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Opinion: 15-minute cities? Yes, please

Imagine, if you will, an alternate reality in which public transport and green infrastructure have been so widely invested in that the whole of Bedford Borough is served by clean, frequent, efficient and...

Garden waste collections to resume on 1 March

It's the news gardeners have been waiting for - Bedford Borough Council will resume garden waste collections from Friday, 1 March. Green-lidded garden waste bins are collected fortnightly alongside the...

Borough Council says it has no plans to collect used coffee pods despite Central Beds initiative

While Central Bedfordshire residents can now have their used coffee pods collected on bin day, Bedford borough residents are “encouraged” to use one of the existing schemes. Central Bedfordshire Council...

Wells & Co and Bedford Independent team up with water quality campaigners

A dedicated band of citizen science volunteers have been joined by family brewer Wells & Co and the Bedford Independent to support and highlight BedsGovet, a new environmental charity dedicated...

Drone footage helps show full scale of flooding across the Borough

Just up the A6 from Bedford, the residents of Radwell have seen the recent deluge of rainfall in Bedfordshire cause flooding in their village to the point where Radwell Bridge was almost...

Reuse shop is a “common sense solution” to reducing waste

Opening a reuse shop at Bedford’s Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) is a “common sense solution” petitioners have claimed. Borough councillors heard on Wednesday (7 February)...

Temporary footbridge installed as Network Rail legal challenge still unresolved

Bedford Borough Council has installed a temporary raised footpath under a railway bridge in Clapham while it waits for a legal challenge with Network Rail to be resolved. The Council says it is having to pursue Network Rail under the Land Drainage Act in response to flooding under the railway bridge on Lovell Road in Clapham.

Environment

Opinion: 15-minute cities? Yes, please

Garden waste collections to resume on 1 March

Borough Council says it has no plans to collect used coffee pods despite Central Beds initiative

Wells & Co and Bedford Independent team up with water quality campaigners

Drone footage helps show full scale of flooding across the Borough

Reuse shop is a “common sense solution” to reducing waste

Temporary footbridge installed as Network Rail legal challenge still unresolved

Council must “shout about” its successes to improve climate scorecard rating

Grants still available from Mayor’s Climate Change Fund

Bedford egg ‘mega farm’ has British Lion accreditation reinstated after welfare enhancements

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