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Mayor Tom Wootton with councillors and officers of Bedford Borough Council outside the new What's On Hub

“This is Bedford’s time to shine” says mayor at official opening of What’s On Hub

Bedford's elected mayor said that the launch of the Borough's new What's On Hub was a proud day for the town and had been "in the planning for a long time." The new hub was officially...
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PCC John Tizard speaking at the launch of his police and crime plan on 3 October 2024. Image: LDRS.

Mayor’s warning and £8.5m loans spark emergency meeting with Bedfordshire PCC

Bedfordshire’s police and crime commissioner (PCC), John Tizard, is to face questions at an extraordinary meeting of the Police and Crime Panel next week (4 June) following...
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Two desks at the newly opened What's On Hub in the former Debenham building.

Former Debenhams partially reopens as ‘what’s on hub’ for Bedford town centre

The former Debenhams building in Bedford town centre is partially reopening as a 'what's on' hub to promote and celebrate local cultural events and support tourism. The What's On Bedford…
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(l-r) Mayor Tom Wootton, Clare Dunkinson of Creating Memories, and cllr John Wheeler with their cheque. Image: LDRS

Air ambulance, Bunyan Museum and Creating Memories receive mayor’s charity donations

Bedford’s mayor and the Borough Council’s former speaker have presented cheques to three charities to mark the end of a year of fundraising. Yesterday, the Trustees of the Mayor of...
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Bedford Town Centre from above

Council urges Bedfordians to help lead “transparent and collaborative” future of town centre

Bedford Borough Council is calling on local business leaders to help shape Bedford Town Centre's future as recruitment opens for a new Town Centre Advisory Board to...
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Police on the beat on Bedford High Street. Image: Bedfordshire Police/Facebook

Bedford Ian writes…

16 May 2025: Mayoral maybe, Political policing, Scrutiny scrapped?, and Star nonsense. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he...
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Bedford Borough Hall Bedford Borough council signage and entrance

Plans to scrap two Bedford Borough Council committees spark democracy concerns

A proposal to remove two Bedford Borough Council committees would result in a “loss of strong governance”, an opposition councillor has claimed. But Bedford’s mayor said he was...
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Police on the beat on Bedford High Street. Image: Bedfordshire Police/Facebook

Mayor says Bedford town centres ‘under siege’ by crime in letter to police chief constable

Bedford and Kempston town centres are 'under siege' by crime, Bedford’s mayor has said in a scathing letter to the chief constable. Mayor Tom Wootton (Conservative) told the chief...
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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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"The Spirit of Bedford" A group photo of the 2024 Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards finalists, highly commended and winners

A night to remember with Borough’s Everyday Heroes recognised as the “spirit of Bedford”

There’s something truly magical about a community coming together to celebrate its own, and that’s precisely what happened at the 2024 Bedford Independent Everyday Heroes Awards...
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