Sure Start in Spinney Hill
Sure Start Highfields has opened a building in Spinney Hill to support parents in the area with children aged up to four years of age.
27 Oct 2006
Move over Paxman there are some new kids on the block
Today the borough's young people got the chance to quiz civic leaders on how they were running the borough and what they were doing to do the improve services for the future. They asked some good questions and may some very good points.
27 Oct 2006
D-Day looms for disability equality duty...but is everybody ready?
With the disability equality duty coming into force this December there are concerns that some public bodies are not ready for the change. Elizabeth Choppin reports
27 Oct 2006
Bedford Shoppers Flock To Sign Hospital Petition
Christine McHugh was joined by Bedford's Lib Dem MEP, Andrew Duff in Silver Street on Saturday, asking shoppers to sign the petition to "Save Bedford Hospital" from the well publicised cuts.
27 Oct 2006
Government plans for benefits 'alarming'
Government plans to give charities and private companies the power to cut benefits have "set alarm bells ringing" across the disability world.
27 Oct 2006
Alzheimer's jab trial resurrected
Research into a vaccine for Alzheimer's disease, which was stopped early on safety grounds, is to be resurrected. It was designed to reverse the disease's progression by clearing the beta amyloid protein that causes the disease.
27 Oct 2006