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Fire crews being looked after and served food by Rapid Relief Team (RRT) volunteers during the response to the Bedford train collision 19 June 2026. Image: RRT.

Bedford Ian writes…

26 June 2026: Quiet heroes, Black marker, Mayor's mumblings, ベッドフォードはクソじゃない。and Bregret. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us...
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Concerns for TV news coverage in Bedford as BBC closes Cambridge news desk

Concerns have been raised about TV news coverage in Bedford and the surrounding area after the BBC announced it is closing its news desk in Cambridge. The BBC's Look East programme...
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Riverside Tennis Club in the national spotlight for disability sport provision

Bedford's Riverside Tennis Club has been in the media spotlight recently, thanks to their disability sport provision during lockdown. Within the space of a few days, head of disability tennis at the club, Neil Frankel...
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Anglia weather map

Let’s put Bedford on the (BBC weather) map

Last year, Mayor Dave Hodgson mounted a campaign to call for Bedford to be included on the BBC Look East and ITV Anglia weather maps, and we're...
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