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Christmas fly-tippers face £400 fine

Bedford Borough Council is warning people not to fly-tip or dump waste this Christmas holiday.

Community tree planting in Bedford Borough

This year's community tree planting will take place across five sites. Bedford Borough Council is asking people to volunteer and help plant over 8500 trees during January and February.

Major investment planned to Butterfly Bridge

Refurbishment works are planned at Butterfly Bridge, Bedford with the bridge closing from 9th January for up to 4 months.

Council announces boost for Bedford Borough tree planting

Bedford Borough Council has announced ambitious plans for another record year of tree planting across the Borough. Last year the council planted over 30,000 trees and this year the target is even bigger with an expectation that over 35,000 trees will be planted.

Can the Cold Relief in Bedford appeal reach £20,000 before Christmas?

When the team at local charity, SMART, launched their Cold Relief in Bedford (CRIB) appeal back in November, they had their hearts set on trying to raise £20,000 (50% of the CRIB target) before Christmas. Thanks to the incredible support from Bedfordians, they've nearly done it! That's over £18,000 raised in under six weeks - isn't that wonderful?

Christmas and New Year bin collections