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All the latest Bedford Borough Council 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.

Great Denham residents face ‘mind-boggling’ maintenance costs of £1,257 per light

A local councillor has slammed estate management companies for the "iniquitous and mind-boggling" charges faced by residents in Great Denham. Cllr Jim Weir...
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Changes to government calculations mean additional 12,000 new houses in Bedford Borough

Bedford borough will have to find sites for an additional 12,000 new homes following changes to government calculations, a meeting heard. Bedford mayor, Dave Hodgson told the...
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Planning meeting told “The council’s function is not to determine the ownership of the land”

Bedford council has said it won’t get involved in rows over who owns land when planning applications are submitted. The comment came during a discussion over retrospective...
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Guest editor: “If I ruled the world here are two changes I’d make to improve the situation of homeless people”

Today's Guest Editor post is written by barrister, Araba Taylor, one of the trustees of the JustUs charity.  If I ruled the world… If I could change thing to improve the situation of the homeless...
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Councillor tells meeting that national planning rules are too “developer-led”

National planning rules are preventing Bedford councillors from refusing unwelcome developments, a meeting heard. The planning processes that have to be followed by Bedford...
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Plans to build “world-class” film and TV studios on former Stewartby brickwork quarry

A former quarry pit, once destined to be a home for an ambitious aquatic project in Stewartby, could now become a state-of-the-art film and television studio. Home of Production (HOP), a newly...
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The exterior of Oasis swimming pool, before refurbishment, was often described as dirty and an eye-sore. Image: Bedford Independent

Fusion moans media are “unfair” when reporting on their running of Bedford’s leisure facilities

A representative of Fusion Lifestyle, the company that runs Bedford borough’s leisure facilities has moaned that media reports of how they run the facilities is “unfair”. Fusion Lifestyle Ltd...
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Bedford Borough council tax rise is sixth-highest in England

Figures released by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that Bedford Borough Council had the sixth-highest council tax rise amongst unitary authorities in England...
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Houseboats at Priory Marina, Bedford. Image: Max McMurdo/@maxreestore/Instagram

Plans to increase residential moorings at Priory Marina

Plans to change 22 moorings at Bedford’s Priory Marina into residential ones have been submitted. The change would increase the number of residential moorings at the Barkers Lane marina...
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Half of Bedford’s ‘looked after children’ placed outside Borough

Half of Bedford borough’s ‘looked after’ children are placed outside the area – but meeting a child’s needs comes before the location, a council committee was told. The Children’s Services Overview & Scrutiny...
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