Villagers

Ex-Blue Billy Twelvetrees - now at Hartpury.

Ampthill and Blues fixtures are out

Angry villagers kick off over rowdy football club

Watch: Angry villagers kick off over rowdy footballers swearing

Residents say the village of Featherstone is the 'grimmest' place in the UK and is surrounded by three prisons.

'We live in UK's grimmest village... it's worse than prison'

Despite tourists bringing noise pollution and traffic chaos to the quaint nearby village of Alton, locals living near Alton Towers say it has major benefits.

Alton Towers: Why residents living next to theme park ‘love’ it

The Diddly Squat farm shop sells local produce from the farm and neighbouring local producers in the Cotswolds (Picture: Clarkson's farm)

Workers at Jeremy Clarkson's Diddly Squat Farm must now wear body cams

Imber and Tyneham are two villages that were abandoned during World War Two

England’s ‘lost twin villages’ frozen in time since World War Two

The ancient tree in Pulloxhill (Picture courtesy of Malcolm Tattersall)

Volunteers who tidied up tree where John Bunyan preached burn it down

Land south of Northampton Road, opposite Chestnut Avenue

Developer causes upset with '345 homes proposal' in Bromham

A view over Warkworth Castle and the surrounding village which has topped the list of British villages which have risen in value for 20 years straight.

20 British villages with property value increases for last 20 years

From left, villager Clive Arnold, Elstow Parish Council chairman Jon Miles, and parish councillor Alison Clooney

Fears historic Elstow near Bedford could be “split in two”

Cllr Abbott chairs the planning committee

Have another go later, Bedford planners reluctantly tell shunned village develop...

Councillors were finally convinced to reject plans for seven retirement bungalows in a village conservation area after being told they had a legal duty to consider the advice of their experts.

David Tooley, local democracy reporter

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Villagers near Bedford told not to drink tap water

The now closed Star & Garter, Silsoe

Villagers left angry and pub owners baffled as publican near Bedford suddenly sh...

Bedford Road, Wootton

Villagers near Bedford demand action after girl badly hurt in collision

Covanta protest

Campaigners' case against plans for waste incinerator near Bedford to be heard i...

Covanta protest

Campaigners lodge Stewartby incinerator plan with the High Court

Daphne Waugh and Colin Deas with the first bricks.

Wall comes down at Bletsoe church cut in half for 45 years

MBTC Clophill Post Office couple retiring

Couple retire after 14 years' service at Clophill village shop and post office

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New homes plan - 'you'll be able to shake your neighbour's hand through your kit...

Barford in bloom

Villagers dig in to bulb project

MBTC Save The George protest

Protesters turn out in fight to save historic George pub in Silsoe

Flower festival and gardens open in Ravensden

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AFC Kempston Town lift Britannia Cup

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