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Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and gives us his satirical take on it all. Politics, roads, education, business, spelling mistakes on this website, he doesn’t miss a thing…

Start of a ghost story with parchment and quill Image Andy Turner Photographer Shutterstock

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30 October 2026: Horror hack, Slasher stare, and Dead man walking. 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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Polling Station church red brick building. Image: Peter Fleming/Adobe Stock

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23 October 2026: Bedford Ian for mayor, Deliberate deliberation, Bunyan balls-up, Jump scare, What a(i) disaster, and Fall back. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings-on...
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Bedford Borough Council political parties collage

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16 October 2026: Shape up or ship out, Happy hedgehog, and Insightfully inciting. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings-on across Bedford Borough...
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The reopening in June 2026, Luton’s Hat Factory stands as a symbol of local cultural vitality and community cohesion. Image: Shaun Armstrong/The Culture Trust Luton

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Blimey Blakey, Free flow, and Privileged parking. 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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Damage caused to Ian Campbell's back garden and patio by a four-year water pipe leak. Red box shows where the pipe was leaking. (Inset) A deeper look into the cavity the leak created. Image: Ian Campbell.

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25 September 2026: It's fixed, Culture vultures and Parking payday. 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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Hints that Madness might be coming to town started to appear across Bedford this week. With pictures of a Fez being placed on street signs and a Fez even made its way onto the bust of Trevor Huddleston. Image: Cuffe & Taylor.

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18 September 2026: Parking prats, Party rift?, and Madness madness. 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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Tom Wootton (Conservative) and his supporters on 5 May 2023, the night he was elected mayor of Bedford Borough

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16 September 2026: Bedford Ian has been looking ahead to tonight's council vote on whether the elected mayor role should be abolished (or not) and tells us what he thinks of it all…
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Protesters from the Citizen's Arrest Network surround Anglian Water CEO Mark Thurston at a London Train Station 15 October 2025. Image: Citizen's Arrest Network

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11 September 2026: Water, water everywhere, Remember me, and Bedford noise. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings-on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he...
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Bedford School Main Building. Image: Bedford School.

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04 September 2026: Femme forte, London's calling, and Pipe of despair. 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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A map showing the Drought status across the UK from the Environment Agency. It shows a large area, including Bedford Borough is officially in a drought status. Image: ©Crown Copyright.

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14 August 2026: Burnham down, Sun dog, and Pound of paint. 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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