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Black Tom community unites for Saturday morning street clean-up

Neighbours of all ages in Bedford’s Black Tom area grabbed brooms and litter pickers to clean up their streets, collecting 12 bags of rubbish fuelled by bacon rolls from the local pub...

Join Bedford’s town centre community litter pick

As part of continued efforts to improve the town centre, Bedford Borough Council is hosting a community litter pick on Sunday, 10 August from 10am to midday. Residents of all ages are invited...

Call for volunteers to join Bedford River Festival clean-up crew

Bedford Borough is calling on member of the public to volunteer their time to help clean up after the Bedford River Festival (20 and 21 July ).The Bedford River Festival attracts around 300,000 people across....

Opinion: Be part of the solution, not the problem

This week I interviewed Jane Hutcheon of Hay Lane Flowers as she prepared to install the best Christmas decoration Bedford - or indeed most towns - could imagine...

What’s on Bedford: 22 September – 2 October 2022

As the Great Big Green Week kicks off, check out all their events plus our usual cultural delights including live music, comedy, theatre, culture and more. Enjoy!

Take part in a paddle boarding river clean up this Saturday

Want to try paddle boarding and do your bit to help flight plastic pollution? Volunteers from Plastic Patrol have teamed up with SUP Bedford...

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