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28 August 2026
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Opinion: Local news, supported by Bedfordians, not billionaires

This week, as part of Indie News Week, we've done something that doesn't come naturally to us, and that's why it's taken me so long to find the right words to write this piece. We're asking our...
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Opinion: If our redactions annoyed you yesterday, good. That was the point

The Bedford Independent and Bedford Clanger redacted stories for Indie News Week to show what happens when communities only get half the story. If it annoyed you, that was the point....
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Bedford Independent and Bedford Clanger redact stories to warn “no news is bad news”

The Bedford Independent and Bedford Clanger are redacting parts of their stories today as part of Indie News Week, highlighting what Bedford could lose without independent local journalism...
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Opinion: Bedford Borough Council’s restaurant campaign should have been made in Bedford

An AI image sparked backlash over Bedford Borough Council’s restaurant campaign. Here’s what could have been done instead, and why keeping value in Bedford matters...
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The Bedford Clanger at 15: Celebrating a decade and a half of local art, culture, shopping and more

Back in May 2011, if you’d told me the magazine we were about to launch would still be going strong 15 years later, I would have laughed you out of the room. But here we are, celebrating the...
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Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards, finalists, highly commended and winners 2025. Image: Bedford Independent

Bedford’s Everyday Heroes celebrated during emotional awards night

Volunteers, fundraisers, young carers and community champions were honoured at the 2025 Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards at the Quarry Theatre. Hundreds of guests gathered...
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Why Bedford is brilliant: Local voices on why our Borough deserves national recognition

Local voices from business, culture and community groups explain why Bedford deserves its place on The Sunday Times list of the best places to live in the East of England...
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Bedford Clanger 'pubs of Bedford' cover. Illustration by Robyn Caley

Love Your Local: a Clanger celebration of Bedford’s pubs

This month's Bedford Clanger cover story is a celebration of the Borough's pubs, past and present. At the heart of many communities, pubs need our support now more than ever. As more...
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Bedford Ian writes…

12 December 2025: Christmas hope, Long live good news, Content isn't just for Christmas, Christmas quiz. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us...
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We Are Bedford collage in a shop window Image Shaun Armstrong

Bedford pride on show as We Are Bedford reaches 100k members

We Are Bedford has hit a staggering milestone this month, soaring past 100,595 members, a number nobody could have imagined when the group first appeared back in 2011...
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