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Home Office remains tight-lipped over ‘secret’ Rwanda deportation training facility

The Home Office has refused to comment on the location of a 'secret' facility to train officers being used to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda...

WATCH: Bird’s eye view of Bedford Borough from balloon basket

An experienced hot air balloon enthusiast took a flight over Bedford Borough recently and shared the bird's eye view with his followers on YouTube. Rob Parr, who lives...

Opinion: Forget your faux-outrage at the ‘wokeness’, street name change is the right thing to do

People being woke is a big point of discussion these days. People are either too woke or not woke enough, with both sides seemingly delighted at being able to tell each other why they're...

Petition started to change “bad taste” Shortstown road name

A petition to change the name of a road near the Cardington Sheds in Shortstown has started with a campaigner saying it dishonours the victims of the R101 airship disaster whose...

Squid Game reality show makers deny serious injuries at Bedford filming

The makers of a new reality game show based on the South Korean drama TV series being filmed at Bedford have denied reports contestants suffered serious injuries in freezing temperatures. Netflix...

91st anniversary of R101 crash remembered in history podcast

A history podcast, set up to alleviate the boredom of lockdown, has turned its attention to Bedford this week, to mark the 91st anniversary of the ill-fated maiden voyage of the R101 airship...

Bedford Creative Arts launch Airship Dreamers club for kids

Bedford Creative Arts (BCA) have launched the Airship Dreamers club to help local children explore Bedford’s Airship history. The club forms part of BCA’s Airship Dreams: Escaping Gravity...

£1m Cardington Shed maintenance agreed by housing developer

Developers of nearly 600 new homes already approved for Shortstown have agreed to hand over £1 million to maintain historic airship Shed One at Cardington...

Council seeks new deal with developers to secure future of iconic airship sheds

Council planners are in new talks with developers over a deal to secure the future of the iconic giant airship sheds in Cardington. Bedford Borough Council had in 2014 given permission for 592 homes to be built near the sheds at Shortstown on the understanding that a deal would...

Airship Dreams project unveiled on 90th anniversary of R101’s final flight

Today (4 October) marks the 90th anniversary of the last voyage of the R101 airship, which left Cardington in 1930 and tragically crashed, killing...

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