Bedford Borough Council has performed a dramatic U-turn over its plans for a 270-home housing development on the site of Mowsbury Golf Course. The proposals have been withdrawn just two weeks after being submitted as part of the process of

The council's plans to turn Mowsbury Golf Course into a 270-home housing estate are surrounded by a fog of confusion as conflicting messages emerge from the Town Hall. Liberal Democrat opposition to the plans was met with a response by

A controversial proposal to close Bedford Priory Bowling Club has been shelved by the council following strong opposition. With 66 paid up members, Bedford Priory Bowling Club has the highest membership of any of the Bedford Borough Council Bowling Clubs.

Bedford Borough Council is proposing to release vast areas of publicly-owned land across the borough for housing and commercial development. Following the news of controversial plans for housing developments on Mowsbury Park Golf Course and at Jackman's Farm, Brickhill, the

The abolition of the charge that Bedford Borough Council has forced upon residents paying their council tax bills at the post office since 2006 has moved a step closer after the Mayor bowed to pressure and declared his support for

Last week, students across Bedford received their GCSE results.

Putnoe Liberal Democrat councillors have reacted angrily to proposals from the Council that seek to turn a large part of Mowsbury Golf Course and the Wentworth Drive Athletic Rugby Ground into housing.

Following the appearance of large numbers of unauthorised encampments across Bedford over the past year, the Lib Dems have campaigned for effective action to protect council land in the most vulnerable areas. The Liberal Democrats first proposed to the council's

Liberal Democrat Councillors have expressed their total opposition to proposals made by the Borough Council for three areas of major new housing development in Brickhill. Green fields around Brickhill could be set to disappear under proposals by Bedford Borough Council

New plans to tackle knife crime will not be introduced to Bedfordshire according to an announcement by the Labour government.

Following the 18th fire in just six years at the former Forrester Foods factory in Dallas Road, Kempston, Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have called for the site to be pulled down.

Bedford Prison is the eleventh most overcrowded prison in the country according to a report by the Prison Reform Trust.

Knife crime is worse in Bedfordshire than the national average according to figures unearthed by the Bedford and Kempston Liberal Democrats.

People in Bedford are happy with their personalised, local GP healthcare according to a new Healthcare Commission report.

With local communities across Bedford Borough fighting to save their local post office, pressure is mounting on Bedford Borough Council to remove the charge on the payment of council tax bills at the post office. The charge was introduced in

Labour is letting down the elderly in more ways than one" says Liberal Democrat parliamentary campaigner.

Bedford Borough Council is set to step in and prevent the loss of several payphones across the borough after Liberal Democrat Councillors raised objections to BT's proposed removals.

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has launched the party's Make it Happen document, which is a bold statement of the party's vision and values.

Bedford Modern School plans to remove the footbridge over Manton Lane and replace it with a toucan crossing. Liberal Democrat Councillors have responded to the news with a warning that a crossing could increase the existing congestion along the busy

Residents in Wootton have been left fuming after the County Council's road contractor left road maintenance works unfinished after striking two water mains, one of which continued to spew out water over a week after being burst. The works on