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The Bedford Independent was founded to provide the people of Bedford Borough with a modern news desk that would give them easy access to genuine and unbiased Bedford news. We are independent in ownership and opinion.

Our mission is to inform and inspire the people of Bedford. To do this we will work hard to bring them the news that matters to them from our town centre to the most rural of the Borough’s villages.

Our editorial team are NCTJ trained and abides by the IMPRESS Standards code of conduct and our own stringent, modern ethical editorial policy.

(l-) Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, known as Zandile, and daughters Nala and Natalie. Image: Supplied by Bedfordshire Police

Blunt force trauma caused Great Denham family deaths, post-mortem finds

A forensic post-mortem has revealed a mother and her two children found dead in Great Denham died of blunt force trauma, as a suspect appears in court charged with three counts of murder...
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Members of the Handlebards theatre troupe Josh Radcliffe, Isobel Donkin, Dan, Sarah Bulmer, Joel Benedict in front of their makeshift set for their performance of As You Like It

Review: The HandleBards’ As You Like It – the perfect antidote to our troubled times

It was well worth braving the stifling temperatures in The Quarry theatre last Thursday evening to see a wonderfully energetic production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, as performed...
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The Pilgrims Progress pub on Midland Road in Bedford Town Centre. Image J D Wetherspoon

Wetherspoon expands to Kempston ahead of Universal Studios arrival

JD Wetherspoon has confirmed the purchase of the former Brewers Fayre site in Kempston, with plans to redevelop the building into Bedford Borough’s second Wetherspoon pub by September...
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Burst water main on Bedford high street has pumped water all over the road and even lifted the tarmac. Cars are driving through carefully. Image: Jo Casey

Bedford High Street springs a leak as hosepipe ban comes into effect

A burst water main has ripped through tarmac on Bedford High Street, just two days after Anglian Water introduced a strict temporary hosepipe ban across the region due to prolonged heatwaves...
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Squad photo of Queen's Park Westfield 1st XI

Queen’s Park Westfield and Bedford CC locked at the top after big Sunday wins

Queen's Park Westfield and Bedford Cricket Club are locked at the top of the Bedfordshire County Cricket League Premier Division after two huge wins on Sunday (12 July). Westfield thrashed...
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Scaffolding erected around houses in a new housing development Image: Irene Miller/Shutterstock

Bedford Borough landowners invited to put forward development sites for Local Plan 2050

Bedford Borough Council is calling on local people, landowners and businesses to suggest potential plots for housing, retail and renewable energy to help shape the area's growth up to 2050...
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The comedian and disability advocate Rosie Jones performing on stage

Exclusive: Rosie Jones to host ‘Party, Not Pity’ at Bedford’s Inclusive Performing Arts Festival

The award-winning comedian, writer and disability advocate Rosie Jones will host a special event at this year’s Inclusive Performing Arts Festival in Bedford, bringing the Rosie Jones...
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Graham Coxon and Rose Elinor Dougall of The WAEVE on stage at Esquires. Image Kane Howie

Review: Sound the Coxon klaxon and ring the legend bell, The WAEVE are in town

Sound the Coxon klaxon; ring the legend bell, as tonight Brit pop royalty, Graham Coxon from Blur, is in town. Graham is in Bedford performing with The WAEVE, alongside his bandmate...
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Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma. Image: Supplied by Bedfordshire Police

Man arrested in South Africa over Great Denham murders

A triple murder investigation into the deaths of a mother and her two young daughters in Great Denham has led to an international arrest in South Africa, as police work to return...
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Bedford Ian writes…

Water torture, Motion sickness, Clean sweep, Caught shorts, and Office outing. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…
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