The March & April 2021 100 Cub Draws took place following the local election count last Friday 7th May . The results are:

March

- 1st Prize #16 Mary Pitkin - £25;

- 2nd Prize #93 Rosemary Smith - £15;

- 3rd Prize #84 Gary Scott - £10

April

- 1st Prize #70 Terry Barrett;

- 2nd Prize #100 Ann Wiggins;

Cllr Carole Mulroney, Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has written to Southend's two MPs asking them to support Amendment (a) to the Queen's speech, which calls on the Government to introduce and make time available for a Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) Bill to progress and be debated in Parliament.

The latest weekly coronavirus statistics for Bedford Borough have been published.

The figures show that in the seven days up to May 9th:

• 1,550 people were tested (60 more than the previous week)
• There were 146 Covid-19 cases (77 more than the previous week)
• The weekly positive cases per 100,000 population was 84.3 (up from 39.8 in the previous week