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A wooden porch covering the front door to a house home Dunster House

Enhancing your home through clever use of outdoor space

Improving a property isn’t just about what happens inside the main building. Thoughtful use of outdoor space can make a huge difference to how a home looks, feels, and functions...
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Trees at the 'far end' of Goldington Road which may have been planted to honour former players who served during WW1 but didn't return home. Image: Bedford Blues.

Watching over every match: The trees that may honour the Blues’ fallen heroes

As Bedford marks Armistice Day, Blues historians Tim Jones and Geoff Read reveal the hidden stories behind trees at Goldington Road that may have been planted to honour players who died...
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Stack of pound coins on financial graphs and figures balance sheet Image Brian A Jackson Shutterstock

Bedford Borough Council faces £58.6m medium-term gap as borrowing rises and savings tighten

Bedford Borough Council remains solvent but faces rising borrowing, falling reserves and overspends driven by children’s services, adult care and temporary accommodation...
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Rotary RGO is go (l-r) Inaugural president Vee Myners, member Jonny Ware, Club Secretary Vania Bregieira and Club Treasurer Elliott Codrington. Image: Bedford Independent

New generation of Rotarians joins forces to support Bedford’s charities

Bedford’s newest Rotary club, Rotary River Great Ouse, has officially launched, focusing on hands-on community projects and partnerships with local charities including...
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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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A Eurostar train at St Pancras Station Image Sergii Figurnyi Shutterstock

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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