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Police patrolling Slade Walk (Picture: Bedford Community Policing Team)

Police step up patrols near primary school after reports of drug dealing nearby

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Woman in her 60s dies after crashing in Bedford hamlet

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Right now a woman can't leave her home because of a controlling partner

Student officer Lee Rogers had dreamt of being a police officer since he was 10.

Bedfordshire Police force searching for more ‘heroes’ to serve their community

File picture of police police officers carrying out a stop and search (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Police should carry out more stop and searches says councillor

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PCC concerned' over number of police being investigated for sexual misconduct

William James

Worker jailed for life after sexually abusing THREE RESIDENTS in care home

David Darnell with Chief Constable Trevor Rodenhurst

Kempston man saves stepdaughter from savage axe attack

A police officer trains using a taser gun at the Metropolitan Police Specialist Training Centre. Picture: CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images

Black people in Beds over three times as likely to experience forceful policing

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Shameless thieves nick car number plates in spate across Bedford

24 Hours in Police Custody is back on Sunday - from Bedford

It's back: 24 Hours in Police Custody returns with armed siege
Cue the scary music

Bedfordshire Police headquarters.

Former police officer would have been sacked over sexual comments

The PCC wants to reduce domestic abuse victims and the wider implications it could have on those growing up around it.

Major £2million programme aims to reform domestic abusers

The retrieved bikes, found in Raglan Green, Bedford, following a tip-off from the public (Picture: Bedford Community Policing Team)

Police urge Bedford bikers to be vigilant after spate of thefts

Ian Dalgarno. Screenshot Environment and Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee Thursday, 23rd November 2023 Image: LDRS

Deputy PCC criticised over response to survey on perceptions of police

Wright Tebeck

Sexual abuser who left teen feeling like a prisoner in her own home is jailed

22 sexual misconduct allegations were made against Bedfordshire Police between October 2022 to October 2023

22 sexual misconduct allegations made against Bedfordshire Police

Chief Constable Trevor Rodenhurst

More than 4,600 cases of domestic abuse reported this year

Police have released these CCTV images of people they want to speak to.

Police renew appeal over serious sexual assault in Bedford town centre

She was ordered to pay fine by magistrates

Kennels shut down after owner continued working following license removal

The cash at London Luton Airport

Police seize nearly £30k in cash at Luton Airport

Williams, 36, was found guilty of rape in connection to the attack in Biddenham Road in January 2022

Rapist who preyed on lone Bedford woman in random attack is found guilty

Do you recognise these men?

Council release CCTV images of men they want to speak to about fly-tipping

The incident happened in Flitwick on Sunday, November 12

Missiles thrown at people during remembrance parade near Bedford

Ben Noonan

Bedford man jailed after punching police officer in the face and biting his hand

Sergeant Phil Boyd with the Community Champion award (Picture: Bedford Community Policing Team)

Bedford police officer in tribute to teen who died at Cardington Lock

Do you recognise this person?

Police release CCTV of man they want to speak to following attempted burglaries

Bedford Hospital south wing accident and emergency.

Youth workers to support patients at risk of violence at Bedford Hospital
They will support young people to move away from criminal exploitation

Bedford Prison. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

Inspectors say Bedford Prison needs urgent improvement in damning report

The aftermath of the break-in

Football club near Bedford in £10k appeal after equipment stolen

Waitrose in Bedford

Police warning after conman tricked shopper in Waitrose and stole her bank card

The VERU Village

Groups including Samsons Academy get slice of £200,000 to tackle youth violence

Anna Villette at Bedfordshire Police and Crime Panel on Tuesday, November 7. Picture: Bedfordshire Police and Crime Panel

Police told its inconsistent ways of counting officers causes confusion

Qingxia Wu and Jayden Li were reported missing on Tuesday, September 19

Appeal to find missing mum and 4-year-old son who have links to Bedford

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Former Bedford businessman fails in bid to have 9.5 year jail sentence reduced

Anna Villette, chief executive at the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC)

Resident's concerns generated OVER 4,000 EMAILS for Bedfordshire's PCC

Have you had your bike stolen? (Picture: Bedford Community Policing Team)

Have had your motorbike nicked in Bedford? The police want to hear from you

3,878 shoplifting offences were recorded by Bedfordshire Police in the year to June – up from 3,616 in 2022

Shoplifting on the rise in Bedfordshire

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Appeal for people to join Bedfordshire Police stop and search panel

Recreational use of nitrous oxide becomes illegal is become illegal from Wednesday, November 8

Recreational drug (laughing gas) widely used across Beds to become illegal

International Mini Market, in Thurlow Street, Bedford

Bedford town centre shop smuggled counterfeit tobacco

Philip Mundle was found guilty of one count of rape and is due to be sentenced on 15 December 15

Man followed woman down Bedford alleyway in Silver Street and raped her

Borough Hall, Bedford Image LDRS

Project aims to catch “troubled young people” on the edge of criminality

Police in St Paul's Square (Picture: Bedford Community Policing Team)

Police in clampdown on boy racers in Bedford's St Paul's Square

Insp Jen Hurley with chief constable Trevor Rodenhurst

Emergency services praised after bringing 12-hour armed siege to an end
It all started when two men held a takeaway delivery driver hostage

The incident took place in Goldington Green on Sunday, October 8 at around 5.40pm

Were you the victim of a flasher in Bedford's Goldington Green?

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Safer streets should “start in the home and not in the Home Office” says PCC

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Arrest made after teenager stabbed in Bedford

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Bedford business fined £67,000 after employee suffers life-threatening injuries

A person breaking into a car. Photo: Adobe Stock

Rise in car thefts in Bedfordshire according to new figures

The assault took place in the early hours on Monday

Increased police patrols after woman sexually assaulted on Bedford’s Embankment

Bluey was successfully rehomed. Pic: RSPCA

Life ban from keeping all animals for Flitwick man who hit dog with a bat

Cannabis plants and weapons seized by Bedfordshire Police in the drugs busts

Two arrested and weapons and drugs seized in police raids in Kempston Hardwick

Alaur Rahman. Picture: Bedfordshire Police

Man who threatened to release video of woman in the shower jailed for blackmail

Police are investigating after a woman needed hospital treatment following a dog attack

Woman needed hospital treatment after dog attack in Bedford