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Bedford schools to join new trust under merger plans
The changes will come into effect this September
Sharnbrook business helps protect marine life with new bottled water
It will be in Tesco stores later this year
Plans submitted to change Bromham house into children's home
Applicant says the home would provide a ‘safe, welcoming and homely setting’
Hundreds more Bromham homes if plans are approved
Bedford Borough Council has received an outline planning permission for up to 315 new homes on land south of Northampton Road, Bromham. The plans also include a 64-bed care home...
Festus reflects on PCC election loss
Defeated Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Festus Akinbusoye recalled one of his heroes, renowned 19th century American President Abraham Lincoln in the aftermath of...
Exclusive: Oasis Beach Pool opening date set as new management promises ‘customers will come first’
The new management team looking after Bedford Borough Council's leisure services have said that they want customers to know they will be listened to and that their needs will come first as they...
Bedford leads the way to get communities to come together and turn a ripple of kindness into a wave
The power of kindness is both profound and infectious and this concept has led to Bedford's Amrit Bahia launching an initiative encouraging individuals, communities and organisations to undertake Acts of Kindness and help those who really need our support right now. When we do good, we feel good and...
New crematorium opens next week - the first in Central Bedfordshire
As well as a spacious chapel, there's a memorial garden
Women in Bedford are expected to spend years longer than men providing unpaid care
15-year-old females in Bedford will spend an estimated 7.1 years providing unpaid care
Limited time offer: Special prices on tickets for Bedford Park concerts
Welcome to the cheap seats
Damning report reveals Bedford's Goldington Road Surgery had bullied staff and unhappy patients
“Staff told us they felt they had been, and had seen others being, bullied and scared by some leaders. As a result, staff told us they did whatever leaders asked them to do”
Bedford drivers told to expect overnight delays on the A421 and A1
You shouldn't be delayed by anymore than half an hour
‘Rediscovering Black Portraiture’ at the Higgins Bedford this May
This month sees the launch of a new exhibition in Bedford which began as a diversionary lockdown project in 2020 and can now be seen at Kensington Palace, the Bodeian Library in Oxford and now...
Bedford-based artist showcases project he started during lockdown for Getty Museum
It’s at The Higgins Bedford
More than 300 new homes could be built in Bromham if plans are approved
Plans also include care home and potential GP surgery
£2million funding boost for budding musicians in Bedfordshire
Four music services have recieved a cash boost as part of a national programme
Letters: A regular and reliable bus service is needed in Biddenham
I moved to the Saxon Park development in Biddenham during the summer of 2023, and was disappointed at the minimal public transport in the area. When I was viewing the house...
Bedfordshire tech companies receive royal recognition with King’s Award
Two tech companies in Bedfordshire have received royal recognition for their work by receiving a King's Award for Enterprise, the highest official UK award for British businesses. The King’s Awards...
Bedford Town win play-off final to earn promotion back to step three
Celebrations at Bedford Town will go long into the night after the Eagles beat Waltham Abbey 2-1 at The Eyrie to bounce back to step three football at the first time of asking...
Step three awaits for Bedford Town ahead of play-off final against Waltham Abbey
The Eyrie will play host to the biggest - and final - game of the Southern League Central Division One season on Bank Holiday Monday as Bedford Town look for an immediate return to step three football...