Mayor Dave Hodgson and Bedford Borough Council are backing 'Plastic Free July', the global movement to help people be part of the solution to plastic pollution, and enable cleaner streets, oceans and communities.
Bedford Borough Council is one of the first UK councils to join the new National Street Tree Sponsorship Scheme, Trees for Streets, which aims to plant thousands of trees in streets across the borough through sponsorship by local residents.
Independents' Day is a campaign that exists to support and promote independent retail businesses across the UK all year round, but with an annual focus on July 4th: 'Independents' Day' itself, however as this falls on a Sunday this year it is being celebrated all weekend.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has written about Euro 2021, his article is below:
Recent conservation as part of the work on upcoming exhibition, Going to Town - 200 Years of Bedford's Art, has revealed the discovery of a hidden painting in the collections at The Higgins Bedford.
Bedford Borough Council has bid for £14.9m from the Government's 'Levelling Up Fund' to make major improvements in Kempston town centre; investing in regeneration and transport infrastructure to improve the economic vitality of Kempston.
