The brand-new Leighton Leisure and Community Centre opens on 27 June 2026 with a free Family Fun Day. Olympic legend Colin Jackson CBE and Paralympic champion Maisie Summers-Newton MBE will officially open the £33.9m facility — the largest leisure investment in Central Bedfordshire in a generation.
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Central Bedfordshire’s scoping consultation for its new Local Plan 2050 has closed. Residents were asked to shape the area’s future on housing, transport and the environment through to 2050.
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Luton Magistrates’ Court grants a three-month closure order against a High Street South retailer following a Central Bedfordshire Trading Standards investigation.
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The iconic Bedford River Festival is back on the Embankment on 19–20 July 2026 with dragon boat racing, live music, street food, and family activities — all free entry.
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Step-free access coming to Mid Bedfordshire's busiest Thameslink stop under the government's Access for All programme.
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A new research hub on the Cranfield campus will develop AI diagnostics, medical devices, and NHS workforce training, opening in early 2027.
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The band will headline a Stockwood Park concert marking 150 years of Luton as a borough. Tickets are on sale via Ticketmaster, with a resident postcode discount.
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A joint plan to restore habitats and protect threatened species including the water vole, hazel dormouse and turtle dove across Bedford, Luton and Central Bedfordshire.
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A community-led initiative marks its 100,000th tree in Great Barford — 8,500 volunteers, 127 schools, and a new target of 250,000 trees by 2030.
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The Local Plan 2050 scoping consultation has closed. Council officers had hoped for nuanced strategic insight. They got 4,000 responses about car parks and a hand-drawn map of a junction near Ampthill.
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Leighton Buzzard’s gleaming new leisure centre opened with great fanfare. Treadmill seven was less gleaming. A laminated A4 sign was placed. The tradition continues.
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