Reach plc, the UK’s largest regional media company, has said local news website Bedfordshire Live, will be one of 13 they are closing as part of cutbacks that will see 450 jobs lost across...
The Bedford Independent has deleted its 'X' (formerly Twitter) account after becoming increasingly concerned with the way the platform is being used to spread misinformation, fake news and extremist...
History was made on Friday after it was announced that Conservative Tom Wootton would be the next mayor of Bedford Borough. Naturally, his team were delighted, and judging by the comments on social...
You may have heard about ChatGPT and how it is revolutionising content creation and is even now being used by some large publishers to write articles, further diminishing the...
The Bedford Independent has been accepted, alongside 45 other independent titles across the UK, as a provider of high-quality journalism on Google News Showcase, so we can better...
A DCMS Committee report into the sustainability of local journalism has warned the government it must act to halt the decline in the quality and coverage of local news, and that more needs...
Genuine local news is facing unprecedented challenges as we head into yet another crisis that is, once again, out of our control. But, we consistently get up, dust ourselves off, and continue, because delivering the news for Bedford...
Representatives of local media in Bedford have given evidence to the Department of Communities, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Comittee as they investigate the sustainability of...
As a reader-first publication, the Bedford Independent is always striving to make sure it delivers exactly what you, our readers, want, so we'd like you to tell us. We're running a series of short...
Today marks the third anniversary of turning on BedfordIndependent.co.uk and beginning to provide, fact-checked, unbiased and comprehensive news about Bedford Borough. Since 28...
The Bedford Independent's pages have been read 11 million times since its launch in November 2018. The data provided by Google Analytics show that since our launch we've grown steadily...
Paul Hutchinson, one of the founders of the Bedford Independent has been appointed to the Code Committee of independent press regulator IMPRESS. The appointment is part of the...