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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.

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.

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Celebrating Bedford’s community spirit: Nominate a Pride in Bedford Borough hero today

Nominations are now open for the Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards 2024, in partnership with the Harpur Trust, celebrating the individuals and groups that make...

Celebrating Bedford’s inspirational teachers and mentors: Nominate an Everyday Hero

Nominations are now open for the Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards 2024, in partnership with the Harpur Trusts, honouring the individuals who go above and beyond...

Tell us which Everyday Heroes raise the profile of Bedford Borough

Nominations are now open for the Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards 2024, in partnership with The Harpur Trust, celebrating the people who make Bedford Borough a better place to live, work, and thrive...

Nominate Bedford’s Unsung Heroes in the Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards

Nominations are now open for the Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards 2024, in partnership with The Harpur Trust, celebrating the people who make Bedford Borough a better...

Bedford Road Primary bids farewell to lollipop lady Sue Walker after nearly 40 years

After nearly four decades of safely guiding children across the road, Sue Walker has retired from her role as Bedford Road Primary Academy’s much-loved lollipop lady. Sue, who...

Funding boost for Bedford students helping peers with revision and exam stress

A group of sixth-form students in Bedford have received £1,000 from Bedford Giving to support their project aimed at helping young people across the borough prepare for exams and manage stress....

Septegenarian releases latest single and describes retirement as ‘golden time’ of life

A Bedford resident and local radio presenter is releasing his latest single this month and says that since retiring he's never been so busy. Since giving up the day job, 70-year-old Barrie...

Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards introduces new award in memory of Laura Pottinger

Nominations are now open for the Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards, which are in partnership with the Harpur Trust and celebrate the unsung champions of Bedford Borough...

Bedford Friends of Al Walaja hosts talk by Palestinian visitors

A group of visitors from the village of Al Walaja in the West Bank of Palestine will be visiting Bedford this week to share their experiences of life under occupation. The trip has been organised by Bedford Friends of Al Walaja, a village in the West...

Charity Spinathon raises nearly £5,000 for local charities

Members of a Bedford health club took part in a five-hour indoor cycling marathon earlier this month to raise money for local charities The Bedford Blues Foundation and Primrose...

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