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Martin Baron. Image: supplied by World News Day

World News Day: Global lessons from a press in peril

Martin Baron, former chief editor of The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and the Miami Herald, whose newsrooms won 17 Pulitzer Prizes, argues that democracy cannot exist without a free press...
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World News Day 2025 Jonathan Heawood

World News Day: Regenerating the base layer of democracy – local news

Today is World News Day, and we're proud to stand in solidarity with newsrooms and journalists worldwide in highlighting the challenges facing modern news reporting and journalism...
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Helen Lovejoy meme. Image: Gif.com/Fox

Bedford Ian writes…

15 August 2025: Universal panic, Daily fail and Bedfordians on tour. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…
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Kimberly College student Karanpreet Sidhu is going to Bristol University to study Biochemistry

LIVE: Record breaking AS-level, A-level and T-level results announced at Bedford Borough schools

It's the day many students across Bedford Borough have been waiting for: A-level results day 2025. We'll be bringing the latest exam results news from schools across the Borough as soon as...
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Grafitti saying 'Its coming home' with a St George's Cross on a bridge in Bedford

Bedford Ian writes…

1 August 2025: Pedal power, graffiti manifestation and Here We Go. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…
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Bedford Ian writes…

25 July 2025: Eurofarce, F.O. Nope, PR 101, Mean girls and Break time. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…
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Ruby the therapy dog. Image Polam School

Wellbeing goes walkies – The independent school & nursery where wellbeing comes first

At Polam School & Nursery in Bedford, success starts with a wag of the tail. Ruby, Polam’s gentle therapy dog, is far more than a school mascot. She’s a quiet star with a growing reputation...
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Journalists taking notes at a conference.

Media Literacy Project: A guide to how journalism works and why it needs your support

Over the past few months, the Bedford Independent has been exploring how journalism works and why that matters. Through our Media Literacy Project, we’ve opened the curtain on...
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A bus waits patiently as it holds up Bedford High Street traffic while waiting for a pedestrian to cross the road at the Embankment's zebra crossing

Bedford Ian writes…

6 June 2025: Crossing chaos, Keyboard cruelty, Attempted delivery, and Ethical edge. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks...
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From Kyiv to Bedford: Why local journalism matters

To mark World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2025), we are honoured to join other independent publications worldwide in publishing this piece from Olga Rudenko, of the Kyiv Independent...
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