News published April 2019
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Monday, 29 April 2019
Council says help ‘cool the climate’ by home composting
We are asking residents to help 'cool the climate' by composting at home during the nineteenth annual international Compost Awareness Week, which is being held from 5 to 11 May 2019.
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Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Children charged with changing the tune in broken orchestra experience
Fixing a broken orchestra is the challenge for hundreds of schoolchildren in an award-nominated music event aimed at inspiring more young people to learn an instrument.
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Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Council fines more disabled parking cheats
A council-led crackdown on Blue Badge disabled parking fraud saw two unscrupulous drivers successfully convicted of wrongful use of a disabled person’s badge yesterday (Tuesday, 23 April).
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Wednesday, 24 April 2019
New technology cuts the cost of road repairs
We have been out and about trialling new technology to repair local roads. The new machine recycles the existing road surface, which both saves money and cuts down on the repair time compared to tradi
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Tuesday, 16 April 2019
New community café to open in Leighton Buzzard next week
Final preparations are being made ahead of the launch of Café in the Park', an exciting project that will bring the community together at a new café facility in Parson’s Close Recreation Ground, at th
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Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Most Central Bedfordshire children offered first-preference school
Today’s the day (Tuesday, 16 April) that children across Central Bedfordshire are discovering where they will be starting school or transferring to middle school in September.
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Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Barnardo's to provide our supervised contact service
We've awarded children's charity Barnardo's with a new contract, aimed at ensuring that children looked after by us can continue to have safe contact with their birth families.
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Monday, 15 April 2019
Give your old bikes a new life this Easter!
We're encouraging residents to start their spring cleaning this Easter, and especially want old bicycles that are outgrown or no longer needed.
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Monday, 15 April 2019
Council initiative aims to boost children’s emotional wellbeing
We are training schools in the use of innovative play techniques to help support children with social, emotional or mental health difficulties.
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Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Recycle all your eggstra packaging this Easter
If you're lucky enough to be visited by the Easter Bunny you may notice that more waste is created at Easter.