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A mobile phone screen showing the registration page for the council's household waste registration scheme. Image Bedford Borough Council

New Barkers Lane tip system sees 26,000 sign-ups in first month

Since its launch last month, over 26,000 vehicles have been registered on the new system at Barkers Lane Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC), according to Bedford Borough Council...
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Food leftovers being scraped into the food waste caddy. Image Bedford Borough Council

In six months Bedfordians have turned over 2,750 tonnes of food waste into renewable energy

In the six months since weekly food waste collections were launched by Bedford Borough Council, Bedfordians have diverted over 2,790 tonnes of food waste from black bins...
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Artist impression of the planned Ashburnham MSCP for Bedford Train Station. Image: EWR.

Council warns Bedfordians are going in blind over East West Rail parking plans

Bedford Borough Council has expressed serious concerns over a lack of traffic modelling data for the revised Bedford station car park, warning that the community is being asked to go in blind...
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Electric Vehicle EV charging points Russell Avenue Bedford

Council installs 260 public EV chargers for Bedford homes without driveways

Bedfordians without driveways or off-street parking can now switch to electric vehicles with confidence as the council rolls out 260 new charging sockets across the borough...
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Bedford's Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) on Barkers Lane

Bedfordians must register vehicles online before visiting Barkers Lane tip

Say goodbye to the 10-day permit wait. Bedfordians can now instantly register their vehicles online for trips to the Barkers Lane tip before new ANPR cameras go live on 1 October...
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Grant Palmer and Stagecoach bus at Bedford Bus Station. Image: Bedford Borough Council

Opposition councillors claim victory as axed Bedford bus routes restored

Bedford's opposition councillors are claiming a victory after the council's Executive Committee report says it will reinstate funding for axed bus routes. After bus-users in Goldington...
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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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Road resurfacing taking place in one of Bedford Borough's rural roads Image Bedford Borough Council

Bedford Council completes summer road works ahead of government reporting deadline

Bedford Borough Council has completed summer road dressing across rural routes including Turvey and Hinwick, pushing preventative maintenance ahead of a mandatory government report...
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Cardboard being put into containers at the Barkers Lane Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC). Image Bedford Borough Council

Number plate checks brought in at Barkers Lane tip to stop out-of-towners dumping waste

Bedford Borough Council says its new vehicle registration system will protect the Barkers Lane tip from misuse by businesses and people from outside the borough...
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An image of a clear plastic bag of old batteries ready for recycling

“Don’t bin batteries or vapes,” says council following last year’s waste depot fire

Bedford Borough Council has repeated their warnings not to put old batteries and vapes in ordinary household bins, following a fire at a materials recovery depot in Elstow last year...
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