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Opinion: How Bedford can encourage its young sportswomen to keep playing, growing, and thriving

For many young girls across Bedford, getting involved in netball can be the first step to growing a passion for competitive sport. Local schools and clubs, including Real Bedford Netball...

Opinion: I won’t sit back and accept bigotry as the new norm; so why should Ofcom?

After GB News allowed another segment to air that included unfounded tropes against LGBT+ people, Bedford Independent's Sport Editor, Tom Carr asks why the authorities won't act...

Opinion: “Local people sit at the heart of the Universal United Kingdom Resort development”

This is a hugely exciting time for Bedfordshire. Today the government has secured a transformational investment of over £5 billion from Comcast NBCUniversal to build a theme park...

Opinion: Bedford Borough Council’s restaurant campaign should have been made in Bedford

An AI image sparked backlash over Bedford Borough Council’s restaurant campaign. Here’s what could have been done instead, and why keeping value in Bedford matters...

Opinion: Funding cuts and the future of the arts in Bedfordshire

A common theme seen not only in Bedfordshire but all around the UK is the cutting of arts education in schools, particularly since 2010. According to The Campaign for...

Opinion isn’t fact: How responsible journalism separates fact-based news from opinion-based columns

In an age of endless headlines, hot takes, and social media shares, it can be easy to blur the line between news and opinion. But that line matters for a healthy democracy and responsible...

Opinion: As another chain store collapses we’re left to pick up the pieces

Well, another one bites the dust then! With the news of the collapse of the HMV owner’s rescue attempt of Wilko we stand in front of yet another empty space in our ever-diminished town centre and ask ourselves...

Opinion: Be part of the solution not part of the problem

In the last 48 hours, two of our most popular stories have been about new businesses choosing Bedford to make bold, ambitious and dynamic change...

Opinion: PCC’s ‘racism accusation’ makes a mockery of both her careers

As a public official, let alone a former journalist, PCC Kathryn Holloway should be more than aware that she and her office will be asked difficult questions and be held to account. Her...

OPINION: When it comes to Cummings – the media fails

Journalism, has, on the whole, had a good crisis. My former trade has held the government's feet to the fire and highlighted key failures. But on Dominic Cummings it's fallen down - badly...

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