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Disabled badge holders only parking sign mounted on a brick wall, indicating restricted parking for blue badge holders in a designated area

Delivery drivers and a parent prosecuted in Bedford Blue Badge crackdown

Four drivers must pay a combined total of more than £3,400 after Bedford Borough Council investigators caught them illegally using disabled parking Blue Badges in the town centre...
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Letters: Can Anglian Water actually provide water as Bedfordshire grows?

I wish to express my concerns about Anglian Water's ability to deliver water to North and Central Bedfordshire, even with likely investment and planning. Anglian Water even now says...
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Greyfriars leading to River Street and Midland Road. A bus has stopped at the bus stop just before the traffic lights, there are multiple cars driving along the road and a cyclist is riding in the bus lane on the left. The Pilgrims Progress pub can be seen at the end of the road and Borough Hall can be seen in the distance. Image: Bedford Independent

Greyfriars to face month of overnight road closures in Bedford town centre

Bedford drivers and night-time commuters face a month of overnight travel disruption as Greyfriars closes between 9pm and 5am from 27 September for resurfacing...
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Mayor Tom Wootton signing off the new cabinet in June 2026. Image Bedford Borough Council

Breaking news: Bedford Borough councillors reject motion to hold mayoral referendum

Bedfordians will not be asked to decide the future of the borough's mayoral system after councillors defeated a proposal for a borough-wide referendum at an extraordinary council meeting...
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Tom Wootton (Conservative) and his supporters on 5 May 2023, the night he was elected mayor of Bedford Borough

Bedford Ian writes, mayoral vote special…

16 September 2026: Bedford Ian has been looking ahead to tonight's council vote on whether the elected mayor role should be abolished (or not) and tells us what he thinks of it all…
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Tempsford village sign near Church of St Peter with the village cemetery in the background

Compact housing around Tempsford could protect Bedfordshire countryside from new town sprawl

A University of Hertfordshire report warns low-density housing wastes land and isolates communities, urging decision-makers across Bedford Borough to adopt compact designs that protect...
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Bedford International Express on Midland Road. Image Bedford Borough Council

Midland Road businesses handed Closure Orders over illegal tobacco supply

Two businesses on Midland Road in Bedford have been closed by the council's Trading Standards team for supplying and distributing illegal tobacco. The two shops on Midland Road...
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Howard Darbon collects his Service to Sport Award from Cllr Sarah Gallagher at the 2025 edition of the Bedford Sports Awards

The Bedford Sports and Physical Activity Awards are back for a 31st edition

The Bedford Corn Exchange will once again play host as the Bedford Sports and Physical Activity Awards return for a 31st edition. A total of 14 prizes are up for grabs across club, individual...
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Moving to Bedford from abroad? What nobody explains about British waste rules

Every autumn, a new wave of people arrives in Bedford Borough from somewhere else. Some come for the Thameslink line and a house that costs less than London...
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Bedford Borough Council workers filling potholes on De Parys Avenue March 2026 Image Bedford Independent

How Bedford Borough Council repairs local roads and fixes potholes

A complete guide to Bedford Borough road repairs, surface dressing, and reporting defects across local roads and major trunk routes like the A1, M1, and A421. During the 2024...
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