The Bedford Independent, Bedford Summer Sessions and four local businesses are giving away tickets and Retreat upgrades through a town-wide riddle challenge...
The lifesaving charity, Magpas Air Ambulance, has welcomed a recruit in the form of their new Mascot, and the charity is looking for help in choosing a name for it. The air ambulance charity...
Bedford-based brewery, Wells & Co has launched a new beer to celebrate the birthday of one of the family’s most influential women. In honour of what would have been Josephine Wells’...
St Thomas More sixth former Emmanuel reached the finalist stage in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition. The competition is for 16-25 year olds to design original tech ideas which are made...
This summer will see some of the world's biggest acts performing as part of the biggest-ever concert series to come to Bedford Park, thanks to TK Maxx and Cuffe & Taylor. So it seems...
Celebrating its third year of trading, Rosehip Bespoke Floristry is an independent florist based at The Barn on Cople Road in Cardington. Owners Zannah Allen and Hannah Hurd took the decision in 2023...
Bedfordshire is home to an all-new light trail set within the stunning grounds of Wrest Park, English Heritage's 18th-century stately home near Cople. From 1 December to 1 January, visitors...
To celebrate the launch of the new Mountain Warehouse store at Bedford's Interchange Retail Park, we have got two prizes up for grabs for Bedford Independent readers. The UK outdoor specialist retailer's...
A family-run carpet cleaning company in Brickhill is hoping that their literary talents will win them a new van in a poetry competition run by Mercedes Benz. Russell and Nikki Eatly run Pristine...
On 15 June, Cranfield University is hosting its annual conference for budding entrepreneurs, small business owners, investors and academia - and we have a pair of passes to give to one lucky...
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