Speed Limit Wolverton Road Blakelands/Newport Pagnell
I have received complaints about the 30mph speed limit signs missing from the Wolverton Road by the motorway bridge, when...
11 Jul 2015
National News
Extra Costs Commission
Independent inquiry into extra costs for disabled people Launched in July 2014, The Extra Costs Commission has spent the last year exploring the extra costs faced by disabled people and their families.
11 Jul 2015
Ask Me, Not the Media, What It’s Like to Have Schizophrenia
My name is Rebecca. I have paranoid schizophrenia. I am married. I have a home. And I have never been a danger to anyone but myself.
11 Jul 2015
It is time to talk about postpartum psychosis
Psychosis. What sort of images come into your mind when you think about that word? My guess is that you didn't immediately think of a new mum with a tiny baby. Postpartum Psychosis happened to me, and happens to around 1400 new mums every year in the UK. When my first baby was just ten days old I needed to be admitted to psychiatric hospital. I had become very high and energetic after her birth, and by day ten I believed that the end of the world was coming.
11 Jul 2015
I had a heart attack, why didn’t I know?
A few years ago I had a mild heart attack, but because of the inaccessible information I was given by the doctors I didn't even know that I had until over a year later. For Learning Disability Week, I'm sharing my story about why I want hospitals to have more accessible information for people with a learning disability. My name is Leroy Binns, and I work in the Campaigns team at Mencap. Fifty-three years ago my mum was told by the doctors that she should not expect her son to live past 10 years old. But what do doctors know, I'm still here!
11 Jul 2015
Mayor Dave Welcomes Bedford Town Centre's Soaring Footfall Figures
New figures have confirmed that Bedford town centre is attracting more visitors, independent shops and investors than ever before. Bedford's array of shops, cafes, restaurants and cultural facilities and events are combining to attract growing numbers of visitors and shoppers, with May's footfall figures showing a 9% year-on-year increase. The rise brings the total number of visitors recorded within Bedford town centre in May 2015 alone to a staggering 1.2m.
11 Jul 2015