Schools, roads and museums have been closed after heavy rain in a town. Bedford Free School, Castle Newnham School and Goldington Academy in Bedford have shut as well as The Higgins Bedford and ...

Senior staff at Castle Newnham school in Polhill Avenue, Bedford, have "stepped up", its head teacher said. Ruth Wilkes, federation principle, said senior staff made their own "lollipops" with ...

Several schools have shut in Bedford after more than half a month's worth of rainfall fell in just a few hours across parts of the county. Ruth Wilkes, headteacher of Castle Newnham School ...