Central Bedfordshire news

• Lending shed offers garden tools to disco lights

  08-02-2025 07:06 via bbc.com
  
  The Letchworth team is now teaching other areas how to run a goods library.
  
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• Rare butterfly 'expanding' in county

  08-02-2025 06:54 via bbc.com
  
  Network Rail says wildflowers and trees planted along tracks help create a "wildlife corridor".
  
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• Universal registers its name for UK theme park

  08-02-2025 06:53 via bbc.com
  
  Universal Studios says it routinely files "trademarks all over the world".
  
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• Doncaster & Bedford beat Bristol & Sale in cup

  07-02-2025 23:51 via bbc.com
  
  Championship sides Doncaster Knights and Bedford Blues both pull off surprises in the Premiership Rugby Cup with wins over Sale and Bristol.
  
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• Body of man found by workers by M1 is identified

  07-02-2025 19:13 via bbc.com
  
  Hertfordshire Police say they are trying to establish the cause of death.
  
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• Man found guilty of brother-in-law's murder

  07-02-2025 18:45 via bbc.com
  
  Zaheer Abbas is found guilty of murder after he assisted and encouraged his cousin to kill his dad.
  
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• Stolen: The gift Dad made for us when he was dying

  07-02-2025 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Philip Nash says burglars took the replica Land Rover from his home in Milton Keynes.
  
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• Firearms gang jailed for selling guns across UK

  07-02-2025 13:01 via bbc.com
  
  Police seize guns, ammunition, money and drugs during raids across Hertfordshire.
  
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• School 'thriving' after link-up with PSG

  07-02-2025 12:57 via bbc.com
  
  The French football giant's work at an English state school focuses on coaching as well as playing.
  
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• My car’s on fire and my family is inside

  07-02-2025 12:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dan Scott was driving in Baldock, Herts, with his pregnant fiancée and her daughter.
  
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• £13.4m funding approved for link road

  07-02-2025 08:34 via bbc.com
  
  The scheme should "significantly ease congestion through the town centre", says the council leader.
  
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• Family seeks return of mini-Land Rover heirloom

  07-02-2025 08:19 via bbc.com
  
  Philip Nash says the model is a reminder of his father, who built it shortly before his death.
  
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• Expectant mums left 'uneasy' over homebirth future

  07-02-2025 07:13 via bbc.com
  
  A hospital said its homebirth team remains "under review" due to staff shortages.
  
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• 'We've been let down big-time by Vauxhall closure'

  07-02-2025 07:09 via bbc.com
  
  Staff say they feel betrayed at news that the company is shutting its Luton plant.
  
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• Luton Vauxhall site could be bought by council

  06-02-2025 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The offer came after it was announced the vehicle manufacturing plant is to close.
  
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• £1million bill for Central Bedfordshire flooding

  06-02-2025 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The council put in emergency measures as the area flooded in January and September 2024.
  
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• 'Supply teacher' Dodds steps up for promotion test

  06-02-2025 17:10 via bbc.com
  
  Mike Dodds urges Wycombe Wanderers to "finish the job" and win promotion this season after taking over as head coach.
  
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• Lion cubs take their first steps outside at zoo

  06-02-2025 14:33 via bbc.com
  
  The nine-week-old northern African lion cubs have been pictured playing outside at Whipsnade zoo.
  
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• Pro-Palestine protest hits office for a second time

  06-02-2025 12:43 via bbc.com
  
  A spokesperson for insurance firm Allianz says it has "zero tolerance for any criminal behaviour".
  
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• 'Struggling' cat rescue centre pays £7k vet bill

  06-02-2025 07:23 via bbc.com
  
  Friends of Felines says it is "eternally grateful" to its supporters after they helped raise funds.
  
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• Council plans special school for town

  06-02-2025 07:18 via bbc.com
  
  The authority is planning to build the town's first special school of its kind.
  
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• Flooding damage cost over £1m, says Central Bedfordshire Council - CBBC Newsround

  06-02-2025 07:17 via news.google.com
  Flooding damage cost over £1m, says Central Bedfordshire Council  CBBC Newsround
  
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• Flood damage cost council more than £1m

  06-02-2025 07:17 via bbc.com
  
  A report into the January 2024 flooding is due to be published at the end of February.
  
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• Flood damage cost Central Bedfordshire Council more than £1m - BBC

  06-02-2025 07:17 via news.google.com
  Flood damage cost Central Bedfordshire Council more than £1m  BBC
  
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• Councils miss out on fast track devolution deal

  05-02-2025 20:51 via bbc.com
  
  The six authorities miss out on a fast track deal that would have seen a mayor in place by 2026.
  
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• Luton Vauxhall plant will close in April

  05-02-2025 18:12 via bbc.com
  
  The leader of Luton Council describes the move as a "devastating blow to Luton".
  
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• Police car crash leaves two people in hospital

  05-02-2025 17:27 via bbc.com
  
  A person from each car is being treated in hospital.
  
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• Firefighters save MK Museum artefacts from blaze

  05-02-2025 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Milton Keynes Museum director Bill Griffiths says they’ll have to stay closed for weeks.
  
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• Reunited with message sent home 70 years ago

  05-02-2025 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The disc was recorded in New York in 1955 and posted back to Welwyn Garden City.
  
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• Message discovered after 70 years

  05-02-2025 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The disc was posted from New York to the Stannard family in Welwyn Garden City in 1955.
  
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• 'Fantastic servant' Wheeler leaves Wycombe

  05-02-2025 14:55 via bbc.com
  
  Promotion-winning midfielder David Wheeler leaves Wycombe Wanderers after a mutual agreement to cancel his contract.
  
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• Interactive display damaged in museum gallery fire

  05-02-2025 13:18 via bbc.com
  
  Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service say the fire happened in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
  
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• Man who burned asbestos waste fined £20,864

  05-02-2025 12:41 via bbc.com
  
  Mark Greenhalgh operated a illegal waste site without an environmental permit, a court hears.
  
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• Cost of Central Bedfordshire flooding revealed as report set to be published this month - Leighton Buzzard Observer

  05-02-2025 11:20 via news.google.com
  Cost of Central Bedfordshire flooding revealed as report set to be published this month  Leighton Buzzard Observer
  
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• Everyone reporting crime 'entitled to a response'

  05-02-2025 08:46 via bbc.com
  
  Bedfordshire's police commissioner insists residents "are entitled to and will get a good response".
  
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• Parental alienating behaviour 'endemic' - campaigner

  05-02-2025 07:27 via bbc.com
  
  About 40% of separated parents say an ex-partner tried to turn their child against them, a study says.
  
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• Roads are closed as town gets deep clean

  05-02-2025 07:12 via bbc.com
  
  Residents will need to move their cars or they could be relocated by the council.
  
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• Special needs service mostly positive - report

  05-02-2025 07:10 via bbc.com
  
  Inspectors find children "had their voices heard effectively" but recommend some improvements.
  
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• Birmingham beat Stevenage in EFL Trophy

  04-02-2025 23:08 via bbc.com
  
  Two-time winners Birmingham and League Two side Bradford City book their places in the semi-finals of the EFL Trophy.
  
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• Man who manipulated ex-partner jailed for 17 years

  04-02-2025 17:28 via bbc.com
  
  Jason Higgins even set up a camera in the woman's bedroom so he could watch her, a court hears.
  
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• Opposition groups 'stop Central Bedfordshire from becoming developers' dreamland' - Biggleswade Today

  04-02-2025 16:39 via news.google.com
  Opposition groups 'stop Central Bedfordshire from becoming developers' dreamland'  Biggleswade Today
  
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• Leighton Buzzard crime: ‘police aren’t interested’

  04-02-2025 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire, John Tizard, responds to concerns.
  
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• Housing benefit insufficient for more than half of Central Bedfordshire families with children – as experts warn child poverty set to increase - Leighton Buzzard Observer

  04-02-2025 13:56 via news.google.com
  Housing benefit insufficient for more than half of Central Bedfordshire families with children – as experts warn child poverty set to increase  Leighton Buzzard Observer
  
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• Man stole £223,000 from his firm to fund gambling

  04-02-2025 13:31 via bbc.com
  
  Philippos Economides is sentenced for fraud while working as a financial controller.
  
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• Luton praise 'legend' Mpanzu as he leaves on loan

  04-02-2025 12:45 via bbc.com
  
  Manager Matt Bloomfield hailed midfielder Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu as a "Luton legend" after allowing him to join Rotherham United on loan.
  
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• 13 road closures for Central Bedfordshire drivers to watch out for - including delays on the A1 and M1 - Leighton Buzzard Observer

  04-02-2025 11:11 via news.google.com
  13 road closures for Central Bedfordshire drivers to watch out for - including delays on the A1 and M1  Leighton Buzzard Observer
  
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• 13 road closures for Central Bedfordshire drivers to watch out for - including delays on the A1 and M1 - Biggleswade Today

  04-02-2025 11:11 via news.google.com
  13 road closures for Central Bedfordshire drivers to watch out for - including delays on the A1 and M1  Biggleswade Today
  
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• Council claims on insurance over empty flats

  04-02-2025 11:08 via bbc.com
  
  The flats have leaking roofs and structural issues and do not meet fire safety requirements.
  
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• The ‘crushing brutality’ of being in a boy band

  04-02-2025 08:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watford’s Lee Murray was in debt and felt “a massive failure” when Let Loose split up.
  
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• Trailblazing tech women honoured as 'role models'

  04-02-2025 07:17 via bbc.com
  
  Five entrepreneurs from the region get awards for their work in health, food and shopping sectors.
  
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