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What’s on Bedford: 30 May – 9 June 2024

Your weekly what’s on guide for Bedford and the surrounding area from The Bedford Clanger. Never miss a thing in Bedford ever again. From theatre to film, live music to art exhibitions, The Bedford...

What’s on Bedford: 23 May – 2 June 2024

Who is standing in the general election across Bedford Borough? What we know so far

With the news yesterday that there will be a General Election on 4 July 2024, details of who will be running in constituencies across Bedford Borough are starting to come in. While some candidates...

Old Bailey trial today for man charged with causing explosion at Sharnbrook property

A man from Sharnbrook will stand trial at the Old Bailey today, charged with causing an explosion likely to endanger life or property. Matthew Haydon, aged 47 at the time of the incident, was arrested in...

Bedford Prison security called into question after journalist gets inside without checks

The Justice Secretary says he is seeking “urgent clarification” on prison security at HMP Bedford after an undercover journalist for The Times managed to get a job there without any security...

“Some of the worst conditions ever seen” says inspector of “neglected” Bedford jail

Nearly 250 years after John Howard published his book on prison reform, the jail in his home town of Bedford has been described as holding prisoners in some of the worst conditions inspectors have...

John Bunyan Museum reopens to tell the story of Bedford’s most famous son

“Urgent action needed” as inspectors find squalid conditions, spiralling self-harm and violence at Bedford Prison

HM Inspector of Prisons says that conditions at HMP Bedford have deteriorated so sharply that they've had to issue an urgent notification for improvement...

Podcast commemorates 180th anniversary of the last woman to be publicly executed at Bedford Gaol

On Saturday, 5 August it is 180 years to the day, that Sarah Dazley was hanged outside Bedford Gaol for the crime of poisoning her second husband, William. She was dubbed by the Victorian press the...

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