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Cycle Ban sign about 10ft high on a lamp post on Silver Street, Bedford Town Centre. Image: Bedford Independent

Letters: Cycle ban is helping destroy the town centre and local environment

Bedford has always been until recently a ’Town of Cyclists’ since the invention of the safety cycle, not to the extent of Cambridge or Oxford but nevertheless in the top quartile of UK cycling...
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Winter Wonderland 2023 aftermath in Bedford Park. Image: Justin Leahy

Letters: “Public spaces are not here to be increasingly commercialised”

As a local resident to Bedford Park, I find it deeply uneasy that the public consultation for the 'Temporary Change of Use to Winter Wonderland’ for Bedford Park, scheduled to end...
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Sue Ryder Ampthill Road

Letters: Thank you to Bedfordshire’s Sue Ryder charity shop teams and supporters

As Service Director at Sue Ryder St John's Hospice, I wanted to get in touch this Hospice Care Week to share our huge thanks with our Sue Ryder charity shop teams and volunteers in...
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Renhold Stop East West Rail signs 6

Letters: EWR project could be a six-year bombshell that is set to cripple Bedford

Another Freedom of Information request was submitted to East-West Rail many months ago requesting the construction impact of EWR on Bedford Town. It has revealed a six-year bombshell...
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Police on the beat on Bedford High Street. Image: Bedfordshire Police/Facebook

Letters: PCC invites public? I don’t think so

We’re told that the PCC’s new survey is aimed at hearing the views from the Bedford public on policing, but is that really the objective? The large number of complex questions sounds...
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Bedford has strong links with the village of Al Walaja in Palestine, commemorated by a tree planted on the Embankment. Image: Bedford Friends of Al Walaja/Facebook

Letter: Advocating peace is commendable but the Israel-Palestine conflict is complex

I write in response to Ben Foley’s letter advocating for a bilateral ceasefire and immediate recognition of Palestine. While advocating for peace is commendable, it is...
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Bedford has strong links with the village of Al Walaja in Palestine, commemorated by a tree planted on the Embankment. Image: Bedford Friends of Al Walaja/Facebook

Letters: I will continue to proudly call for an immediate bilateral ceasefire and immediate recognition of Palestine

Jakob Whiten criticises me for raising the issue of Gaza in the General Election. In this country, foreign policy is determined by the Government, which is in turn selected by General...
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Protesters calling for a Gaza ceasefire marched from Bedford Park to Castle Mound on 2 March 2024. Image: Tony Burke

Letters: Green Party candidate is wrong to use Gaza as a political football

This letter is in response to your article, Gaza top priority for Bedford and Kempston voters, claims Green candidate. I want to highlight that I have not met more than ten residents in this...
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Speedometer fast speeding dangerous driving 90mph.

Letters: Queen’s Park isn’t the only place in Bedford with dangerous driving

The recent complaints of dangerous driving in Queens Park prompt me to write to voice the same concern within Bedford town centre. I regularly see high-performance vehicles...
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Queen’s Park signage

Letters: When will Queen’s Park have help controlling dangerous driving?

I am continually horrified at the state of driving in Queen's Park. On Saturday (25 May), whilst I was driving to the 20 MPH limit across Queen's Park, I was continually beeped by a white van...
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