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St Mary’s Post Office, 12-14 St Mary’s Street, Bedford Screenshot Google Streetview (C)2026 Google Image capture June 2021

New owners of St Mary’s Street off-licence apply for longer trading hours

A Bedford off-licence is seeking permission to sell alcohol for longer hours after coming under new ownership. On Friday (13 March), the Licensing Sub-Committee heard an application to...
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One in five Bedford Borough homes to get new bin collection day

Bedford Borough Council is changing some bin collection routes from 30 March, with around 20 per cent of households set to receive a new collection day. The council said the route changes affect...
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Major funding boost for GP surgeries in Great Barford and Wixams

Bedford Borough Council has announced a major funding boost from NHS England for new GP surgeries in Great Barford and Wixams. Tom Wootton (Conservative), mayor of Bedford Borough...
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Vacant Renhold home could become ‘small residential institution’

Plans have been submitted to convert a house in Renhold into a small residential institution. The application to Bedford Borough Council seeks permission to change the use of 2 Becher Close...
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Bedford Borough Council risks missing out on developer payments due to data transfer delays

Bedford Borough Council could risk failing to collect some developer contributions linked to housing developments because hundreds of planning agreements have not yet been transferred into a...
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EWR funding agreemement with Bedford Borough Council still not finalised

A funding agreement between East West Rail and Bedford Borough Council for work on the proposed Bedford–Cambridge railway has not yet been finalised, despite similar arrangements already...
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Bedford Borough Council children’s services facing ‘higher demand than anticipated’

Bedford borough social workers are assessing more children than expected for an area of its size, councillors have been told. Bedford Borough Council’s Children’s Services Overview...
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Retrospective planning application for High Street flat conversion

A flat above a Bedford High Street leisure venue has been built and occupied before seeking planning approval. The retrospective planning application relates to 38 High Street, where...
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The first directly-elected Mayor of Bedford Borough

Bedford Ian writes…

6 March 2026: Mayor maybe, Try harder, Politic-no, and Committee 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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Bedford Borough Council says £10m borrowing refinance not linked to financial support bid

Bedford Borough Council has clarified that £10m of borrowing refinanced into longer-term loans is routine treasury management and does not increase the authority’s debt...
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