Celebrate 40 years of Bedford River Festival!
This year's River Festival is on 14th and 15th July, and the event programme is available now from Bedford Borough Council.
31 May 2018
National News
The Mother of All Battlers: HARRIET HARMAN on anger as an energy
Anger cuts both ways. It can destroy you and the people around you - or it can drive you onwards. In the latest edition of ANGER MANAGEMENT WITH NICK CLEGG, longest-serving female MP, Mother of the House and former Labour Deputy Leader Harriet Harman explains how anger against injustice and institutionalised bias has given her the energy to keep fighting.
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31 May 2018
A majority support liberalising policy towards cannabis
The public has a reasonably liberal attitude towards "soft drugs" and perceive cannabis as being less harmful than tobacco or alcohol
CC
31 May 2018
Stav O'Doherty named Lib Dem candidate in Kempshott
Liberal Democrat Stav O'Doherty is the only candidate in the Kempshott by-election on Thursday 21 June who lives in Kempshott.
30 May 2018
End Period Poverty - in England, too!
Layla Moran MP, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Education and Science, has called for England not to be left behind as Wales and Scotland take measures to tackle period poverty among young women.
30 May 2018
Lib Dem councillors want to use compulsory purchase powers to acquire 67/69 London Road
Liberal Democrat councillors for Kingsholm & Wotton, Jeremy Hilton & Isabel Brazil have issued a challenge to the Tory run city council to acquire 67/69 London Road for a housing development.
30 May 2018