The Bedford coordinator of a UK-wide campaign against the database state has called for the Government to abandon plans to introduce ID cards after reports that the security chips in ...
(07/08/2008)
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A swarm of autonomous robots, designed by a team of Bedfordshire engineers, will be unleashed in the UK countryside this weekend as part of the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) first ...
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An England World Cup legend is to speak at an innagural business conference at Bedford International Athletics Stadium ...
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Bedford College is responsible for generating £58.5 million for the local economy due to the past and present efforts of its students, reveals a new report published this month ...
(06/08/2008)
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Supermarket giants Asda have been given a special award for contributing to road safety in Bedfordshire - by the local fire and rescue service ...
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A firefighter is being treated in hospital after attending a blaze at a Leighton Buzzard factory with crews from around Bedfordshire, Northants and Buckinghamshire ...
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Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Bedford & Kempston, Henry Vann, believes the Government is intent on continuing its health reforms without consulting local people ...
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Knife crime is worse in Bedfordshire than the national average according to figures unearthed by the Home Office ...
(06/08/2008)
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Planning permission has been granted for developing a new Knowledge Hub and world-class Innovation Centre at Colworth Science Park in Bedfordshire ...
(05/08/2008)
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Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Bedford & Kempston, Henry Vann, believes the Government is intent on continuing its health reforms without consulting local people ...
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PICTURE SLIDESHOW
Fire-fighters were called to tackle a huge blaze at a derelict factory that has been the scene of several fires in recent years ...
(05/08/2008)
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BY GARRICK ALDER
A trial involving massacred wildlife will be abandoned tomorrow because Bedfordshire Police have lost crucial evidence. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) says it will be making an ...
(02/08/2008)
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More Bedford articles....
A climbdown may be imminent over the case of the threatened footbridge. Bedford Modern School has announced that it is postponing the demolition of the Manton Lane footbridge ...
(02/08/2008)
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Justice may be a lottery but for many offenders the Government is happy to send them to jail and then set them free without serving their sentence ...
(07/08/2008)
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A Latvian woman was kept in custody for more than 50 days after refusing to speak. Liga Slumba, 49, of Mowbray Road, Bedford, originally appeared at Bedford Magistrates' Court in May ...
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BY SIMON HUTCHINSON
Bedfordshire Police are investigating a series of violent attacks that left a woman with a broken jaw and a man needing hospital treatment ...
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Yarl's Wood has dismissed claims that staff are being over-worked as malicious and of no substance. Bedfordshire on Sunday has received a number of complaints about the way Detention Custody Officers ...
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Paramedics who were called to an elderly woman's house after reports she had severe back pains asked distressed relatives to help them do their work ...
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BY GARRICK ALDER
This beefcake is Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) lawyer Clifford Allison, pictured posing in his Biggleswade garden. The 17-stone father of three is on sick leave due to stress ...
(02/08/2008)
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A thief who held up a betting shop with a realistic imitation firearm has been jailed for six years for a spree of offences ...
(07/08/2008)
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BY KEELEY KNOWLES
A Sandy teenager pleaded not guilty on Friday to killing 22- year-old James Latimer in Bedford town centre. Michael Anderson, 19, of Robert Hunt Gardens denied the manslaughter of Mr Latimer ...
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Residents had to be evacuated from their homes after a man claimed he had a hand grenade. On Friday at around 11pm, police were called to a property on Williamson Road, ...
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Outstanding fines imposed at Bedford Magistrates' Court amount to a staggering £3million ...
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An unprovoked assault left a man in hospital with a serious head injury. Three men were walking along Farrer Street in Kempston on Friday July 25 having just bought a bag ...
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A drug addict entered a man's flat in the early hours of Thursday morning and stole a rucksack containing cash and credit cards ...
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A man was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a head-on collision. The accident happened on Bromham Road, Bromham, at 1.30 on Friday ...
(07/08/2008)
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BY GARRICK ALDER
Crime maps are about to go nationwide. Back in 2006, Bedfordshire on Sunday exclusively reported on local plans to chart all reported crime on giant online maps for the public to ...
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A firefighter has been given a special award donated by Bedfordshire on Sunday for his work with young people. Danny Roberts arranged football coaching for disabled youngsters in Dunstable and in ...
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Lib Dem councillors are calling for Town Hall chiefs to reverse their decision to charge people who pay their council tax bill at the post office ...
(07/08/2008)
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BY KEELEY KNOWLES
Wires were crossed all over the place after a lorry was in collision with a telegraph pole causing it to break in half ...
(07/08/2008)
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BY MICHAEL ROADNIGHT
You might think the last place that needed CCTV cameras was where you take your garden waste or other unwanted items but that Is precisely what is about to happen ...
(07/08/2008)
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BY SIMON HUTCHINSON
Academics at the University of Bedfordshire are supporting the Government's call to make nursing an all graduate profession. Health Secretary Alan Johnson said recently that it was time training for nursing ...
(07/08/2008)
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BY SIMON HUTCHINSON
England will be represented at the European Mounted Games in Germany by an 11-year-old Bedfordshrie schoolboy. Harry Gates, of West End Road, Kempston, was selected to compete in the competition with ...
(07/08/2008)
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BY SIMON HUTCHINSON
The University of Bedfordshire will be helping to develop the next generation of psychologists in Kosovo. Led by Head of Psychology Ian Robertson, the University won a grant to work on ...
(01/08/2008)
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In the second guest article about global warming and associated issues, former councillor Linda Aylett-Green talks about climate change and floating ...
(07/08/2008)
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A student from the University of Bedfordshire has won the opportunity to spend two weeks at the cutting edge of national journalism ...
(07/08/2008)
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A woman suffered serious injuries after her car was in collision with another vehicle on the B530. The incident occurred on Thursday morning (July 31 2008) at the Stewartby turn at ...
(01/08/2008)
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The former head of Bedfordshire County Council has defended her monster pay packet. Andrea Hill says her job as a council officer is 'high-risk'. Mrs Hill, 44, left the doomed council in ...
(07/08/2008)
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BY GARRICK ALDER
Reports of further mysterious lights in the sky have been poo-pooed by Luton Airport. A wave of sightings on the night of Saturday July 26 appeared to involve bright flying objects ...
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The Bedford coordinator of a UK-wide campaign against the database state has called for the Government to abandon plans to introduce ID cards after reports that the security chips in ...
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Fire-fighters were called to tackle a huge blaze at a derelict factory that has been the scene of several fires in recent years ...
(05/08/2008)
Friends and family of a 20-year-old man who was jailed for four years for assaulting a police officer have staged a vigil outside court demanding he should be freed ...
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Crime maps are about to go nationwide. Back in 2006, Bedfordshire on Sunday exclusively reported on local plans to chart all reported crime on giant online maps for the public to ...
(07/08/2008)
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You might think the last place that needed CCTV cameras was where you take your garden waste or other unwanted items but that Is precisely what is about to happen ...
(07/08/2008)
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The former head of Bedfordshire County Council has defended her monster pay packet. Andrea Hill says her job as a council officer is 'high-risk'. Mrs Hill, 44, left the doomed council in ...
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