biggleswade Town Council has two Town Councillor vacancies following the recent 2023 election

Ad Feature Biggleswade Town Council has two Town Councillor vacancies

People across the nation will be thanking their royalist parents this weekend. Image by Chris Boland.

King Charles namesakes offered the 'royal treatment' at Biggleswade Specsavers

Do you own an electric vehicle?

Head of ops at popular car brand answers burning questions on going electric

Paul Adler in Paul Adler Optometrist (Stotfold)

Stotfold optometrist looks back on four decades in business

Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Festus Akinbusoye with the new recruits

New recruits join police control room to handle growing number of calls

PHS Bathrooms celebrates turning 18

Successful firm PHS Bathrooms celebrates turning 18

Advanced crystal healer Claire Titmus has just published a new book

'Crystal healer' from Potton celebrating after penning new book