Two “temporary” car parks next to Bedford Hospital could be kept in place for another five years after developers lodged fresh planning applications with Bedford Borough Council...| Bedford Independent
Councils across the UK added £7.8bn to their debt pile in the year to April 2025, according to analysis by the BBC Shared Data Unit – with Bedford Borough Council among those recording...| Bedford Independent
Bedford Borough Council spent £17.5 million on temporary accommodation between December 2023 and March 2025, new figures show. The majority of the money went to private...| Bedford Independent
A partnership between housing association bpha and the Hill Group has asked Bedford Borough Council to confirm whether its plans for 170 new homes off Mowbray Road and Moor Lane, Bedford...| Bedford Independent
The head of the British Regional Transport Association (BRTA) has urged planners behind the proposed Universal Studios theme park at Kempston Hardwick to prioritise rail over road upgrades...| Bedford Independent
22 August 2025: Hivis hypocrisy, Idiotic ignorance and Long arm of the... litter picker. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…| Bedford Independent
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have defended their decision to add an amendment on council governance to a key proposal regarding Universal Studios. Group leader, cllr Henry Vann...| Bedford Independent
Bedford Borough Council has voted to approve its formal amended response to the government’s consultation on the proposed Universal Destinations and Experiences resort...| Bedford Independent
Bedford mayor Tom Wootton (Conservative) has welcomed a High Court decision preventing an Essex hotel from being used to house asylum seekers without planning permission...| Bedford Independent
Bedford and Kempston MP Mohammad Yasin has condemned a wave of racist abuse directed at his social media posts celebrating both Indian and Pakistani Independence Days...| Bedford Independent
Bedford Borough Council says it backs local businesses – but spending figures show the lion’s share of its spending is going to national suppliers. The council said it is supporting local...| Bedford Independent
Bedford Borough Council has confirmed the Bedfordshire Pension Fund was running a £79.2 million deficit at its last full valuation – but says there are no concerns over its governance or stability...| Bedford Independent
Our recent presentation by Alan Horn, Chair of The Bedfordshire Great Ouse Valley Environmental Trust to the Riverfield community at...| Bedford Independent
Bedford’s mayor has approved a £300,000 investment to build new padel tennis courts at the Mowsbury Golf and Squash Complex...| Bedford Independent
Thursday 28th November 2024 Readers may recall a blog in August describing an unusual situation north of Bedford where competition had broken out between Grant Palmer and Stagecoach on a bus route …| BusAndTrainUser
Saturday 10th August 2024 All is not well on a rural bus route in Bedford. As you can see from the above headlines in last week’s trade press (Route One) and the Bedford Today online news web…| BusAndTrainUser
Bedford Borough Council have indicated they no longer have faith in Bedford’s Business Improvement District (BID) after announcing they...| Bedford Independent
