Participants

Action from Beds Games Field Events

Annual games celebrating inclusion and achievement for 35th year in Bedford

Justice in Motion

Show addressing county lines drug dealing heads to Bedford River Festival

Phoebe (left) and Will (Right) at their new studio

Creative duo known for their candles and workshops secures new premises

Join annual Yoga and Wellbeing in the Park event, at Bedford Park on Sunday, June 9

Popular Yoga and Wellbeing in the Park event returns to Bedford Park next month

Heritage Horizons

University of Bedfordshire secures funding to lead new heritage project

Abdul Kalam, Jobs 22 Interim Business Manager; Mohammad Yasin MP and Yolande Michell, Jobs 22 Region

Bedford MP visits Restart Scheme office that helps jobseekers back into work

Heather Kell (L) & Clare Keating-Roberts (R) from Sharnbrook Academy with Ollie Frith (C) from CPI

Sharnbrook Academy wins £1,000 for participating in CPI’s ‘School Behaviour Surv...

In order to take part, you’ll need to have a smart meter installed and your energy supplier must be signed up.

Millions will be paid to cut energy to avoid blackouts in winter 2023

Sonny Rising.

Bedford Scout heads to South Korea

Top 10 coastal destinations revealed - is your area on the list?

X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson has called for an independent inquiry into reality shows

Rebecca Ferguson calls for independent inquiry into reality shows

ITV X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson said the result of the inquiry will be “beyond terrifying”.

Chloe Clarke

Big Brother is returning for its twentieth series to its new home of ITV.

Big Brother producers looking for participants to apply for new series

Eurovision fans suffered a voting mishap through the official app

Eurovision app frustrates users in voting mishap

Finland to teach Brits how to be happy on all-expenses paid trip to luxury Finnish resort

Finland to teach Brits how to be happy on free luxury trip - apply now

Westminster Abbey’s mediaeval Cosmati Pavement can be walked on by the public for the first time in living memory - Credit: Getty Images

Westminster Abbey’s Cosmati Pavement opened to public for coronation

There will be free sanitary products, breast-feeding areas and more support for women on the day

London Marathon to hand out free sanitary products in this year’s race

Sophie and Pete, from Blackpool, have revealed all - Credit: Channel 4 / Gogglebox

Gogglebox stars Pete and Sophie reveal ages and real life jobs

A UK vape company, Blo Bar, has launched a new scheme to encourage users to recycle their empty vapes rather than throwing them away.

Free vape pen for users who recycle under new scheme

Experts warn that these common foods can increase cancer risk

Mike Tindall charges £20k to go shooting in the Cotswolds with him

National Grid will be rewarding some UK households for reducing energy usage tonight

Households to be rewarded for reducing energy usage tonight

People of all ages were delighted to see the return of the Loony Dook and this plucky pensioner was determined to get a good view from the beach!

Can early retirement lead to a decline in cognitive ability?

The double McPlant burger is set to launch in McDonald’s stores on January 4 2023.

Double McPlant burger to land at McDonald’s stores - here’s when

Alcoholics will be offered ketamine to help them stay off the booze for longer in a new medical trial led by the University of Exeter.

Alcoholics to be offered ketamine in new NHS medical trial

Silentnight warns that Black Friday shoppers could lose out on sleep.

Third of people in Britain could lose sleep over Black Friday deals

The ballot results for the London Marathon 2023 have been announced

London Marathon 2023: Ballot results announced and other ways to enter

Members of the public finish during the 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon

London Marathon 2023: How to enter ballot to race next year

A person with suspected stroke may have sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes (Photo: Adobe)

Irregular evening meal times could increase stroke risk, study warns Hiyah Zaidi

The Clippers in action

Bedford primary school headteacher takes part in round the world yacht race

Sian Slater, from Bedford

Retired Bedford mother-of-two to take part in gruelling 120-mile ultramarathon

Robert Downey Jr who played the most popular screen detective of them all, Sherlock Holmes (photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

It's elementary for the top named screen detective

Teresa Smith is raising funds for charity in memory of her beloved sister who lost her life to a brain tumor

Milton Keynes mum-of-three takes on charity challenge in sister's memory

There's plenty to see and do at The Place

The Place Bedford: 11 great things to do in January

The World's First Edible Christmas Cracker

Woman sleeping

Going to sleep between 10pm and 11pm linked to lower heart disease risk, study f...

The blood test can pinpoint exactly where in the body the disease is coming from (Photo: Getty Images)

New NHS blood test detects more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms show

Anyone over the age of 18 in the UK can opt in to the antibody testing programme (Photo: Getty Images)

How to get a Covid antibody test as new UK programme launches this week

symbol spotting

Symbol spotting exercise launched from Bedford train station to keep families en...

Why young people are being offered £5k to be reinfected with Covid

Why young people are being offered £5k to be reinfected with Covid

Pfizer said the jab 'demonstrated 100 per cent efficacy and robust antibody responses' (Photo: Nick Potts/PA Wire)

Trials show Pfizer's Covid vaccine is ‘100 per cent effective’ among children ag...

Around half of people diagnosed with MS have a progressive form which causes an accumulation of nerve damage (Photo: Shutterstock)

MS treatment trial could find existing drugs can prevent or even reverse symptom...

You could be paid £4,500 to contract Covid as part of a new research project (Photo: Shutterstock)

You could be paid £4,500 to contract Covid as part of a new research project

‘Game changer’ weight loss drug trial ends successfully - but is it a long term solution? (Photo: Shutterstock)

‘Game changer’ weight loss drug trial ends successfully - but is it a long term ...

Cancer survivor Sara Wilson

Race for Life organisers still planning Bedford event this year despite pandemic

New Christmas guidance has been announced - including rules on carol singing and... Claire Schofield

New blood test which can detect 50 types of cancer to be trialled by NHS

Vegans are more likely to break bones than meat eaters - according to a new stud...

Older adults respond well to the Oxford Covid vaccine - and its after effects ar...

Testing Times for nature as Big Butterfly Count reveals a new low despite huge p...

How to stay fit in lockdown, using short burst exercise plan

Ashley and Mia Webb have both been accepted to Mensa

Meet the twin 15-year-old Bedford schoolgirls with IQs in the top one percent of...

Painting your walls this colour could save you nearly £300 in heating bills

From fairground worker to boxer - some of the most unusual jobs suggested by the government’s ‘career assessment’ tool (Photo: National Careers Service)

From fairground worker to boxer - some of the most unusual jobs suggested by the...

Have you seen this trend on your Instagram feed? (Photo: Shutterstock)

How to take part in the new 10 for 10 Challenge on Instagram

Is an 800 calorie diet safe to follow? (Photo: Channel 4)

Is it safe to follow the 800 calorie diet in Channel 4 programme Lose a Stone in...