Bedford & County Athletics Club celebrated their annual awards evening in person in October, for the first time since the Covid pandemic, with 26 awards handed out at Bedford International...

New bleed control kits will be introduced across the county through a partnership between Bedfordshire’s Violence and Exploitation Reduction Unit (VERU) and non-profit organisation, Wingman Mentors.

Real Bedford missed a glorious opportunity to go six points clear at the top of Southern League Central Division One as they missed a 93rd minute penalty against Leighton Town in a 0-0 stalemate...

Borough councillors are due to be asked to agree on the wording to refuse planning permission for a KFC drive-through. The application for a drive-through facility at 498 Goldington Road, Bedford...

As part of Bedfordshire Police’s blitz on knife crime, weapons bins have been set up all over the county.

The last collection for each area will be either the week starting Monday, 18 November or Monday, 25 November. Residents should check which week applies to their area. Other waste collections will continue as usual during this time.

Residents can sign up for email alerts to receive updates about when collections restart and other changes, including future subscription renewals. Find out more about garden waste and collection dates.

During the break, residents can still recycle garden waste at any of our 4 household waste recycling centres. These are open daily from 9am to 5pm, including bank holidays. Read more about our tidy tips, including Christmas and New Year opening hours.

If you have space, you could consider home composting. We offer subsidised eco-friendly composting and water butt products for Central Bedfordshire residents, helping you reduce waste, save money, and conserve resources.

Stay up to date on waste collections over the Christmas period by following us on social media.

A new green energy facility could be built at Stewartby, next to the Encyclis incinerator, which was strongly opposed by villagers and began operating in January 2022.

A "modest dwelling" could be built on land in Biddenham, if planning is approved. Bedford Borough Council has received an application to build a single-storey detached home...

There were six wins, two draws and six losses across Bedford Hockey Club’s adult teams at the weekend, with the junior squads also in action on another busy weekend at Chester Road...

The budget’s National Insurance increase for employers will cost Bedford Borough Council in the region of £600,000, it has said.

We are working ceaselessly with our partners to get new GP surgeries built so residents across the Borough finally have access to the healthcare they need - and this isn’t all talk, as the old...

A second flood summit is due to be held in Central Bedfordshire later this month to discuss the widespread flooding in September and chart progress made since storm Henk in January.