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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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The Twelve Days of Bedford Indies…

This month, we've taken our love of Bedford's independent shops and businesses to its logical conclusion and rewritten The 12 Days of Christmas as an ode to them...
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Bedford Ian writes…

28 November 2025: Petty politics, Crossing catch-up, and Birthday surprise. 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 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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Public notices must move with the times: Bedford Independent’s response to proposed licensing changes

Bedford Independent responds to proposed licensing changes, urging reform so councils and businesses can cut costs and reach more people by publishing online...
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World News Day 2025 Jonathan Heawood

World News Day: Regenerating the base layer of democracy – local news

Today is World News Day, and we're proud to stand in solidarity with newsrooms and journalists worldwide in highlighting the challenges facing modern news reporting and journalism...
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Keeping conversations constructive: Our social media terms and conditions

Progress Publishing, the publisher of the Bedford Independent and Bedford Clanger, welcomes healthy, respectful debate on our social media channels. We fiercely defend responsible free speech...
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Opinion: Not all publicity is good publicity

It’s not often that Bedford makes the national news. Every couple of years, The Times or The Telegraph includes us in their ‘best places to live’ guides, but they’re mainly puff pieces to do with...
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Bedford Ian writes…

18 July 2025: Bruce McWayne, Paper thin, Small but mighty, Screw loose, and Class dismissed. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what...
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Media Literacy Project: A guide to how journalism works and why it needs your support

Over the past few months, the Bedford Independent has been exploring how journalism works and why that matters. Through our Media Literacy Project, we’ve opened the curtain on...
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