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Bedford Music Service is excited to announce the launch of the Ukulibrary for local children, a new initiative with Bedford Central Library that offers a fun and free way to borrow a ukulele and start playing music.

Bedford Borough Council is announcing a season packed with festive family entertainment in Bedford town centre, starting with the Bedford Christmas Light Switch-On on Saturday, 22 November, midday-6pm in Harpur Square.

Councillors across Bedford Borough have been telling us about their favourite books throughout our Year of Reading.

And this week it’s the turn of Councillor Caroline White who shared the children’s book Our Tower by poet and former Children’s Laureate, Joseph Coelho.

Bedford Borough Council is joining the 16 Days of Action against Gender-based Violence campaign with the #TooManyNames event on Friday, 28 November 2025, 10.30-11am.

Bedford Borough Council would like to remind residents that garden waste collections using the green-lidded bins run annually from 1 March to 30 November. Collections pause over the winter months, from 1 December to 28 February.

Bedford Borough Council is inviting established businesses across the borough to unlock new opportunities through the fully funded UKSPF: Bedford Borough Innovation & Growth Business Support programme, which is now open for registrations.

Have your say on how Bedford Borough Council manages waste and recycling in the years ahead.

A new Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) has been agreed to help tackle persistent anti-social behaviour in Bedford town centre.

Bedford Borough Council is part of a new scheme to help people get back into the workplace and stay in sustainable work, with individual 12-month programmes of intensive support.

Bedford Borough Council has partnered with Journey Alerts to launch a new, easy-to-use service aimed at making public transport simpler and less stressful for all residents and visitors.