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Suzanne Cottle and Ethan at the Most Wuthering Heights Day in Folkstone in 2025. Image Suzanne Cotttle

Channel your inner Kate Bush and join in Bedford’s ‘Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever’

The 2026 River Festival is fast approaching, and this year, there is something completely new to get involved in, especially if you are a Kate Bush fan. Bedfordian Suzanne Cottle...
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Kayaks on the River Great Ouse by the Butterfly Bridge during the River Festival Image Bedford Borough Council

Everything you need to know as Bedford River Festival returns next month

Bedford River Festival returns on 18 and 19 July with dragon boats, raft races, live music, classic cars, watersports and family entertainment. Thousands of people are expected to descend on...
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The Meeting in its new location at St Paul's Square. Image Bedford Independent

Retrospective planning bid for relocated Bedford town centre sculpture

Bedford Borough Council has submitted a retrospective planning application after relocating a town centre sculpture from Harpur Square to St Paul’s Square as part of regeneration works...
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St. George dragon statue in London, the UK. Symbol of England. Black and white with red St. George's Cross Image: PHOTOCREO Michal Bednarek shutterstock

Bedford Ian writes…

24 April 2026: English Pride, Waste of space, and whoops. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…
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Dancer at Bangladesh Independence Day celebrations. Image: QPCO

Bedford to host Bangladesh Independence anniversary celebration

Two organisations are partnering this month to mark the 55th anniversary of Bangladesh’s Independence with the theme of 'Asha', meaning hope. Bangladesh declared...
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Bedford Flea stalls on Harpur Square in April 2025

Bedford Flea, Affordable Art and Local Produce Market finds a new home in Harpur Square

One of our favourite events, the Bedford Flea, Affordable Art and Local Produce Market, is back with its first market of 2026, and we can’t wait. The usual eclectic mix of traders can be...
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Families congregate in Harpur Square to celebrate St Patrick's Day in Bedford

St Patrick’s Day: a celebration of Irish community, culture and craic

Bedford town centre will once again come alive with Irish culture, music and community spirit, as Queen’s Park Community Organisation (QPCO), in partnership with Bedford’s...
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Harpur Square Cycle Shelter Image Bedford Borough Council

More than 1,000 cyclists registered as Harpur Square bike shelter gets seasonal spruce-up

Bedford Borough Council has announced a refresh of the Harpur Square cycle shelter, improving security and convenience for over 1,000 registered cyclists in the town centre...
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A piper from the Bedford Pipe Band leads RBL standard bearers and former service men and women onto Harpur Square ahead of the commemorative raising of a VE Day 80 flag. Image: Bedford Borough Council

VE Day 80 remembered in Bedford with tributes to the bravery and sacrifice we “must keep remembering”

Bedford Borough marked the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) this morning (Thursday) with a commemorative flag-raising ceremony in Harpur Square...
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Commemorative bench in aid of the 80th VE Day event in Bedford

VE Day 80 events announced as Bedford remembers

The 80th anniversary of VE Day is on Thursday 8 May, and there are a number of events taking place in Bedford town centre commemorating the occasion, including a parade on Sunday 11 May...
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