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Shaftesbury Avenue, Bedford partially blocked as tree branch falls onto car

Shaftesbury Avenue, running alongside Russell Park in Bedford, is partially blocked this afternoon after a large branch fell onto a parked car. No injuries have been reported...

Bedford Ian writes…

12 June 2026: Citizen Smith, Transport transparency, Italian Enough? and Tree-mendous. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…

More trees and bees for Bedford as local businesses mark Earth Day

There's a buzz in the air and a rustle in the wind as two Bedford businesses have marked Earth day by 'investing in our planet' and supporting the local environment on their doorstep. Bedford...

Council tree-planting projects continue with 5,000 tree giveaway

Residents, schools, businesses and community organisations are all invited to take part in Bedford Borough Council's tree giveaway - which will see 5,000 trees up for grabs. On Wednesday...

Letters: Don’t go to this barber

What on Earth was in the mind of those who ‘trimmed’ the beautiful willows along the Embankment? Having planted the summer bedding plants, which are promising a beautiful...

Can you help quench the thirst of Bedford’s young trees?

Concerns over the health of younger trees across Bedford, that are struggling in the current hot and dry weather, has forced the local council to ask residents to help water...

Trees to be sacrificed to ease Sharnbrook School traffic build-up

Four mature trees – and possibly a fifth – are to be sacrificed to the needs of parents driving their children to and from a school...

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