Local businesses have welcomed the latest phase of High Street improvement works which began on the east side of St Paul's Square on Sunday (19 September). Following consultation with...
A home along Bedford's Embankment has recently been sold with an asking price of £2 million, causing some to wonder if it's the highest priced home in the town. While some homes...
Former Bedford school boy John Oliver has been handed a stinking insult from the city of Danbury, Connecticut, after it announced plans to name a sewage plant after him. Oliver, who...
Two car parks in Bedford town centre will reopen on 15 June, with Government guidance allowing ‘non-essential’ shops to open on the same day.
River Street...
Bedford is to have a share of £95 million designed to help revive historic high streets across the UK. The fund is the biggest ever single investment by Government in the UK’s built...
The local government secretary announced yesterday that Bedford is among 100 towns invited to develop proposals for a new generation of multi-million...
A Bedford woman in her 70s remains in a critical condition after a collision between a car and a pedestrian on Castle Road on Friday evening (17 May)...
For the second year running, Bedford has featured in the Sunday Times’ top ten best places to live in the East of England. The list takes into account schools and house prices...
Eight months ago we launched the Bedford Independent on social media, with the promise that we would continue to grow and deliver exactly what the people of Bedford...
The Rushmoor and St Andrews Schools Alliance is celebrating today after being granted planning approval to build on land off Clapham Road and Manton Lane. However, local...
Bedfordian foodies have expressed their sadness this morning at the news that Spaghetti Johns on Castle Lane, Bedford has closed. In a statement on their Facebook...
A Bedford man has been named as part of an investigation into the 1994 Rwandan genocide after a referral from Rwandan authorities. The Daily Mirror reported that five men...