Many children facing their “most dangerous Christmas yet”
The NSPCC has warned that many children are facing their “most dangerous Christmas yet” due to the uncertainty over COVID and the cumulative pressures of the pandemic…
Nine years after her disappearance police renew appeal to help find Sonica Hans

Bedfordshire Police have renewed their appeal for information that may help them find missing Bedford woman, Sonica Hans, who hasn’t been seen for nine years. Sonica, then aged 35, was…
New Elm tree for Bedford Embankment to mark town’s friendship with Palestinian village

Bedford Borough Council is continuing to build on its friendship links with Al Walaja – a West Bank village informally twinned with Bedford – by planting an elm tree on the Embankment…
Woman robbed in broad daylight on Bedford street

A woman was robbed in Bedford earlier this week (Wednesday) in what police are describing as a “violent attack”. At around 3.50 pm on the 22 December, a woman was walking on…