So far this year, Bedfordshire Police has had 4,612 cases of domestic abuse and 3,431 of them had a child in the home, the county’s top cop has said. During the latest police and crime...
Bedfordshire Police say they're conducting special patrols tonight (Friday) as part of a new appeal to help solve a serious sexual assault in Bedford that happened two years ago this...
A man from Oxford who preyed on a lone woman in Bedford before raping her has been convicted. He will be sentenced on 26 January. Daniel Williams, 36, was found guilty of rape in connection to the...
“Urgent action needed” as inspectors find squalid conditions, spiralling self-harm and violence at Bedford Prison
Paul Hutchinson
HM Inspector of Prisons says that conditions at HMP Bedford have deteriorated so sharply that they've had to issue an urgent notification for improvement...
A Bedford man who assaulted police and security staff, leaving one officer with physical and mental scars, while trying to evade arrest has been jailed. Ben...
Despite what some officers have claimed, Bedfordshire Police will engage in vehicle pursuits once the risk has been assessed, the chief constable has said. During their recent Accountability...
A family with a young child was seen fleeing in terror as a man brazenly walked along Stanley Street carrying a huge machete last weekend (Sunday, 5 November) "looking for...
A predator who left his victim feeling like a “prisoner in her own home” has been jailed for three years for sexual assault. Wright Tebeck approached the teenage girl he knew while she was working in her front...
A man who followed a woman down an alleyway in Bedford during the early hours of the morning and raped her has been convicted. Philip Mundle was found guilty of rape in connection...
An “arrogant, narcissistic and self-obsessed” rapist who violently attacked two men he met through the gay dating app Grindr was sentenced to 15 years today (8 September). Dr Mohammed Altaher...
A 'large-scale' police incident' involving specialist police negotiators has seen flats evacuated at Bury Court and roads around the area closed. Specialist police negotiators are...
A 16-year-old boy has changed his plea and admitted murdering a man in Bedford’s Jubilee Park. The teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, had pleaded guilty to the manslaughter...