Retailer B&M has been told to take down "garish, obtrusive" signs that were put up without permission in a town conservation area. It appealed against an enforcement notice by Bedford Borough Council ...

An area of Bedford town centre was cordoned off after a suspected unexploded grenade was discovered. There was a heavy police presence in Adelaide Square after the device, believed to be a World War ...

A businessman has spent £10,000 on private security guards in a town centre which he said had seen a "massive increase in anti-social behaviour". Peter McCormack, who owns Real Bedford Football Club, ...