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Don't Lose the Ouse

BedsGOVET volunteers carrying out water quality testing on the River Great Ouse along Bedford's Embankment. Image: BedsGOVET

Monthly column: New funding will help increase River Great Ouse water quality tests

The local charity that tests for water quality along the River Great Ouse in Bedfordshire, the Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust (BedsGOVET) has been successful...
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Monthly column: Bedford’s Great River Ouse e-coli levels hit new high

Local environmental campaigners, Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust (BedsGovet) who launched the Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign in March, were disbelieving when...
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Monthly column: Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign expands testing programme thanks to new equipment

BedsGovet, the organisation behind the Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign, has now purchased its first Sonde water quality monitor using money generously donated by a few pioneer Bedford Borough...
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Monthly column: Standing room only as Don’t Lose the Ouse campaign launched

It was standing room only this week as 100 Bedfordians packed a University of Bedfordshire lecture theatre to witness the launch of Don't Lose the Ouse, which could be the most important...
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The former Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner Festus Akinbusoye pictured on Town Bridge in Bedford town centre

Former Bedfordshire PCC in bid to become Mayor of London

Local historian Simon Houfe in the garden of Avenue House in Ampthill surrounded by papers. Image Houfe family

Obituary: Simon Richard Houfe (1942 – 2026)

Exterior of Bedford School's main building

Breaking news: Bedford School to welcome girls from 2027

Bedford's elected mayor, Tom Wotton, pictured by Riverside Square

Monthly column: August in Bedford – taking stock while continuing to deliver

Members of the Bedford Giving Youth Panel sitting in a 'break out' pod at Bedford Sixth Form. Image Bedford Giving

Eight community projects secure share of £90k Youth Panel funding from Bedford Giving

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