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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.

Our editorial team are NCTJ trained and follows a standards code set out by the independent press regulator IMPRESS Standards.

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Number of Bedford children under protection plans falls says council

There has been a “big reduction” in the number of children in Bedford under child protection plans over the last 12 months, a council officer has said. A child protection plan is made...
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Book your tree now for the 2024 Christmas Tree Festival

Bookings are now open to decorate a tree at this year's much-loved Bedford Christmas Tree Festival that takes place in St Paul's church from 4 - 8 December. The Festival has become a very firm...
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Sue Ryder Starlight Hike. Image: Sue Ryder

Sue Ryder Starlight Hike returns for a magical evening under the stars in memory of loved ones

Bedfordshire residents are being called to join national palliative and bereavement support charity Sue Ryder this October for their annual 5k or 10k hike beneath the stars to celebrate someone...
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Bedford Borough man walking 550 miles for Macmillan Cancer Support in memory of girlfriend

A Bedford Borough man is walking 550 miles from Minehead in Somerset to Burton Bradstock in Dorset to raise money for cancer charity Macmillan Cancer Support, in memory of...
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Appeal to help remember RAF veteran and “lovely, helpful” Goldings shop worker who died alone

A social media campaign has asked for local people who may have known Roy Easton, an RAF veteran and former shop worker at Goldings on Bedford High Street, to give him a fitting...
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Support Team BI as we take part in Bedford Running Festival to raise cash for Bedford Giving

With the Bedford Running Festival taking place in just over a fortnight, a team at the Bedford Independent has dusted off their running shoes, stretched out their calf muscles, and downloaded the...
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The stumps sprayed red at Bedford Cricket club in aid of Ruth Strauss Foundation

Bedford Cricket Club to host ‘youngsters vs parents’ match in Ruth Strauss Foundation fundraiser

Bedford Cricket Club on Church Lane in Bedford is hosting its latest fundraiser this evening (21 August) in aid of the Ruth Strauss Foundation, a charity they have been supporting all season in a host of money-raising events...
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St John's Hospice in Moggerhanger

Sue Ryder St John’s Hospice to appear on BBC Lifeline Appeal

Sue Ryder, the charity who operate Sue Ryder St John's Hospice in Moggerhanger, is due to appear on a BBC show this weekend (18 August) in order to raise awareness of the growing difficulties...
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Council announces Borough wide homelessness and rough sleeping strategy for Bedford

Bedford Borough Council has launched a new Borough-wide strategy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping within our community. This say it outlines the Council’s vision for preventing homelessness, supporting…
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Bedford communities and police praised for “brilliant example” of working together

Bedford's political leaders have praised local people and Bedfordshire Police for the way they worked together in the face of threats of possible far-right protests on Wednesday night (7 August)...
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