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Bedford Repair Cafe scoops BBC Make A Difference award after a decade of diverting landfill

A community initiative that was set up 10 years ago to repair items destined for landfill has won a BBC Three Counties accolade at their Make A Difference awards...

Letters: Demise of local BBC radio

I have tried to stay loyal to this station following a national restructure of local radio. In effect, local radio is now Weekday Breakfast, Weekday Mid Morning and some sports...

BBC’s Justin Dealey helps as Bedford Academy launches their new school radio station

A new initiative to enhance students’ communications skills, career choice and community engagement has launched at Bedford Academy. The new school radio station, BA Radio, was...

Bedford Blues joins forces with BBC Three Counties Radio to ‘kit out the nation’

The Bedford Blues and BBC Three Counties Radio are joining together in a national campaign to give children access to sport's kits they may not otherwise be able to afford or be able to get hold...

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...

Mayoral candidates to face Bedford public tonight

All Bedford Borough mayoral candidates will be facing the people they want to represent at tonight's mayoral hustings organised by BBC Three Counties Radio and the Bedford Independent...

BBC Three Counties Radio and Bedford Independent to host mayoral hustings

BBC Three Counties Radio and the Bedford Independent have partnered to host a hustings event for the 2019 Bedford Borough mayoral elections at the Bedford Blues' ground...

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