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.
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.
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.
The next phase of the Local Plan 2040 consultation has started and Bedford Borough Council wants to hear from you.
Going to Town - 200 Years of Bedford's Art, a new exhibition celebrating artists views of Bedford and the surrounding area, opens at The Higgins Bedford on Saturday 10 July 2021.
Last week, ahead of today's Global Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Day, Mayor Dave Hodgson met with members of Bedford Motor Neurone Disease Association to discuss the Act to Adapt campaign and the services Bedford Borough Council offer locally.
