Bedford Borough Council's Grants Committee, chaired by Mayor Dave Hodgson, met last week and allocated £276,000 to voluntary sector groups carrying out a wide range of extremely important functions within the Borough. Grants were made to a variety of groups such as BECHAR, which provides vital services to the homeless and rootless, the Citizen's Advice Bureau, Bedford Women's Refuge and Victim Support.
A new pedestrian crossing is to be installed opposite Newcastle Falcons.
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The Tories today published a list of 'Ten reasons to vote Conservative' which did not include any reference to the environment or climate change. This is despite David Cameron's claim that he has 'sought to push the environment up to the top of the political agenda', and his own Shadow Climate Change Secretary Greg Clark's assertion that Cameron 'wanted the environment to be a very important part of the proposition we put to the public at the General Election.'
Nick Clegg MP is interviewed by readers of Pink News today. Questions cover issues like tuition fees and ID cards, as well as more obvious "LGBT issues" like same-sex marriage, tackling homophobic bullying and attacks, and the ban on gay and bisexual men, and their female partners, donating blood.
Sometimes you just couldn't make it up. After 2 months of traffic misery, BT have condemned us to another 11 day delay.
