Crime

The World Cup is just days away and that means only one thing - flags will be flying everywhere.

The police helicopter has been flying over the Kingsbrook area of Bedford today, following a burglary in Cardington Road.

Bedfordshire Police is issuing crime prevention advice to advise motorists how to protect their keyless vehicles.

Police are warning people to be vigilant after a spate of suspected ‘Nottingham knockers’ incidents on the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire border.

Two women, who were raped by a Luton taxi driver over a decade ago, in two separate attacks in Eaton Bray and Luton have finally been able to get justice.

A man and woman were arrested following the stabbing of a police officer in Kempston yesterday morning (June 6).

The average Brit commits 32 different ‘crimes’ every year - including using a vacuum on a Sunday afternoon and pocketing incorrect change.

A man from Bedford has been sentenced to seven years’ prison after a string of knifepoint robberies, targeting victims who had withdrawn cash from Bedford petrol station cashpoint.

A family who witnessed a fatal shooting on the beach during a holiday in Mexico are concerned for their safety.

Raf Contessa, of Wilstead, is staying at the Cancun Riu Dunamar resort where the shooting happened.

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A fraudster got the shock of his life when he called at the home of an 84-year-old Central Bedfordshire resident.

Bedford Prison has been placed in special measures - but the town’s MP, mayor and councillors were all left in the dark.

HMP Bedford has entered special measures.

A pensioner with a “creepy smirk” has been jailed after sexually assaulting a female estate agent and a client who went to view a house in Kempston.

A Bedford drug dealer caught red-handed with a huge amount of cannabis and £1,000 cash in his car will serve only a few months in prison.

Do you recognise this man?

Police officers have issued a warning to drink and drug drivers who think they can get away with it: Don’t bother.

A 44-year-old man has been charged with arson, after a fire at a flat in a multi-occupancy building on St Peter’s Street on Sunday (May 20).