Biggleswade Chronicle

The Biggleswade Chronicle is a weekly newspaper that comes out every Friday. It started in 1891 under the name Biggleswade Chronicle – Sandy, Potton and Shefford Times. Charles Elphick became the owner, editor, and printer in 1892 and continued to run the paper for almost 50 years. His family is honored with Elphick Court, located off Shortmead Street. Currently, the newspaper is owned by National World.

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Private talks accidentally made public in privacy blunder over £46m expansion of Biggleswade special school

2 days ago | biggleswadetoday.co.uk | Euan Duncan

Private talks were accidentally made public at a local authority committee meeting about whether a £46m expansion of a special school in Biggleswade “Is the best option”. The current Ivel Valley School and College site in Hitchmead Road is in desperate need of renovation. Central Bedfordshire Council’s executive voted in favour of starting a consultation process on extension plans in April. This would combine the site overhaul with an expansion of the development on to adjacent land.
A421 to be closed this weekend as Black Cat upgrade continues

3 days ago | biggleswadetoday.co.uk | Clare Turner

If you’re out and about this weekend, be warned as the A421 will be closed. It will be shut in both directions between Renhold Interchange and the Black Cat roundabout from 9pm Friday (June 27) to 5am Monday (June 30). Traffic will be diverted via the A603 at Cardington to A1 northbound at Sandy to the Black Cat roundabout. It’s being closed so National Highways can build up the ground next to the A421 to support the new flyover bridge at the Black Cat roundabout.
New road opens as part of £1billion Black Cat upgrade

4 days ago | biggleswadetoday.co.uk | Clare Turner

In the latest stage of the £1 billion improvements between the Black Cat roundabout and Caxton Gibbet, a new road has opened. Baron Way and Dove Farm Lane will provide a vital new link between Roxton Road and The Lane in Wyboston – creating safer access to the A1/A421 Black Cat roundabout. It will also pick up traffic from Nagshead Lane and Chawston Lane. This follows the opening of the new Roxton Road bridge in early May which we revealed earlier this year.
Bereaved Biggleswade dads raise over £8,500 with football match in memory of sons

1 week ago | biggleswadetoday.co.uk | Olivia Preston

Two friends from Biggleswade whose sons died in infancy have raised thousands for a neonatal service after hosting a special football match. Joe Stevens and Grant Bunker both played at Caldecote Pavilion in Upper Caldcote on Saturday (June 14) in memory of their sons, Frankie Stevens and Dougie Bunker. In 2021 when Joe and his ex-partner were told that they had lost their baby as they had a final scan.
"She was beautiful inside and out" Tributes paid to woman found strangled at home who grew up in Sandy

1 week ago | biggleswadetoday.co.uk | Alison Bagley

The family of a woman who was found dead at her home have paid poignant tributes to her describing her as a ‘beautiful, gentle, quietly confident young woman’. Isobella Knight, affectionately known as Izzy, died following an incident at her home in Donnington Road, Burton Latimer. Her body was discovered by police officers on Friday, June 13. Now, Izzy’s family have penned moving tributes to the ‘kind, gentle and much-loved’ mum who would always put her two little girls before anything else.
Keep clear road markings at schools not always legally enforceable - but Central Beds Council vows it takes safety "very seriously"

1 week ago | biggleswadetoday.co.uk | John Guinn

Bright yellow ‘School Keep Clear’ zigzag markings, designed to keep children safe outside school gates, are not always legally enforceable in Central Bedfordshire — despite appearing to carry the weight of law. Unless supported by a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) and accompanying roadside signage, these markings are advisory only. That means drivers who park or stop on them may be acting irresponsibly, but they are not breaking the Highway Code.
Vandals hit Biggleswade play area just weeks after it was renovated

1 week ago | biggleswadetoday.co.uk | Euan Duncan

A piece of equipment at a Biggleswade play area has been vandalised, shortly after the town council renovated it as part of an ongoing improvements programme. The damage was caused at the Kitelands Road play area, which has been part of the local authority’s overhaul of some of his ageing facilities. An illustrated report of all the current public realm work by council staff was presented to BTC’s public land and open spaces committee.
In pictures: Storybook characters spread magic at Sandy Carnival

1 week ago | biggleswadetoday.co.uk | Laura Hutchinson

Once upon a time… storybook characters stepped off the page and into Sandy’s streets for a magical Carnival Parade. The Once Upon a Storytime themed parade set out from All Saints Way on Saturday afternoon (June 14) to wend its way towards Sandye Place for the main event. Leading the parade were this year’s Carnival Stars Kimberley and Zac – followed by colourful entries taken straight from the pages of favourite tales from the Wizard of Oz to The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
Find out how your community could get a grant of up to £25k from Central Bedfordshire Council

1 week ago | biggleswadetoday.co.uk | Laura Hutchinson

Community groups are being given the chance to get their hands on a slice of a £150k funding pot. The third round of the Uk Shared Prosperity Fund aims to improve or provide new community spaces and facilities – with grants of up to £25k up for grabs. You can apply for community projects that are based in or benefit residents of Central Bedfordshire. But there’s a 20% match funding requirement – and any required permissions, including planning, must have been previously sought.
Consultation event over proposed changes to school transport in Central Beds to be held this week

1 week ago | biggleswadetoday.co.uk | Euan Duncan

Schools impacted by a possible change in Central Bedfordshire Council’s home to school transport policy “aren’t sponging off the local authority” to top up their budgets, a meeting heard. A suggestion schools within the Pyramid Schools Trust rely on the council to provide transport to support the trust’s business model was dismissed by a local councillor.