"Bedford is Little Italy," he said. "Over the past few years we have slightly diluted our heritage with the younger generation, so we do not want them to forget where they came from.

Nicknamed "Little Italy" since the 1950s when many Italians moved to Bedford to work in the brickworks industry, the town became a scene of joy when Italy won a place in the Euro 2020 final. But ...

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Bedford's Italian community - which makes up around a fifth of the town's population - had hoped to see their team go all the way. Salvatore Bianco, the owner of Club Italia, told us: "Sad, very sad.

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A new consular service for Italians has officially opened in Bedford. The office is run by volunteers and means Italians won't have to travel to London for services such as renewing passports.

A Little Italy Festival has been revived to stop the "dilution" of a town's Mediterranean heritage. Bedford became known as "Little Italy" after thousands of Italians moved to the town from the ...