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Timothy Hall. Image: Bedfordshire Police
A burglar who "borrowed" a car to move thousands of pounds worth of property from multiple burglaries in Bedford has been jailed. In an extraordinary twist, however, he returned the car he had...
Ashish Sachdev Nahar who was murdered in Jubilee Park in June 2023
A 16-year-old boy has today (Thursday) admitted fatally stabbing a man in Bedford’s Jubilee Park in June. The teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, pleaded not guilty to the murder...
Sarah Albone. Image: supplied by Bedfordshire Police
A review of Bedfordshire police’s actions is to be launched after a violent and controlling killer murdered his partner, put her body in a suitcase and dumped it in a wheelie bin where it remained undiscovered...
Mohammed Altaher Image: Bedfordshire Police
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...
Police on the beat
An officer dismissed from Bedfordshire Police after being found to have sexually assaulted a woman marks the tenth to be fired from the force in just 12 months and the fifth for sexual offences...
Bedfordshire Police logo
Bedfordshire Police is appealing for witnesses after a collision on the A421 left a man in his 70s with serious injuries. On Friday (1 September) at around 2.40pm, officers were called to a...
Traffic Police making enquiries
A man has been seriously injured after a hit and run on Ashburnham Road, Bedford yesterday (Sunday). The vehicle, described as a blue Volkswagen Caddy, failed to stop at the scene leaving...
(l-r) Klaudio Ciobanu and Ardjan Axhame Image Bedfordshire Police
Bedfordshire Police's biggest ever organised crime crackdown has seen two men at the heart of criminal drug networks facing 30 years in prison. Klaudio Ciobanu from Bedford and Ardjan Axhame from...
(L-R) John Manning and Mark Varney
A driver who mounted a kerb and drove at more than 50 miles per hour along a pavement killing two pedestrians was on Friday (18 August) jailed for eight years and nine months. Jason Campbell...
Chief Constable with student detectives. Image: Bedfordshire Police
While many are celebrating their A-levels today, 15 student detectives at Bedfordshire Police are also on their way to the next step in their careers, moving from classroom training to the frontline today...
Hydroponics equipment. Image: Bedfordshire Police
Two Bedford men have been jailed after a police investigation into an industrial unit suspected of helping organised criminal gangs grow cannabis. Bedfordshire Police...
Cannabis Factory, Gladstone Road. Image: Bedfordshire Police
Bedfordshire Police have raided what locals have called a "substantial cannabis factory" in Bedford. The raid on Tuesday (1 August) happened on Gladstone Street, Bedford. Police uncovered what they...