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 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 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...
Bedfordshire Police has not been consistent in reporting how officers are allocated in community teams which makes it “frustrating” when tracking numbers, a meeting heard. The Bedfordshire Police...
Observations raised over five years by a member of the public into the running of the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner have resulted in over 4,000 emails, a meeting heard...
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...
The government-backed Turnaround Project aims to catch “troubled young people” in Bedford borough on the edge of criminality, a meeting heard. The Children’s Services Overview...
Bedfordshire’s police and crime commissioner said safer streets and public safety should “start in the home and not in the Home Office”. Festus Akinbusoye told the Local Democracy Reporting...
Order has been restored to Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre after protests among detainees broke out at around 9.30pm last night (Wednesday). Bedfordshire Police, the Fire and Rescue Service...
Bedfordshire Police has confirmed that a man in his 30s has been arrested in connection with a fire at a multi-storey car park at Luton Airport. The fire broke out on level three of the car park on...
Bedfordshire Police is appealing for help in locating a 31-year-old man wanted for prison recall. Officers are looking to get in contact with Shane Ellwood of no fixed abode and believe he may be in the south...
A Bedford man who attempted to blackmail a woman by threatening to release a video of her in the shower has been brought to justice. Alaur Rahman used multiple phones to harass...