Sunday, July 18

OUR reporter is at a court and is surprised to see a woman from a local BBC radio station, for the second day running, looking for stories.

AMID cost-cutting announcements, at least the Government is leading by example.

Female swimmers at Robinson Pool had to cross their legs during the adult swim after overly keen staff shut the women's toilets to clean them.

Motorists heading towards Milton Keynes on the A421 have had their heads turned by blackboard offers outside the Chester Arms at Chicheley.

One of our readers is out and about in Bedford looking for a bargain.

The town is awash with red shirts as footy fans celebrate England's victory in the World Cup.

Monday, june 14 THE AMERICANS love to blow their own trumpet (or vuvuzelas in this case).After the draw with England on Saturday, their press took their own stance on the result.The New York Post ran

Ironies are never lost on our erudite readership and many of you were quick to seize on an offer in last week’s edition of Bedfordshire on Sunday.One of our leaflets (pictured right) contained

There were times when folk went into hospital for operations and you could end up waiting many hours or even a day for a rundown on how it went.In the modern age, as I discovered this week, when

BoS editor Chris Gill receives a letter at home. The envelope is handwritten and there is no postcode.It is from Cople Argus cricket club and begins ‘Dear Honorary Life Member…’ Gill

Labour’s patrick Hall, who lost the fight to become Bedford and Kempston’s MP for a fourth term, has been clearing out his office this week. He has received a number of letters including

It is wonderful to see so many youngsters out at Bedford Autodrome at the schools’ motor grand prix.Dr Jonathan Palmer, who is behind the event, is a very busy man. But there was nothing that

I am driving to the M1 in bright early morning sunshine.At around 7.45am, as I approach Chicheley, on the A421, an enormous owl flies (right) straight in front of my windscreen. I nearly veer off the

A FRIEND returns from a trip to Lisbon. He tells me they were getting very anxious about getting back as there had been no flights at all on Monday, due to the volcanic ash cloud.But today the Pope is

There have been some smiling faces around the Bedford mayor’s office this week.Dave Hodgson is still revelling in Newcastle United’s return to the Premiership, but even happier is his