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Fancy Bakery
https://youtu.be/0Puls7D0JUY The owner of Fancy Bakery on Roff Avenue has told Bedford Independent that they are still waiting for Bedfordshire Police to gather evidence after they were burgled over a week ago. Police were notified of the...
The family of a man who was murdered in Bedford last week have spoken of their devastation at his death. Przemyslaw Golimowski, 30, died after being attacked at his home in St Mary’s Street on...
A man and a woman from Kempston have been charged after officers carried out a drugs warrant. Liam McClean, 21, of Hartwell Drive, has been charged with possession with intent to supply a Class A drug....
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Jamal Jeng, 21, of The Close in Clapham, near Bedford, has been charged with murder following an incident on Friday morning (28th September). Police were called to a flat in St. Mary’s Street in the early...
St Mary’s Street Stabbing
Bedfordshire Police have released more details about the fatal stabbing in St. Mary's Street this morning and say they believe it was a targeted attack. Officers were called to a flat in St Mary’s Street after they...
Carl Lawrence
Carl Lawrence, 39, of Church Lane, was today (Thursday) found guilty of causing death by driving whilst unfit through drugs. William Joseph Corrigan, 38, of Sheeplands Walk, was killed in the afternoon of Wednesday 28...
Cemeren Yilmaz
Four people have been charged with murder after the death of a 16-year-old boy in Bedford. Cemeren Yilmaz, of Roman Paddock, Harrold, died after being attacked in Ashmead Road on Sunday night (16 September). Aaron Miller, 19,...
Police have found seven knives in Bedford during weapons sweeps on the third day of Operation Sceptre, a week-long operation to tackle knife crime. Officers from the force were out today (Wednesday) searching open spaces and...
Cemeren Yilmaz
The family of a 16-year-old boy killed in Bedford have paid tribute to their “lovely and popular boy”. Cemeren Yilmaz, of Roman Paddock, Harrold, who was known as Cem, was the victim of a fatal attack...
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Detectives have made further arrests in the investigation into the death of a 16-year-old boy in Bedford on Sunday night. Four people – two 19-year-old men and two 15-year-old boys, all from Bedford – have been...
John Howard Statue
A statue of the great prison reformer and former High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, John Howard overlooks St Paul's Square in Bedford, 241 years since he began campaigning for improvements in prisons. In the wake of a...
appeal
A 16 year-old boy was murdered on Ashmead Road in Bedford on Sunday night. The boy suffered stab wounds and other injuries but despite being taken to hospital for treatment, later died from his injuries. Bedfordshire...