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Parking ticket penalty charge notice stuck to a car windscreen Image Marcel Poncu Shutterstock

Bedford motorist racks up 102 parking fines in nine months

A motorist received 102 parking fines in Bedford High Street in nine months, as the council warns it will continue to target repeat offenders. Bedford Borough Council said the...
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Artist's impression of the new Bedford Midland Station main entrance. Image EWR Co

East West Rail could reshape Bedford’s future but debate continues over local impact

East West Rail could bring jobs and growth to Bedford, but concerns remain over disruption, traffic, demolitions and how the project will affect local communities...
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Great Denham Golf Club

Great Denham Golf Club demolition plans spark fears of wider redevelopment

Residents have objected to plans to demolish the former Great Denham Golf Club clubhouse and build up to five homes, warning the scheme could pave the way for wider redevelopment of the site...
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Bedford Ian writes…

10 April 2026: Emergency parking, Motor madness, BBC blunder, and Sleep crime. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he...
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Tempsford village sign near Church of St Peter with the village cemetery in the background

Monthly column: Let’s make Tempsford a healthy and safe new town 

The government has indicated that Tempsford is a preferred site for a new town. The ambition is to create a new town of 40,000 homes on the A1 site, on the Oxford-Cambridge corridor...
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Construction site, Crane, Construction machinery development building planning Image Jürgen Rübig Pixabay

Concerns over speculative planning applications as Local Plan 2050 is prepared

Concerns have been raised about speculative planning applications in Bedford borough while the council prepares a new Local Plan. The issue was discussed at a meeting...
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Exterior of the Grade II* listed Howards House, Church Lane, Cardington. Image Howardshouseschool.org

Plans submitted to turn Grade II* listed house in Cardington into SEND school for 50 pupils

A Grade II* listed Cardington house could become a special educational needs (SEND) school after plans were submitted to Bedford Borough Council. The application proposes...
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Cllr Nicky Gribble on a litter pick with members of the public in Renhold. Image Nicky Gribble Facebook

Monthly column: What a load of rubbish

Hello, I am Councillor Nicola Gribble, representing Renhold and Ravensden, a lovely rural ward just north of Bedford town. I am a first-time councillor, elected in May 2023, and I am...
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Land Adjacent 10 Parklands, Bedford. Image: Screenshot Google StreetView (C)2026 Google Image capture July 2024

Council considers planning application for new house on patch of land in Goldington

Bedford Borough Council has received an application for Permission in Principle for a single dwelling house on land in Parklands, Brookfield Road, Bedford. The applicants said this land was...
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Terraced houses

Bedford Borough Council faces questions over £5.9m housing fund plans

Bedford Borough Council has not clarified how a £5.9 million housing grant,  which government guidance says forms part of a wider programme that includes Afghan resettlement, will be...
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