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Stock image of swimmers at a GLL swimming pool in Bedford

GLL links up with Diabetes UK for new swimming and walking challenges

Bedford's leisure operator, GLL is once again teaming up with Diabetes UK to help thousands of people across Bedford Borough get active, with the Swim22 challenge leading the way...
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Robinson Pool main swimming pool. Image Bedford Borough Council

Free gym and swim sessions for Bedford Borough foster carers and their families

Foster carers in Bedford Borough can now enjoy free access to local gyms and swimming pools thanks to a new scheme launched by Bedford Borough Council in partnership with GLL (Better)...
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The new 'Check You Out' sticker, as part of an NHS campaign to check for signs of cancer

Leisure centres across Bedford Borough to host new ‘Check You Out’ cancer campaign

Gym-goers and swimmers across Bedford will notice a new campaign on the mirrors of their leisure centres in the coming weeks as GLL has become the first leisure provider in the UK to join a cancer awareness programme...
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Violet Alison (10) and Eleanor Casey (11) enjoying the Oasis Beach Pool party. Image: Bedford Independent

New Bedford Borough leisure operator says customer feedback about them has been “positive”

Bedford Borough’s new leisure provider said it has had “positive feedback and minimal complaints” since taking over in February. Councillor Colleen Atkins (Labour, Harpur), the...
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Violet Alison (10) and Eleanor Casey (11) enjoying the Oasis Beach Pool party. Image: Bedford Independent

Opinion: Aloha, Bedford! Oasis Beach Pool party brings Hawaii to town

Oasis Beach Pool officially opened today (Tuesday) and hundreds of Bedfordians came along to celebrate 'Hawaiian style' with a beach party to remember, and I loved it. Walking...
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Children fun swimming pool play water leisure Image: Adobe Stock/davit85

Exclusive: Oasis Beach Pool opening date set as new management promises ‘customers will come first’

The new management team looking after Bedford Borough Council's leisure services have said that they want customers to know they will be listened to and that their needs will come first as they...
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