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All the latest community and charity news from across Bedford Borough. Everything you need to keep you up to date with what’s happening in Bedford Borough on your mobile or desktop via the Bedford Independent.

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.

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St Paul's, Bedford bell ringers. Image: C Harvey

Iconic Bedford church rings in £110k for clock and bells restoration

Bedford’s iconic St Paul’s Church has dramatically boosted its appeal to restore the town centre’s clock tower and bells, with over £110,000 raised in just one recent sponsorship event...
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A piper from the Bedford Pipe Band leads RBL standard bearers and former service men and women onto Harpur Square ahead of the commemorative raising of a VE Day 80 flag. Image: Bedford Borough Council

VE Day 80 remembered in Bedford with tributes to the bravery and sacrifice we “must keep remembering”

Bedford Borough marked the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) this morning (Thursday) with a commemorative flag-raising ceremony in Harpur Square...
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Trans Rights Protest In London, Soho 2021. People, some in bright colours, are holding up signs calling for Trans Youth to be protected. One protester in the centre is wearing a black t-shirt with an unhappy smiley face upon it. Image: Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona/Unsplash

Council takes cautious approach after Equality Act ruling on definition of ‘woman’

Bedford Borough Council says it is carefully reviewing its policies following a recent Supreme Court ruling which confirmed that the term “woman” under the Equality Act 2010 refers...
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Wheelchair tennis player, Gary Cox hits a shot at an LTA event

Ultra marathon prep begins as Bedford’s Gary Cox travels to Turkey for Team GB

For Bedford's Gary Cox, the wheelchair tennis competitions keep coming after an impressive run in Texas, and now his coach is lacing up his running shoes to assist with the fundraising effort...
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"The Spirit of Bedford" A group photo of the 2024 Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards finalists, highly commended and winners

A night to remember with Borough’s Everyday Heroes recognised as the “spirit of Bedford”

There’s something truly magical about a community coming together to celebrate its own, and that’s precisely what happened at the 2024 Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards...
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Commemorative bench in aid of the 80th VE Day event in Bedford

VE Day 80 events announced as Bedford remembers

The 80th anniversary of VE Day is on Thursday 8 May, and there are a number of events taking place in Bedford town centre commemorating the occasion, including a parade on Sunday 11 May...
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The Bedford Trinacria Association Ball

Bedford Trinacria Association comes out in force to support blood cancer charity

Bedford’s Sicilian community have come out in force to support blood cancer charity, DKMS, raising £17,000 with a spectacular ball which will help pay towards adding hundreds...
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Young person with comic book at Bedford Central Library

Comics and Manga books are helping boost reading rates across Bedford

A report from the National Literacy Trust has showed that children and young people who read comics were more engaged with reading across Bedford, regardless of their age...
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VE Day logo used by Bedford Radio

VE Day to be marked with special programme on Bedford Radio

Bedford Radio will be marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day with a special programme exploring VE Day in Bedford, and the wartime years that it brought to an end. The show will be focused...
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A Gig Buddy with her partner pretending to sing into a blow up microphone at The Standard, Bedford. Image: Living It Up

Gig Buddies Bedford says it’s time to stay up late

Gig Buddies Bedford will join a national celebration of real social lives and late-night fun this spring as part of Stay Up Late Week – a campaign by the charity Stay Up Late, running from...
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