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Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust (BedsGOVET)

Protesters from the Citizen's Arrest Network surround Anglian Water CEO Mark Thurston at a London Train Station 15 October 2025. Image: Citizen's Arrest Network

Bedford Ian writes…

17 October 2025: Water palaver, Empty trail, No excuse, and 90s revival? 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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BedsGOVET volunteers testing pollution levels in the River Great Ouse

Monthly column: BedsGOVET forms new partnerships for ongoing success

The past two months have seen our charity BedsGOVET moving forward with new partnerships with both the Environment Agency and Bedford Borough Council...
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Rowers on the River Great Ouse near the Bedford Swan Hotel Image- BedsGOVET

Monthly column: Updates from Riverfield community meeting about River Great Ouse water quality

Our recent presentation by Alan Horn, Chair of The Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust to the Riverfield community at Barkers Lane Reading Room was very...
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Water quality testing on River Great Ouse. Image BedsGovet

Monthly column: Calling all teachers

Whether you are homeschooling, a teacher at primary school or above, Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust (BedsGOVET) have some exciting teaching resources for your use...
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Alan Horn of BedsGOVET testing water at a site along the River Great Ouse. Image: BedsGIVET

Monthly column: Pollution levels reach new high

Each month BedsGOVET has been telling you more about the work we are doing to save the River Great Ouse, our beautiful river that is slowly dying due to aggressive contaminants and sewage...
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BedsGOVET volunteers collecting water samples. Image: BedsGOVET

Monthly column: What’s Happening to our Rivers?

You will no doubt have seen the shocking statistics in the news showing the state of our rivers following many years of ongoing pollution. This is why BedsGOVET, a citizen science...
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Water quality testing on River Great Ouse. Image BedsGovet

Bedford Ian writes…

28 February 2025: Tax facts, Put brew on, Naughty criminals, Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and has told us what he thinks of it all...
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River Great Ouse. Image: BedsGOVET

New Water Management Alliance to monitor river pollution across Bedford Borough

A new Bedford Borough Water Management Alliance will monitor river pollution and help to trace “where the naughtiness comes from” Bedford’s mayor has said. The council's...
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Lucas Tatek and a BedsGOVET volunteer testing at Houghton Mill. Image BedsGOVET

Monthly column: BedsGOVET – Getting the bigger picture

The Great Ouse is the fifth longest river in the UK and to get a fuller understanding of the contaminants in the Great Ouse, we have been working with other science citizen...
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River Great Ouse flooded with the butterfly bridge in the background January 2025 Image BEDSGovet

Monthly column: BedsGOVET – 2024 a year in review and our 2025 plans

We at the Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust wish you all a very happy and prosperous 2025. Looking back over 2024, our charity has really progressed due to the...
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