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Take part in The Great Big Green Week in Bedford this June

The Great Big Green Week is returning this June, a celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. From Saturday 8 - Sunday 16 June, Bedfordshire Climate Change...

Grab a bargain and raise money for charity at Brewpoint’s first Thriftathon

Bedford-based brewery, Brewpoint, is turning its Garden Bar into a pop-up thrift shop this month, to raise money for a children's cancer charity. On Saturday, 18 May, the brewery's first-ever Thriftathon will take...

Weekly food waste collections in Bedford thanks to £1.5m government funding

Bedford Borough Council is to get funding to introduce weekly food waste collections, the government has announced. Councils in England will be supported with up to £295 million in funding to introduce...

Opinion: 15-minute cities? Yes, please

Imagine, if you will, an alternate reality in which public transport and green infrastructure have been so widely invested in that the whole of Bedford Borough is served by clean, frequent, efficient and...

Letters: Concerns new evangelical church could increase flooding in Kempston

A planning application has been submitted by Grace Church, an evangelical church which currently meets in Kempston’s Addison Centre, to build a large complex on a field next to the River Great Ouse...

Depot’s solar roof helps Thameslink journey towards a carbon net zero future

The roof of Govia Thameslink Railway’s (GTR’s) train depot in Cauldwell Walk will be the site of one of Bedfordshire's biggest solar arrays once it's completed this year. Almost 1,000 photovoltaic panels (932)...

Get involved in Great Big Green Week events in Bedford (10 – 18 June)

Once again, organisations, individuals and communities are joining together to take part in The Great Big Green Week - the UK’s biggest call for action on climate change. This year's event takes place on...

Letters: “Well done, Parks department”

Just sensational is how I would describe the tulip display along the Embankment. Beautifully designed, the mass of colour was a joy to behold. Well done parks dept...

If only they’d advertised with the Bedford Independent – business fined for fly-posting on Ampthill Road

A business has been ordered to pay a £100 fixed penalty notice for fly-posting on Amptihill Road after tracking the person responsible for putting them up through CCTV footage from the area...

Heritage Party candidate: “abandon the commitment to net zero”

The Heritage Party mayoral candidate told an audience that the adherence to green ideology is “economically insane” and the commitments...

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