Everyday Heroes Awards 2022: Announcing our new Young Carers Award
The Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Award, in partnership with The Harpur Trust, is now in its third year to recognise people who have made a difference…
Welcome changes to business rates will benefit town centre retail and hospitality sector
Shop and restaurant owners in Bedford will see their business rates reduced after the government chose not to increase rates by inflation. In what has been hailed as…
The two Bedford Girls School alumnae making waves on the British sporting stage
Maddie Axford and Florence Miller are just two of Bedford’s sporting talents to have emerged from Bedford Girls School…
Ravensden caravan park planning decision upheld
Bedford Borough Council’s decision to refuse planning permission for a caravan park in Ravensden has been upheld by the Planning Inspector. The proposed new…
Queen’s Green Canopy Tree of Trees’ field maple is planted in Queen’s Park
Queen’s Park Community Organisation (QPCO) invited 150 members of its community to help plant the ‘Tree of Trees’ as part of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Queen’s Green…