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Three visiting engines join the 24 and 25 October gala, with three Barclays in steam together for the first time. Steam is back on regular trains from today.
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Planning
Central Bedfordshire planning call-ins end on 31 October
From 31 October a ward councillor can no longer force a planning application to a public committee. Central Bedfordshire votes on the rule change on Thursday.
Remembrance
Leighton Buzzard Remembrance Sunday: 8 Nov, Church Square
Remembrance Sunday is 8 November. The parade leaves Lake Street for Church Square, the Act of Commemoration starts at 10.55am, and Linslade follows later.
Parking
Southcourt, Linslade parking: 7-day limits decided 1 Oct
Seven-day parking limits for Southcourt Road and Avenue in Linslade go for a decision on 1 October. Church Avenue's school-run petition is on the same agenda.
Housing
Leighton Buzzard HMOs: 3 towns hold 75% of the total
Leighton Buzzard is one of three towns holding 75% of Central Bedfordshire's HMOs, a motion says. Councillors debate planning curbs on Thursday.
House Prices
Central Beds house prices: £1,662 below the March record
The average Central Bedfordshire home hit £356,758 in July, up 1.2% in a year but still below March's record. Flats are the only type losing value, down £2,874.
Leighton Buzzard
Leighton Buzzard Railway: steam back next Sunday, it says
Today's trains are diesel again and the railway now blames track damage at Munday's Hill as well as dry weather. Its own table puts steam back on 27 September.
Transport
Leighton Buzzard blue badges: Full Council votes 26 to 5
Councillors voted 26 to 5 to send the blue badge refusal back to the executive. Two executive members voted against; it returns on 6 October.
Sport
Leighton Buzzard youth football season delayed to October
Two summers of no rain left Astral Park and Pages Field unsafe, so the season starts in October. Youth demand is up 50% and a borehole would cost £60,000.
Roads
Central Bedfordshire: three fatal crashes in ten days
Police want dash-cam footage after three single-vehicle deaths at Woburn, near Upper Caldecote and on the A1, between 4 and 13 September.
Leisure
Leighton Buzzard leisure centre: 57,000 visits in a month
The new £33.9m centre took 57,000 visits in July, up 83% on the old one, and 28,774 swims in August. The council's own figures, and the one it leaves out.
Town centre
Leighton Buzzard market: plan to revive Tuesday, vote 14 Sep
A five-year plan to rescue the Tuesday market goes to councillors on Monday. 85% of traders now work Saturdays only, and 45% of shoppers are not regulars.
Transport
Central Beds transport plan: have your say by 20 September
Six Leighton-Linslade path and cycle schemes sit in the plan's unfunded appendix. Central Bedfordshire's transport plan to 2040 is open until 20 September.
Leighton Buzzard News is a local news site for Leighton Buzzard, Linslade and the rest of Central Bedfordshire. We report from council papers, planning registers, Land Registry data and the operators’ own timetables and price lists, and we link to the document every time, so you can check us.
Central Bedfordshire has its headquarters at Chicksands, a former RAF site in open countryside rather than in any of its towns. That tells you most of what you need to know about the shape of this council: it covers Leighton Buzzard and Linslade in the west, Dunstable and Houghton Regis in the south, Ampthill, Flitwick and Shefford in the middle, and Biggleswade, Sandy and Potton out east on the A1, and none of them is the centre of it.
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