Calling Bedfordshire’s crafters…
Local artists and crafters are being asked to enter their creations into a regional competition which will celebrate the wealth of creative talent in…
Circus of Illustration celebrates eight years’ of talent in new exhibition
Artists’ collective, The Circus of Illustration are holding a new exhibition to celebrate the multitude of people who have been involved with them over…
Letters: Can you help support more research into chronic fatigue syndrome?
Many of your readers will know at least one of the 250,000 children and adults in the UK with myalgic encephalomyelitis (M.E.), also diagnosed as…
Kempston Rovers fall to ten-man Daventry
Kempston Rovers put in a solid performance against Daventry, but were undone at home by a goal in each half, with Daventry Town’s Jack Bowen netting a brace…
Bedford Girls’ School appoints new headmistress
The Chairman and Board of Governors of Bedford Girls’ School (BGS) have today announced the appointment of Mrs Gemma Gibson as headmistress from Sept…
The new Iranian crisis: former minister and leading Cranfield University academics explain why it matters
Following the assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, the Bedford Independent spoke to one of the Borough’s former MPs, a former minister for…
Less than 200 days to River Festival 2020
Happy New Year! There are now less than 200 days until River Festival 2020 – this is just one of many things I am looking forward to this year…
Ladies 1st XI qualify for hockey’s Super Sixes
After finishing 2019 on a high, being voted Club of the Year in the Bedford Borough Council Sports Awards, and with the Ladies’ 1st’s becoming East Indoor Champions…
More than £14,000 raised for Bedford Foodbank’s Christmas Challenge
The Great Bedford Foodbank ‘£7,433 Christmas Challenge’ appeal ended on Christmas Day – almost doubling its target. Foodbank trustee, Simon Danes said…