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A gorgeous little thatched cottage in Silsoe. (Photo By RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

The top 10 best places to live in Bedfordshire according to Muddy Stilettos

Luton Airport Express. Picture: East Midlands Railway

Railway line between Luton and Bedford reopens after 'person hit by train'

Tankers on site at the A421 .Picture: National Highways

Watch as fleet of tankers work to drain 60million litres of water from A421

Animals after they were rescued from the water. Picture: Carey Adams

Appeal to help 60 animals left homeless after flash flood destroys farm

Volunteers helping residents in Bedford. Picture: REACT Disaster Response

Team of volunteers help 'vulnerable households' in floods

East of England Ambulance Service call centre in Bedford. Picture: Google Maps

Bedford ambulance 999 call centre at risk of closure

Radhabai Kathane with Susan Lousada, Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire, and Bav Shah, High Sherriff of Bedfordshire. Picture: Bedford Borough Council

Grandmother celebrates 105th birthday - although she's 106

Road sign. Photo from David Davies PA Images

M1 reopens between Houghton Regis and Brogborough

Teenager having a measles vaccination. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA

Parents urged catch up on children’s jabs at clinics this autumn

Did you go to school with any of these celebs?

18 celebrities you probably didn't know lived in Bedfordshire

Just some of the animals on the site. Picture: Wayne Eckersley

Volunteers needed as animal sanctuary moves to Luton

Green-fingered volunteers are being asked to help this weekend as an animal sanctuary in Sharnbrook prepares to move to its new home near Luton.

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File photo of a man with handcuffs on behind his back. Picture: Kindel Media

Bedfordshire Probation Service 'requires improvement' according to report

The case was heard at Luton Crown Court

Former police staff member given suspended prison sentence for corruption

Some dogs posing yesterday. Pictures: Submitted

Polling station pooches: Dogs snapped in Bedfordshire on election day

Bedford Hospital and Luton & Dunstable Hospital. Picture: Google Maps

Bedford Hospital maternity services deemed ‘inadequate’

Ballot boxes at the Rochdale by-election. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Live General election 2024: All the results for Bedford

Results have been counted

Live Mid Bedfordshire: 2024 general election results

Luton train station. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

Disruption expected 'until 5pm' after person hit by train

Bedfordshire Police vehicles. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

Cyclist left with broken leg after being hit by car in Ampthill

The recovered car. Picture: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Road Policing Unit

Car stolen in Luton last year found by police in Bedford

Bedford train station

Train lines reopen after person hit by train

Take a look at the submissions that really caught the eye of calendar-makers at Keech. Picture: Richard Southan, Jean Fitch and Anwar Talukdar

Keech Hospice Care reveals reader’s images selected for 2025 charity calendar

Keech Hospice Care’s charity calendar is hitting shops later this year and pictures of Biggleswade Common, Dunstable Downs and Ampthill Park are among those selected to make up the 12 months.

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Bedford train station

Train passengers warned as planned works to disrupt journeys next weekend

Missing Dylan. Picture: Bedfordshire Police

Picture released of missing teenager last seen four days ago

One of the rare hazel dormice released in the county. Picture: Clare Pengelly

Watch as rare dormice reintroduced in Bedfordshire woodland

Bedfordshire Police headquarters. Picture: Google Maps

Special sergeant dismissed by police for encouraging colleague to lie

Suspected stolen moped seized in Bedford. Picture: Bedford Community Policing Team

Police seize ‘nuisance’ moped and drugs while on patrol

Ali and O'Dell at Luton police station. Picture: Channel 4

New episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody airs tomorrow

Court stock image

Bedfordshire Police staff member charged with sex offences – including rape

Road closed sign. Photo from David Davies PA Images

Central Bedfordshire Council warns people to be aware of road closures

Bedfordshire Police car. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

Two injured in collision on M1 near Luton and Bedford

University of Bedfordshire campus in Bedford. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

Students under ‘significant financial strain’ after loan payments changed

School notebooks, pens and bag. Picture: Pixabay via Pexels

Bedford and Luton multi-academy trusts to merge under new plans

The changes will come into effect this September

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It's your chance to decide whose picture should make it onto the calendar. Picture: Keech Hospice Care

Choose your favourite picture to feature in Keech Hospice Care’s 2025 calendar

Windhill Mill School students, parents and teachers enjoyed their day at the safari park. Picture: Olivia Preston

Safari park invites special children to one-eyed camel’s birthday bash

Missing Tania. Picture: Bedfordshire Police

Police release picture of girl missing from Bedford

Bedfordshire Police car. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

Police hunt for ‘flasher’ after seen exposing himself near river

The scene on Saturday morning in Maulden. Picture: Gary Jones

War memorial 'badly damaged' after being hit by stolen car

Outside of the bank. Picture: Google Maps

Former bank could be turned into restaurant and shop after nearly £300k grant

You probably remember this house from lockdown. Picture: Fine and Country

Take a look inside Sir Captain Tom Moore's house now on the market for over £2m

The inside of one of the factories. Picture: Bedfordshire Police

Drug dealers convicted after student officers uncover cannabis factories

Wanted Graham Pinsent. Picture: Bedfordshire Police

Police hunt for wanted Bedford man after string of burglaries in Luton

Bedfordshire police vehicle. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

Bedfordshire Police ranked 'slowest force' in country for responding to calls