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Grange pupils enjoy Country Days out during Easter holidays

After months of lockdowns, social isolation and lack of opportunities for visits and activities, students from Kempston's Grange Academy were able to spend two days...
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Everyday Heroes Awards 2020

Everyday heroes: Awards in the time of Covid

Back in January 2020, the Bedford Independent announced the launch of our Everyday Heroes awards. The nominations poured in, the judging panel was on standby and...
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David Steadman, Chief Executive, The Harpur Trust

The Harpur Trust couldn’t be prouder to celebrate Bedford’s unsung heroes

As we head ever closer to finding out who our winners will be in the 2020 Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards we caught up with David Steadman, Chief Executive of the awards...
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Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards: Apprentice of the Year nominees

Today we're shining a spotlight on Bedford Borough's apprentices and giving you a short insight into why they've been nominated. The winners will be announced on 25 March 2021 at 7:30 pm on...
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Exteriour shot of the Quarry Theatre in Bedford. Image: Bedford School

NOMINEES ANNOUNCED: It’s almost time to celebrate Bedford’s Everyday Heroes

The Bedford Independent, in partnership with The Harpur Trust, is delighted to announce the nominations for the inaugural Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards 2020. Along with...
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Bedford School boy is named BBC Young Chorister of the Year

A Bedford School boy has won BBC Young Chorister of the Year after wowing the judges at yesterday's final at Gorton Monastery in Manchester...
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Bedford Independent announces new ‘Covid Heroes’ award categories

The Bedford Independent Awards may have been postponed due to the pandemic, but it has allowed us to add two new categories, to find the Borough's 'Covid Heroes'. Throughout the...
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Harpur Trust art competition

Bedford’s youngest artists celebrated at tonight’s Harpur Trust Virtual Art Competition Awards

Bedford schoolchildren's perspective of Bedford is in the frame this evening, at a virtual awards ceremony marking the end of this year's Harpur Trust...
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Older person

New befriending service combats loneliness in Bedford

A social outreach project to combat loneliness and isolation in the community has been recently launched in Putnoe. The befriending service, Project 41...
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Airship Dreams

Share your memories of the past and hopes for the future with BCA’s project ‘Airship Dreams’

Do your grandparents remember airships flying above Bedford? Did one of your family members work at Cardington Sheds? Could you imagine a futuristic...
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