Subscribe in seconds and receive Bedford Independent's news feed updates in your inbox, on your phone or even read them from your own news page here on follow.it.
You can select the updates using tags or topics and you can add as many websites to your feed as you like.
And the service is entirely free!
Follow Bedford Independent: Bedford news as it happens - Bedford Independent
Is this your feed? Claim it!
Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…
Burnham downThere’s a sense of irony in the timing of the emergency alert sent to millions of phones this evening about wildfires, as it happened seconds after the publication of this month’s environmental column by BedsGOVET.
<...The heat is on, literally, for water companies to start to fix all the broken pipes where thousands of litres of water are pouring out over hot tarmac across the UK.
Meanwhile, gardens are scorching, trees and flowers are wilting, and essential insect life is struggling to survive.
Bedfordians recycled an impressive 11,774 tonnes of household waste from April 2025 to the end of March 2026, helping to reduce disposal costs and protect the local environment.
This includes the introduction of glass bottles and jars collections from orange-lidded household recycling bins from December 1, 2025.
The Bedford junior aquathlon returns Sunday 11 October, a swimming and running event for local schoolchildren.
Now in its 20th year, organised by Bedford Borough Council’s sports development unit and sponsored by the Gale family charity trust.
A fundraising dinner organised by a former Bedford Blues player in support of The Katie Piper Foundation (KPF) will take place at the Bedford Blues in their CMC Marquee at Goldington Road in September.
Former England rugby union international Jason Leonard MBE will appear as the main speaker for the evening (18 September), alongside compere Ian Peck and commentator ...