Bedford News

Bedford’s most popular newspaper, the Bedford Independent, is proud to provide up-to-date Bedford Borough news for Harpur Radio listeners…

• Review: Sound the Coxon klaxon and ring the legend bell, The WAEVE are in town

  Sound the Coxon klaxon; ring the legend bell, as tonight Brit pop royalty, Graham Coxon from Blur, is in town. Graham is in Bedford performing with The WAEVE, alongside his bandmate...

• Man arrested in South Africa over Great Denham murders

  A triple murder investigation into the deaths of a mother and her two young daughters in Great Denham has led to an international arrest in South Africa, as police work to return...

• Bedford Ian writes…

  Water torture, Motion sickness, Clean sweep, Caught shorts, and Office outing. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and tells us what he thinks of it all…

• England rugby stars continue launch of new spirit range at Bedford’s Brewpoint

  Local rugby fans were in for a treat on Thursday night (9 July), as former England stars, Mike Tindall and James Haskell were joined by broadcaster, Alex Payne to help launch their new gin...

• Bedfordians urged to ditch hosepipes as regional ban starts

  Bedford Borough residents must turn off their hosepipes from tomorrow morning as Anglian Water introduces its first regional restrictions since 2012 following three consecutive summer heatwaves...

• Bedford sports photographer to feature in special exhibition at Lord’s for first ever Women’s test match

  As part of a historical cricket occasion, the MCC welcomed photographers to submit their imagery from the Women's community game, with one Bedford-based photographer making the cut...

• Bedford Radio returns to FM for major summer festivals

  Bedfordians can tune into local festival coverage on the FM dial this July as Bedford Radio secures a temporary broadcasting licence for the town's biggest summer events...

• Obituary: Michael Herd (1958 – 2026)

  Tributes have been paid to a true champion of Bedford's grassroots music scene, Michael Herd. The team at Esquires, and local record shop, Slide, were among the first to share their...

• Bedford & Co. launches at The Arc to prove our town’s independent spirit is alive and kicking

  We've all suffered the misfortune of hearing someone utter the phrase, “there’s nothing in Bedford"; but Gemma, the unstoppable force behind The Arc, is here to politely but firmly prove...

• Bedford Town learn of first opponents as National League fixture lists released

  Bedford Town are back in National League North ready for another fight to stay at step two, and today (Friday 10 July), they learnt of their opponents as the National League fixture lists...