http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/home.aspBedfordshire News reports on the local news and events from in and around Bedfordshire | Covering news stories from Bedford, Luton & Leighton Buzzarden-gbMon, 15 Mar 2010 00:11:18 GMTLocal Sunday Newspapers Ltd 200760Bedford Borough Council has come under fire for spending nearly £37,000 on resurfacing a staff car park – while many of the town’s roads remain riddled with thousands of potholes ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483673Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA seven-year-old boy was taken to hospital on Wednesday morning after he was struck by a driver who failed to stop ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483672Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA women must wait to hear the outcome of a complex legal battle at London’s High Court ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483665Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTBedford School Trust has received a generous £2m legacy from the estate of a former pupil ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483660Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTCouncillors have slammed NHS Bedfordshire for not providing enough continuing care for terminally ill patients ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483659Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTBedfordshire Police Authority has agreed a revenue budget of £102.821 million for 2010-11 - a rise of 3.3 per cent on last year ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483657Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA man appeared at Luton Magistrates’ court yesterday charged with three offences in connection with a bank robbery. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483656Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTTwo laptops have been stolen from the office of Bedford Hospital chief executive Jean O’Callaghan ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483655Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA group of youths wearing Halloween masks threatened a man with a handgun while demanding money. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483654Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTBedford Borough Council is being given more than £600,000 to spend on gypsy and traveller pitches ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483653Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTAn 81-year-old pensioner is pleading for justice after having his damage compensation cancelled following a near three year battle ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483652Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTCouncil bosses have said they are ‘excited’ at the future of a school which has been placed in special measures. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483651Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA man who staged a sham marriage to his own sister so he could stay in Britain, illegally trafficked more than 100 illegal Vietnamese immigrants into the country ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483650Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTBedford Council is to offer commuters £7 a day parking next to the town’s railway station. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483649Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA couple will present a collage of dog foul to their local council in the hope of getting some action ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483648Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTAn ‘over enthusiastic’ council employee decided to put colourful flags in dog excrement to try to stop fouling. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483647Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTAn unlucky dater will be spending this Valentine’s Day single but is thankful she wasn’t conned out of hundreds of pounds ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483646Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA number of buses became stuck on an icy road - a day after fears about the lack of gritting had been raised ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483645Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTDetectives are seeking witnesses to an armed robbery at a newsagents. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483644Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA man has admitted fraud charges involving hundreds of thousands of pounds, including a fraudulent mortgage on a property. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483643Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTBedfordshire Police are looking for witnesses to an unprovoked attack which left a man seriously injured. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483642Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA grief stricken family is begging for the only photographs of their deceased relative to be returned ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483641Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTCentral Bedfordshire Council faces increased costs of £10m to maintain current services ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483640Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA resident who has been single-handedly trying to tackle a serious ‘health hazard’ says nobody is interested in helping ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483639Sun, 14 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA young woman burgled a vicarage because she needed cash for heroin ... http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483634Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTFirst time burglar Nathan Hutchings was shown mercy by a judge who said he was taking an exceptional course in not jailing him ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483633Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA cyclist is in hospital with a serious head injury after being in collision with a car ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483632Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA seven-year-old boy was rushed to hospital on Wednesday morning after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483347Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTAs the expenses scandal in Parliament draws to some form of conclusion, attention is rightly turning to wider issues of reform of our democratic process ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483367Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTCentral Bedfordshire Council faces increased costs of £10m to maintain current services ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=483173Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA pregnant woman who stabbed her former lover in the arm during a fight has been jailed ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482947Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA consultation on school transport has been extended to give people more chance to respond ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482946Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA pedestrian was taken to hospital after being in collision with a car. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482824Tue, 9 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTBedford Borough Council has started work on creating a new Local Transport plan (LTP). Our reporter SIMON HUTCHINSON went along to see what solutions are in the pipeline for the future ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482230Mon, 8 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA vicar has been banned for ‘inappropriate’ behaviour towards a female member of his parish ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482281Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA man who robbed Natwest bank was caught on camera with a trail of red smoke behind him ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482274Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTThe ‘owner’ of a restaurant sexually assaulted women he was interviewing ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482325Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA Bedford man is outraged after having to pay over the odds for a parking fee ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482324Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA former employee of a school has been arrested on suspicion of downloading indecent images of children. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482323Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTAn eighty-four-year-old ex-prisoner of war had to pay £125 to get a clamp removed from his car after handing over cash to charity ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482237Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTConservative councillors have slammed a budget for increasing council tax by 2.3 per cent ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482236Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTMid Bedfordshire MP Nadine Dorries has been branded ‘nasty’ and ‘vindictive’ for refusing to uphold a House of Commons tradition ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482233Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTMP Nadine Dorries has been ordered to repay more than £1,000 in Parliamentary expenses ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482232Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA hospice, which cares for people with terminal illnesses, has been targeted by robbers again ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482231Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA nursery which was set for closure in March will stay open longer to reduce disruption to the children ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482229Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTAn NHS walk-in centre has treated more than 30,000 patients since it was set up a year ago ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482227Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA former resident of a children’s home assaulted the manager because he was angry at how he was treated there Jason Soares, 21, who appeared at Bedford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday wearing a ‘Fed Sex’ T-shirt, hit Lee White with a sock containing a hard ‘stress ball’. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482235Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTPlans to improve educational performance for pupils at a ‘special measures’ school are being discussed. http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482234Sun, 7 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTResidents are becoming increasingly frustrated that an empty bungalow is being allowed to fall into disrepair ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482226Sat, 6 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTAn MP has expressed concern over the ‘startling’ unemployment figures in our region ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482225Sat, 6 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTCourt fine dodgers are being targeted in a new campaign ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482224Sat, 6 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMTA Former Bedford Modern School student has won the Grand Prix du Jury in the European Short Film Competition at the prestigious Angers Film Festival in France ...http://www.bedfordshire-news.co.uk/bedsonsunday-news/displayarticle.asp?id=482005Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT