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Winchester Crown Court (Alamy/PA)

Man accused of raping woman advertised for sex 'believed she had consented'

Norman Macksoni arriving at Swindon Magistrates' Court last year (Photo: Ben Birchall/PA Wire)

Court hears Sharnbrook man's police interview in drugged wife case

Bedfordshire Police

Bedfordshire police officer due in court on misconduct charges

Leah Carey, of Only Studio in The Old Ford, West End Road, Kempston, has been ordered to pay more than £7,300 for illegal tattoo trading and selling fraudulent training courses (File picture: Pixabay)

Tattoo business owner ordered to pay £7.3k over bogus claims

Norman Macksoni, of Sharnbrook, has denied one count of rape (Photo: Ben Birchall/PA Wire)

Jury selection starts in trial of men accused of sexual assault on drugged wife

Teddy Young has appeared at the Old Bailey

Sailor accused of plotting to leak information to Russia faces new charges

Noah Campbell. Image: Submitted

Court dates set after 13-year-old boy killed in hit and run

David Butler

Man caught by police dog after stabbing jailed for more than 15 years

Stevenage Magistrates' Court

Ex-Bedfordshire Police officer in court on charges of rape and threats to kill

Frozen Food Plus in Midland Road and, inset, Bedford International Express and an adjoining vacant unit on Greyfriars

Two town centre businesses closed for TWO MONTHS for selling illegal tobacco

Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, known as Zandile, and daughters Natalie, 15, and Nala, 5

Man accused of triple murder in Great Denham admits gun charges
A man accused of killing a mother and her two young children in Great Denham has admitted unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition in South Africa.
Clare Turner

Former detective sergeant Tom Hamm from Bedfordshire Police featured in last night’s (Sunday) 24 Hours in Police Custody

Former 24 Hours police officer speaks out following county lines case

The Retreat at Oakmead and inset Antonio Noto (images via: Bedford Borough Council)

Yoga retreat owner ordered to pay £13,000 after six-year benefits fraud

James Upton, aged 26, of Coventry Road, Bedford, was jailed for one year and five months

Bedford abuser who ignored restraining order handed suspended sentence

Adam’s Court, a block of 12 flats on St Peter's Street, Bedford

'Why won't council give me a recycling bin?'

Sandy Miranda was convicted after this van-sized fly-tip was found in Dane Street, Bedford

Bedford Fruit & Veg and La Pinata among businesses fined for fly-tipping

Two men from Bedford were arrested on August 12 on suspicion of assisting an offender. They have been released on police conditional bail pending further inquiries

Two Bedford men arrested in connection with murder inquiry

Two men have been arrested following multiple vehicle thefts and attempted thefts in Flitwick

Two arrested following multiple vehicle thefts after chase through Bedford

Emmanuel Damilola Olorunfemi held the tenancy of a property in Peterborough, under a rent-to-buy scheme operated by housing association BPHA (Google Streetview)

Housing officer who trousered £15k prosecuted for fraud offences

Nicholas Storr was banned from keeping animals for 20 years after allowing his then puppies to have their ears cropped.

20-year ban from keeping animals for man who allowed ear cropping of two puppies

A man has been charged with stealing street lamps worth £1m across several counties including Bedfordshire (File picture: Pixabay)

Man charged with stealing street lamps worth £1m

Inspector Scott Raghib has been charged with three child sex offences

Serving inspector at Beds Police due in court over child sex offences

Ahmed Adam, now 20, has been jailed for more than eight years

Teen jailed for manslaughter in Bedford bus station stabbing retrial

Noah Campbell

Drink and drug driver pleads guilty after 13-year-old boy killed in crash

Robel Gebremariam

Man jailed for 9 years after raping woman he approached in Bedford

A woman has been arrested for shoplifting in Bedford thanks to the help of Auror – a retail crime intelligence platform designed to link shoplifting offences

Woman nicked for 24 SHOPLIFTING OFFENCES in Bedford

Police re-secure the property in St John’s Street, Bedford (Pictures: Bedford Community Policing Team)

One person nicked for breaching closure order at nuisance property

Issac Osbourne-Walker, aged 28, of Goldington Road, Bedford, was sentenced to 1 year and 4 months in prison

Man from Bedford at unauthorised car meet jailed for injuring pedestrian
A man has been sentenced for causing injury by careless driving.
Clare Turner

Flats in St John's Street and Appledore Road are now shut after the police got two closure orders (Pictures: Bedford Community Policing Team)

Police close TWO "problematic" flats in Bedford following complaints

Ben Wazabanga, aged 24, of Fairfax Road, Bedford, was found guilty of murdering 26-year-old Ayowale Aladejana

Bedford man drove 50 miles to carry out "calculated and brutal" murder

Jan Drevenak and his partner, Monika Olahova, were found guilty of holding a person in slavery and arranging or facilitating travel of another person with a view to exploitation. They both face deportation

Pair who lived in Bedford jailed for slavery linked to McDonalds

Jimmy Lee, 22, was given a criminal behaviour order after being involved in anti-social behaviour linked to hare coursing. The ban covers Bedfordshire as well as Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Kent, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire (Picture: Pixabay)

Hare courser banned from having a dog off its lead for 10 YEARS

Florin Visan, of Kempston, was fined £507 for fly-tipping in Beatrice Street, Kempston, and, inset, Vasilica Cojic, of Bedford, was fined £2,000 for failing to assist an investigation into fly-tipped waste linked to her property

Businesses and members of the public to pay £14k for public health breaches

The Broadway Vape shop

Two Bedford shop owners fined total of £19k for illegal vape sales

Miroslaw Pawlusiewicz, of Riverside Close, Bedford, admitted one count of burglary and three counts of fraud

Burglar tried to get credit cards with documents he stole during break-in

Shaun Johnson, 41, who held a tenancy at Roise Court, Bedford, pleaded guilty to two offences under the Fraud Act and the Council Tax Reduction Scheme (Detection of Fraud and Enforcement (England) Regulations 2013)

Bedford man told to pay over £7k for tenancy and council tax fraud

Two people have been arrested following an attempted cable theft

Two charged with attempt to steal electric vehicle charging cables

Jamie-Lee Dalton, aged 25 and Enya Morgan, aged 28, admitted to burglary and fraud in Bedfordshire and MK

Pair admit string of burglaries across Bedfordshire and MK

Warwick Avenue, Bedford

Woman in her 40s arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill

From left, Ricky Mackmurdie and Ben Barnham, both of Moggerhanger, admitted conspiracy to steal, conspiracy to burgle, burglary, and theft of a motor vehicle

Two men jailed for string of raids on post offices and shops

The pursuit travelled along the M25 and M1 and police finally caught up with the driver in Wagstaff Way, Ampthill

Man charged with multiple offences after police chase

Jordan Affleck, 28, is is wanted on recall to prison

Police hunt 'aggressive' man wanted on recall to prison

Court news

Trial date set for accused after 13-year-old boy killed in crash

CCTV footage of the knife attack in Iddesleigh Road in June 2025. Remus Rotariu, Jayden Kalyan, Jerome Ajayii and Amirul Hussain have now been sentenced as a group to more than 18 years in prison

Watch: Video shows armed gang members storm Bedford shop

Luton Crown Court. Picture: Olivia Preston

Former council employee handed suspended sentence for £39.8k housing fraud
A former Central Bedfordshire Council employee has been handed a suspended sentence over housing-related fraud totalling more than £39k.
Laura Hutchinson

Linden Chirico, aged 38, of Close Road, Pavenham, was jailed for seven years for touching a girl inappropriately, multiple times between January and July 2022

Bedford paedophile who abused girl over seven-month period is jailed

Pictured from top left to right, Remus Rotariu, Jerome Ajayii, Amirul Hussain and Jayden Kalyan

Gang members jailed for ‘brutal and brazen’ knife attack on man in Bedford shop

Mohammed Altaher, formerly of Bedford, is in prison for two other rapes

Bedford rapist who attacked men he met on Grindr sentenced for new assault

Mohammed Rekwet in his custody mugshot and right before he changed his appearance. Above, the trainers which proved to be his downfall

Bedford man who changed appearance to evade arrest after knife attack is jailed

The two closed shops in Ford End Road and, inset, the illicit cigarettes (Pictures: Bedford Community Policing Team)

Two shops shut down after police find 60,000 illegal cigarettes

Stephen Torr, aged 46, was today (Wednesday) sentenced at Luton Crown Court to 13 years in prison

Man jailed for 13 years after sexually abusing a child

Winston Churchill (Image by Simon Goodall/Pixabay)

Magistrate warned over "racially inappropriate" comment during debate

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Bedford man swindled out of £300k in crypto con

The double drugs bust in Cranfield (Pictures & video: Ampthill Community Policing Team)

Two arrested and £1,300 seized after double drugs bust in Cranfield

Ben Noonan

Man jailed after victim lost tooth during Bedford robbery

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