Video: Biggleswade Town manager Chris Nunn on famous win
Biggleswade Town manager Chris Nunn was delighted with his team’s performance in clinching promotion on Monday.The Waders won 3-1 at Rugby Town to win the play-offs - they will now be playing in the...
View ArticleTrain company has new man in charge
First Capital Connect has appointed a new managing director.FirstGroup has appointed David Statham as managing director of First Capital Connect, which runs trains through Sandy, Biggleswade and...
View ArticleCoronation party is good cheer for town
Senior citizens can enjoy a party again this year.Sandy’s Big Lunch will be held on Sunday, June 2 from 12.30pm in Sandy Village Hall. It is celebrating Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the throne. Senior...
View ArticleChoral concert will be a real mixture
A Mixed Choral Bag will be the Amici Singers’ next concert.The Biggleswade based choir will perform at Trinity Methodist Church on Saturday, May 18 at 7.30pm.The evening will include an open forum on...
View ArticleIlluminating idea from town’s bank
A bank is hoping to update its look.Lloyds Bank in Sandy Market Square has submitted a planning application to Central Beds Council requesting permission to replace its illuminated and non-illuminated...
View ArticleBecome a councillor and have a say in decisions that affect you
Potential councillors are being targeted at a special event.If you are interested in influencing decisions in your area and becoming a spokesman for local interests then you can attend Central Beds...
View ArticleVideo and pictures: Ickwell May Day 2013
Bright sunshine marked the 450th celebration of Ickwell May Day.The traditional village festival is held on May Day each year and attracts crowds from across the area.Bedford Morris Men led the...
View ArticleVideo: Sandy town councillor Christopher Butterfield
A town’s youngest councillor is ready to leap into action.Christopher Butterfield of Glebe Road in Sandy was elected to Sandy Town Council on Thursday, May 2.He was inspired to become a councillor...
View ArticleVolunteers will give assistance in community
Neighbourly people can provide a vital lifeline for others in their town.Sandy Good Neighbours scheme is in the pipeline and will be properly launched if enough people show an interest in taking...
View ArticleEyes peeled to spot youths on the roof
The police are looking out for youths climbing on the roof of a building.Youngsters have been spotted on flat roofed building by the bowling green in Sunderland Road, Sandy.Police will patrol the area...
View ArticleFundraiser will remember football fanatic Mathew
A brave young father who tragically lost his battle against a brain tumour was thinking of playing in a football fundraiser on Sunday (May 12).Mathew Geaves of Sandy was being cared for at St John’s...
View ArticleVideo: Piano time for retiring landlady
A pub landlady is retiring after running pubs in a town for a quarter of a century.Claire Norman has been at the Queen’s Head in Sandy for 19 years and she previously ran the Lord Nelson pub, now the...
View ArticleRSPB’s bluebell walk
Enjoy the beautiful bluebells at The Lodge nature reserve.The RSPB has organised a walk at its Sandy headquarters.It will take place from 11am to 1pm tomorrow (Saturday (May 11).This walk will show the...
View ArticleParty time in charmingly English Ayckbourn play
Watch a beautifully crafted and charmingly English play.Alan Ayckbourn’s Relatively Speaking is at Milton Keynes Theatre tonight (Friday) at 7.30pm and tomorrow at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.On Sunday Julian...
View ArticleCongratulations, it’s Rental Freedom Day - but not for Londoners!
Break out the bubbly and propose a toast – today, Sunday, May 12, is this year’s Rental Freedom Day. It is the 132nd day of the year, and the experts reckon it takes 132 days for an average UK tenant...
View ArticleBedfordshire League: Cup joy for Marabese Ceramics
Marabese Ceramics engraved their name on the Jubilee Cup for the first time ever with a hard fought 2-1 victory over Oakley Sports M&DH Reserves. Following a goalless opening half and with many of...
View ArticleBiggleswade Town do the double with Beds Senior Cup win
Biggleswade Town won the Beds Senior Cup with a 3-0 win over Molten Spartan SML Premier Division side AFC Dusntable at Kenilworth Road last night, writes Mike Simmonds.AFC threatened in the early...
View ArticleAll the fun of the fair at the country show
Fancy a steamy day out?Stotfold Mill’s Steam Fair and Country Show will be held tomorrow (Saturday) and on Sunday.Attractions include battle re-enactments, a steam parade and a traction engine tug of...
View ArticleSpiky customer at the bottom of the garden
A man who was enjoying an evening walk was shocked to find a porcupine lurking at the bottom of his garden.Chris Parr found the spiky rodent in the garden of his home in Old Warden on Friday, May 3.He...
View ArticleCouncil’s chairman re-elected to post
A town council decided who would run its meetings during the next year.At its annual town council meeting on Tuesday Potton Town Council re-elected Councillor Alan Leggatt as the chairman. Councillor...
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