Laura Hutchinson
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Bedfordshire Police vehicles. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

Two men charged with rape and kidnap after woman attacked in Shortstown layby

File photo of a Bedfordshire Police badge

Teenage girl sexually assaulted by two men in Kempston

Bedfordshire Police

Victim seriously injured in Bedford stabbing

Hundreds gathered in Ford End Road in Bedford ahead of a feared 'far-right' protest

Hundreds turn out in Queens Park - but 'far right' protest a no show

File image of a planning application

Have your say on the way planning applications are submitted to the council

David Boden, business development director of Stagecoach East

Bus timetable changes blamed Black Cat roadworks and low passenger numbers

Evan Beldon and Mohammed Moosah Khan

Two Bedford drug dealers behind sale of crack and heroin jailed

Vice Chancellor Professor Rebecca Bunting leads the procession leaving the ceremony

In pictures: University of Bedfordshire's class of 2024 celebrate graduation

Have your say on the new local plan

Have your say and help shape Central Bedfordshire's new local plan

Brian Watts

Bedford paedophile jailed for sexually abusing two children two decades apart

File photo of Bedfordshire Police vehicles

Facial recognition at River Festival will help track down police's "most wanted"

State-of-the-art facial recognition will get its debut at Bedford River Festival this weekend.

Laura Hutchinson

File photo of a Bedfordshire Police car. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

Teenage boy dies after being hit by a bus in Shortstown

The road closure has been in place since Tuesday

Roads not due to open until Friday after Cleat Hill gas leak

File image of Bedfordshire Police vehicles. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

Police investigating string of crimes call for victims to come forward

Wixams Academy. Picture by Richard Faulks

Wixams Academy 'requires improvement' says Ofsted

Frosts Garden Centre, Willington

Woman dies in collision at Willington garden centre

Frosts Garden Centre, Willington

Pedestrian taken to hospital by air ambulance after being hit by car

Donald Kargbo-Reffell

Serial rapist sentenced to 19 years for raping 14-year-old in Bedford

Bedfordshire Police car. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

Teenager arrested in murder probe after man stabbed to death in Bedford

Mayor Tom Wootton outside the Debenhams building

Bedford council has bought former Debenhams in town centre

The Entertainer toy shop has opened in Bedford Tesco Extra

Toy shop The Entertainer is now open at Tesco Extra in Bedford

Daniel Molczan

Bedford drunk driver jailed after motorcyclist loses leg in A6 collision

A drunk driver has been jailed for three years after a head-on crash with a motorbike.

Laura Hutchinson

File photo of a roadworks sign

Full list of Central Beds road improvement schemes planned for the year ahead

Reece Thandi. Picture: Bedfordshire Police

Major Bedford drug dealer jailed for five years and six months

Bedford MP Mohammad Yasin. Picture: Richard Townshend

Bedford's MP will stand for for Labour again in July's General Election

Left: Police break the door down and Right: Some of the discarded drugs

Watch as police raid Kempston house in early morning drugs bust

Anita Nahar, whose son Ashish was stabbed to death. Picture: Bedfordshire Police

Watch family of man murdered in a Bedford park share their heartbreaking story

The knife found dumped in a garden

This huge knife was dumped in a garden in Great Denham

The entrance of Universal Studios in Hollywood . Picture: GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images

More than 6k people respond to survey over plans for Universal theme park

Bedford's Brewhouse & Kitchen. Picture: Fleurets

£750k investment to transform Brewhouse after Amber Taverns takes over

Thomas Foyle. Picture supplied by family to Northamptonshire Police.

Family of Bedford man killed in A43 collision pay tribute him

Central Beds Council

Councillor allowances cut to help Central Bedfordshire Council save cash

The entrance of Universal Studios in Hollywood . Picture: GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images

Universal Studios theme park plan could create up to 10,000 jobs

It could also generate up to 5,000 construction jobs

Laura Hutchinson

Universal Studios has bought land at Kempston Hardwick (Picture: Pixabay)

'Overwhelming' support for Bedford Universal Studios theme park plan

Time Gardens. Picture: Bedford Borough Council

New sensory garden is set to be created at Russell Park in Bedford

Tia Williams. Picture: Camden Police

Police 'very concerned' for missing 15-year-old who could be in Bedfordshire

Could a Universal theme park be coming to Bedford? (Picture: Pixabay)

Universal holds public exhibitions on plans for potential new Bedford theme park

The order covers the area marked in yellow on this map

Two arrested and machete seized after huge brawl in Bedford Park

Police want to speak to these men

CCTV appeal after assault in Bedford

Both shops have now stopped selling vapes

Directors of two Bedford shops fined for selling vapes to underage customers

File image of a police officer

Cyclist taken to hospital by air ambulance after collision on A428 at Bedford

Mohammad Yasin MP

OPINION: Bedford people will be 'worse off' says MP as he responds to Budget

Tobacco found in the van and inset, the van being seized.

£15,000 of illegal tobacco and a van seized in Bedford