Matt Adcock’s film review: Olympus Has Fallen
“As a nation, we are never stronger than when tested!”When America faces the ultimate nightmare scenario of the White House being overrun by terrorists who manage to take the President (Aaron Eckhart)...
View ArticleLate Farrell goal secures Arlesey a vital win
Evo-Stik League Southern Premier Division: Frome Town 0 Arlesey Town 1Arlesey Town kept up their play-off challenge with a crucial 1-0 win at Frome Town on Saturday thanks to a late goal from Stuart...
View ArticleFundraiser has the Rock Factor!
Live music and a raffle will feature at a fundraising event.The Rock Factor will raise money for Meppershall Pre-School and will be held at Meppershall Village Hall on Saturday, May 11. Top covers band...
View ArticleWaders fall to heavy Beaconsfield defeat
Evo-Stik Southern League Division One Central: Beaconsfield SYCOB 4 Biggleswade Town 0Biggleswade Town fell to a 4-0 defeat at fellow play-off chasers Beaconsfield SYCOB on Saturday.The visitors went...
View ArticleHave a ball at this cricket fundraiser
A charity cricket tournament will take place on Saturday (April 27).The event in aid of St John’s Hospice in Moggerhanger is being put on by Great Barford Cricket Club.It will take place on the village...
View ArticleLowfield Walk near Sandy
Stretch your legs with a walk around Sandy.The Lowfield Walk has been arranged by Sandy Tourist Information Centre and it will take place on Saturday (April 27).The walk is one of the routes contained...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: Iron Man 3, Bernie, The Look Of Love
If ever a movie was critic-proof, it’s Iron Man 3.Purists may mutter darkly about a comic book hero and a franchise being milked for all it’s worth, but c’mon, it’s Iron Man! He’s a smart-mouthed but...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Seasonal crate expectations make me cringe
I’ll hold my hands up and be the first to admit it: Chez Dee is not, and has never been, a byword for domestic order. There may well be a place for everything, but everything is rarely in its place....
View ArticleRoll up, roll up ...
A circus is coming to Chronicle Country.Pinders Circus will be putting on shows at the G&M Growers field near Biggleswade from Thursday, April 25 to Sunday, April 28. No animals are involved but...
View ArticleForthcoming elections
Ballot papers at the ready – it’s almost time to vote.Several councils are holding elections on Thursday, May 2.Voters in the Gamlingay ward can select a new county councillor to represent them. The...
View ArticleSandy Good Afternoon Club talk
A dietitian will be speaking at the library.Author Mary Farmer will talk about her 30 year career at the next meeting of Sandy Good Afternoon Club.The talk is entitled Cold Tea and Tears.The group will...
View ArticleNetball round-up
Bedford & District LeaguePremier Division Cup: Ampthill Amazons 4 Team T&S 4; Wyvern-Grangers Blaze 4 1st Choice Recruitment 4.Premier Division Plate: Ampthill Aztecs 4 Bedford Hawks 4; L&B...
View ArticleLyn drives forth towards happy years of retirement
A bus driver has retired after nearly 47 years with the same company.Lyn Worboys, 65, has driven Stagecoach passengers between Biggleswade and the other local towns for decades.After reaching the...
View ArticlePre-school gives children vital skills for the future says the Ofsted inspector
A pre-school and out of school club is doing well.Acorn Pre-school and the Mighty Oaks Club, which is based in the grounds of Shefford Lower School has been upgraded from “satisfactory” to “good”...
View ArticleHistorical side added to new area by village brook
A grant of more than £9,000 will be used to create a heritage trail.The Heritage Lottery Fund has given the grant, totalling £9,700, to Gamlingay Parish Council. The trail will be created on the new...
View ArticleMay bank holiday’s pharmacy openings
Here are your pharmacy opening hours over the bank holiday weekend.In Biggleswade on the Saturday Boots will be open from 8.30am to 5.30p,. Jardines from 9am to 12.30pm, Lloyds in the market square...
View ArticleCouple celebrate after an inn-credible two decades
Proud publicans invited customers and staff alike to celebrate a pub’s 20th birthday.Hughie and Colleen Hone held a party at the Whistle and Flute in Biggleswade after marking two decades behind the...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Life Of Pi, Being Flynn
No one can doubt the technical brilliance of director Ang Lee’s fable LIFE OF PI (PG: Twentieth Century Fox), which picked up four Oscars - more than any other film - at this year’s awards ceremony.The...
View ArticleNew Parish Priest enjoying role
A new Parish Priest is relishing the challenge of his new role.The Reverend Richard Winslade has been inducted as the Priest for the Benefice of Gravenhurst, Shillington and Stondon.Mr Winslade arrives...
View ArticleA quiz with cash prizes up for grabs
There will be a quiz night in Shefford on Friday (April 26) with cash prizes available.Teams of up to eight people can take part at Shefford Town Memorial Hall and entry is £3 per person.To book...
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