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The Ship reopens in time for the bank holiday weekend’s St Cuthbert’s Street Festival

The doors to one of Bedford's oldest pubs, The Ship on St Cuthbert's Street, are open once again, just in time for this weekend's street festival. The popular town centre pub has benefited...

St Cuthbert’s Festival puts the party into the heart of Bedford

This bank holiday weekend, St Cuthbert’s Street is once again closing the road and throwing a party to celebrate the wonderful and unique businesses that make up this Bedford indies hot-spot...

Bedford Indies: The Store

This month’s indie spotlight is on The Store, Bedford’s zero-waste shop on St Cuthbert’s Street. It was opened in 2019 by Rosanna Heasman, with the aim of reducing single-use...

The Bedford Clanger at 15: Celebrating a decade and a half of local art, culture, shopping and more

Back in May 2011, if you’d told me the magazine we were about to launch would still be going strong 15 years later, I would have laughed you out of the room. But here we are, celebrating the...

Anger over Bedford’s evening parking grows while councillor defends controversial charges

Bedford Borough Council has defended new evening and overnight parking charges at River Street, Lurke Street and other town centre car parks, saying they are needed in a “serious financial situation”...

Who’s on Bedford’s new Town Centre Advisory Board? Full list revealed as first meeting takes place

The Bedford Town Centre Advisory Board has held its first meeting, bringing together local business leaders, education representatives and councillors to help shape the future of the town centre...

“I want this town to win” McCormack defends Bedford crime comments after launch of town centre security pilot

The businessman behind a controversial pilot to provide private security in Bedford Town Centre has said he isn't trying to "talk Bedford down" and that the first weekend of patrols was...

“We’re reclaiming our town” Bedford unites in powerful public meeting on crime and safety

More than 100 Bedfordians - business owners, residents and councillors packed into Real Coffee on Bedford's High Street last night for a public meeting that laid bare the challenges...

Senior Bedfordshire Police officer responds to letter calling on force to tackle crime in Bedford

A senior Bedfordshire Police officer has responded to a warning by Bedford businessman Peter McCormack earlier this week (Monday) which told them to ‘tackle crime or we’ll do it ourselves’...

Guest writer: What do we truly want from our high streets?

Rosanna Heasman is the owner of an eco and refill shop, The Store on St Cuthbert's Street. As a fellow independent retailer announces its closure, Rosanna asks the question, 'What do we truly want from our high streets?'...

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