Article: German Mayor handed the Freedom of Bedford.

Town commemorates friendship with Bamberg Oberburgermeister Herbert Lauer.

A friend from afar was welcomed back to Bedford on Tuesday and awarded the freedom of the borough.

Herbert Lauer, Oberburgermeister of Bedford's twin town Bamberg, was honoured at a ceremony at the Swan Hotel.

He will retire from the post, the German equivalent of Mayor, later this year.

Herr Lauer said: "I don't know how many times I have been to Bedford now, but it always feels like home.

"Over the last 23 years I have made real friends here and I hope it carries on."

The twinning arrangement began in 1977, and Herr Lauer started working ...

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