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Evacuation order issued in Novia Scotia, Canada, after new wildfire -CBC News

Canadian emergency officials issued a mandatory evacuation order for parts of Bedford, Nova Scotia, after authorities noted a new wildfire and the potential for an ammonia leak in the area, CBC News reported on Tuesday.

Reuters

Martha Stewart's 'anti-trend' farmhouse color scheme proves that this 'deeply unfashionable' shade is still so elegant

Martha's Bedford estate epitomizes rustic-chic living – beginning with a color combination that was always meant to go together

Homes & Gardens

'I quit my high-flying IT job for £20k-a-year side hustle and I've never been happier'

Ioannis Kapoukis, 38, from Bedford, has told how he started a side-hustle to make some cash while taking time off from his regular job as a web designer and it has become a lucrative business

Daily Mirror

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Best friends killed alongside one another in horrific accident as canoe capsizes

Pals Sarah Waller and Laura Pottinger were out canoeing on the River Ouse, Bedfordshire, when the pair ran into some trouble - following reports of empty, overturned canoes emergency services soon found their bodies

Daily Mirror

Easter trains: no strikes – but how badly will you be disrupted by planned engineering works?

Some key rail lines will be severely disrupted during April

The Independent UK

Bedford rail project is a shambles

Letter: Ian Nicholls wonders how the scheme went from being one of the most expensive to one of the cheapest

The Guardian - UK

Prisoner escaped on bike after nicking it from high-security jail's repair shop

Drives spotted the lad pedalling slowly along the A1 after he absconded from Bedford prison on two wheels - he was caught about 45 miles away

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Belfast software company ProAptivity makes "six figure" acquisition in Bedford

The purchase will triple the firm's customer base

Birmingham Post

Woman who 'blew up flats by setting fire to property upstairs didn't like her neighbour'

Reena James, 42, did not get along with the neighbour whose flat she is believed to have set fire to at the Redwood Grove housing complex in Bedford, causing a huge explosion

Daily Mirror

GM Expands Manufacturing Capacity For EV Drive Unit Castings In Indiana

GM announced a $45 million investment at its Bedford, Indiana aluminum die casting foundry to expand the production capacity of EV drive unit castings.

InsideEVs

GM Investing $45M In Indiana Casting Plant For Silverado, Sierra EV

The company said that it has already invested over $456 million in the said facility since 2011.

Motor1

Shotts driver aiming to crash into top motor racing series

Olivia Whyte is taking part in the Formula Woman competition in Bedford later this month

Daily Record

Public warned not to touch 'sick or dead birds' after spate of mystery deaths

A large number of sick and dead birds have been found in the Bedford area along the River Great Ouse and residents have been told not to touch them or feed those that are unwell

Daily Mirror

Country diary: Through the brook by car, over it on foot

Sutton, Bedfordshire: Pedestrians mount the packhorse bridge, as their forebears did for 700 years

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Woman dies in explosion after deliberately starting fire at neighbour's flat

An explosion at a block of flats in Bedford in July, initially believed to have been caused by a gas leak, was started deliberately by the woman killed in the incident

The Guardian - UK

Woman killed in Bedford fire deliberately started it, detectives conclude

Police find Reena James, 42, ‘solely responsible’ for 4 July ‘inferno’ that injured three other residents

The Independent UK

Woman who died after explosion at flats started fire herself, say police

Reena James is believed to have forced entry to another flat in the block and set it on fire, Bedfordshire Police said.

Evening Standard

Missing Bedford girl Layla, 13, could be in south London, say police

The teenager was last seen at Claphan Village Hall

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The Guardian - UK

‘There’s a nagging fear’: the village that can’t rely on running water

Residents of Everton, Bedfordshire, have learned to live with an on-off supply, and are always prepared for the worst

Reason

Zoning Officials Tell New Hampshire Church It Can't Use Living Room To Host Prayer Meetings

Bedford's New Hope Christian Fellowship Church argues in a lawsuit that the town is applying uniquely restrictive rules to its religious gatherings.

Daily Mirror

Three members of same British family die in car crash on holiday in Italy

Antonino Marsala was known to many in Bedford, Bedfordshire, as an MOT tester and Raffaella, used to work at the Toby Carvery restaurant, before they were killed in Piedmont, Italy

The Independent UK

Woman who died after explosion at Bedford flats named by police

Reena James, 43, is believed to be the only fatality in the incident on July 4.

The Independent UK

Police ‘cautiously optimistic’ of no further victims of Bedford flat explosion

Monday’s blast and subsequent fire at the three-storey block of 20 flats in Redwood Grove meant people were evacuated from their homes.

Daily Record

Bedford explosion hero worries neighbour is dead after saving dog from smoke-filled flat

Karina Caetano is worried her neighbour may have died in a gas explosion which tore apart their complex, with police warning that more bodies could still be found.

The Independent UK

Flats may not be searched for ‘significant’ time after explosion

One person has died and a number of people remain unaccounted for after Monday’s blast and fire at the block of 20 flats in Redwood Grove, Bedford.

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