The Times & Citizen is a free local newspaper published on Thursdays in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.

[3] The Times & Citizen carries a range of news from across Bedford Borough and the 'mid-beds' region of Central Bedfordshire.

It carries sports at the back of the paper, monthly columns from area MPs, the town's mayor and Bedford BID and entertainment.

Media analysis company JICREG shows circulation of the Times & Citizen in 2013 at 81,734.

[6] By December 2021 media analysis by ABC, with data provided by their publisher NationalWorld, showed this had fallen to 31,181[2] All of the articles that appear in the print edition can also be read online at its website which also has occasional web features and videos uploaded.