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Actor Larry Lamb launches Xmas campaign

This Christmas Frankie and Benny's pledge to be Secret Santa to vulnerable child...

Central Beds Council

Trans woman who applied for job at council loses discrimination claim

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Dementia charity brings Christmas joy to Bedford stores

The new Poundland store in Midland Road

Take a look inside as Poundland opens bumper new store in Bedford

Office for National Statistics figures show around 1,025 businesses in Bedford ceased trading in 2022 – up from 870 the year before

More than 1,000 businesses folded in Bedford in 2022

Dreamwear, in Silver Street, Bedford (Picture courtesy of The Monkey Group International Ltd/BusinessesForSale.com)

Bedford's Dreamwear says it's not going anywhere as premises goes on sale

The Vintage Suit Hire Company (Picture courtesy of Knightsbridge Business Sales Ltd/The Vintage Suit Hire Company)

Bedford vintage suit hire business up for sale

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show 44% of households in Bedford were living in homes with a rating of 'D' or below as of March

More than two in five homes in Bedford are suffering poor energy efficiency

Evri signs in the window of a Post Office branch. Picture: Mark Dolby

Post Office branches in Bedford are now taking Evri parcels

Stagecoach East wins the Gold Award

Stagecoach East wins gold at UK Bus Awards

One of the warehouses in Bedford where Kirkby Diamond has just completed three deals

Bedford Food Bank moves to bigger premises due to growing need in town
Two other firms have also expanded in trio of deals

The row of shops at Brickhill Drive

Brickhill Drive Post Office in Bedford to move after Christmas

Clearglaze Ltd is on Bedford’s Elm Farm Industrial Estate

£1.9m funding at glass manufacturer creates jobs and helps double its capacity

L-R Shanta (centre user), Fenella (Children's & Families Activity Facilitator)

Struggling community spaces in Bedford urged to apply for share of £500k fund to...

She was ordered to pay fine by magistrates

Kennels shut down after owner continued working following license removal

Friends for Life provide a befriending charity across Bedfordshire.

Mulberry Homes helps fund Bedford befriending charity

Lidl in Perkins Road

Bedford shoppers: Lidl in urgent food recall after plastic found in chocolate

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Bedford households pay hundreds of pounds in extra charges on their energy bills

Office for National Statistics figures show women in Bedford were earning an average of £15.23 per hour as of April, while men were paid £16.00 – a gap of 4.8%

Women in Bedford earn less than men as gender pay gap widens in Britain

The former Wilko store in Bedford

Property consultants instructed to find a buyer for former Bedford Wilkos site

Nicci Cochrane of Gracie's House

Meet the former fashion buyer making a business out of upcycling furniture

The King William IV, in Kempston

Kempston pub to reopen after major £380k revamp

Dreamwear, in Silver Street, Bedford (Picture courtesy of The Monkey Group International Ltd/BusinessesForSale.com)

Designer shop in Bedford's Silver Street up for sale

The Christmas lights are being switched on in Bedford on November 25 and in Kempston on November 26

Countdown to the big day as Bedford prepares to switch on the Christmas lights

Healthcare workers

Flitwick's Geopace Training scoops major business award

The former Debenhams site on the corner of Bedford High Street and Silver Street

Property consultants finally instructed to find a buyer for Debenhams site

The Bear opens on Wednesday (November 15)

The Bear in Bedford reopens this week after major £237k revamp

Figures from The Trussell Trust show 11,589 emergency food parcels were handed out between April and September across nine food banks in Bedford

Record number of food parcels handed out in Bedford this summer
"A generation is growing up believing it’s normal to see a food bank in every community - this is not right"

£10,331,000 was spent on temporarily housing the homeless in Bedford in the year to March - of this, £7,176,000 was covered by the council

More than £10m spent on temporary housing for homeless in Bedford

The gents loos at The Pilgrim's Progress

Pilgrim's Progress in Bedford wins loo award again

Did you buy this tealight holder from Aldi?

Aldi in urgent recall over Hallowe'en tealight holder, Bedford shoppers warned

The former Brethren's Gospel Hall ion Barkers Lane (Picture courtesy of Compass Elevation, Bedford)

Former place of worship in Bedford on the market with a £1.25m price tag

3,878 shoplifting offences were recorded by Bedfordshire Police in the year to June – up from 3,616 in 2022

Shoplifting on the rise in Bedfordshire

Katherine White and Steve Jones ( right) receive their Best Companies to Work for Award

Wyboston Lakes Resort is one of the UK’s 100 Best Large Companies to Work For

The new look Anchor

Pub in Bedford opens this weekend after six-figure refurbishment

International Mini Market, in Thurlow Street, Bedford

Bedford town centre shop smuggled counterfeit tobacco

Most restaurants and takeaways in Bedford scored well in this latest round of inspections

One pub and two takeaways need 'major improvement'

The former Bedford Debenhams Screenshot Google Streetview (C)2023 Google Image capture June 2023

"Urgency” needed to develop “prime” former Beales/Debenhams site says councillor

Resident wrapping presents

Bedford care home spreading joy this Christmas with present appeal

Mike Duxbury and Ness Shillito

Blind Flitwick farmer gets top award from PM Rishi Sunak

Amber Olney

Bus company is shortlisted for awards

Example of a warehouse store. Image: Pixabay

Bedford business fined £67,000 after employee suffers life-threatening injuries

Richard Fuller MP is calling for an investigation by the National Audit Office

East West Rail – audit office to investigate project after MP voiced concerns

Trains are soon to run again on the Bletchley to Bedford Marston Vale line

Trains to finally run again on the troubled Bletchley to Bedford line

Mountain Warehouse has opened a new store at the Interchange Retail Park, Bedford

Mountain Warehouse opens new store at Bedford’s Interchange Retail Park
Opening has created 12 new jobs

The Rose pub in Bedford's High street is to be sold by auction on November 2

Historic Bedford pub to go under the hammer at auction

Prison dog handler Kane Walker pictured with his two dogs, Duke, a cocker spaniel, and Jake, a Labrador

Meet the former chef who became the country's youngest prison dog handler

A solar farm  (ARCHIVE IMAGE)

Plans unveiled for new solar farm and battery storage scheme on edge of Bedford

Ampthill Household Waste Recycling Centre, Abbey Lane. Picture: Google Maps

People using tidy tip in Ampthill will be asked to prove they live in the area

BN - 2 - Sales Advisers Mansha and Lauren, with Rosemary McCabe of Wixams Retirement Village

Retirement village receives care package from Bedfordshire homebuilder

The team at QD’s Bedford store celebrating its 25th anniversary.

QD Stores celebrates 25 years in Bedford with 'spin the wheel' competition for c...

Lidl in Perkins Road

Lidl in urgent food recall after hard plastic found in chicken dippers

Department for Work and Pensions figures show 29,062 pensioners in Bedford received help in 2022-23 – up from 28,655 the year before

More elderly people in Bedford received help to pay their heating bills

The fire at Luton Airport

EV not believed to be cause of massive car park blaze at Luton airport

A new Poundland is coming t9o Bedford in November (Picture courtesy of Love Bedford)

Poundland to open new Bedford store in vacant Tesco site on Midland Road