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Police urge vigilance after spike in courier fraud targeting elderly in Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire Police is urging local people, particularly those who are elderly and vulnerable, to stay alert following a spike in courier fraud across the county. In the past...

Man, 50, jailed for sexually assaulting teen in Kempston park

A 50-year-old man who sexually assaulted a teenage girl in a park in Kempston in August last year has been jailed for 14 years. On 26 August 2024, Naresh Kumar, 50, saw the girl in Addison Howard Park. He intercepted her and took her...

Bedfordshire Police make arrest in connection to kidnap

Armed officers were deployed to a location in Goldington Road today (Monday) and arrested a man as part of an investigation following a kidnap in mid-Bedfordshire. Officers from Bedfordshire Police were seen by the Toby Carvery...

Bedford Ian writes…

21 March 2025: Is that you, Mr Wayne?, Cement over the problem, and Speed demons. Bedford Ian has been looking at recent goings on across Bedford Borough and has what he thinks of it all...

Man jailed for five years after stabbing outside Bedford Co-op

A knife attacker who left a man with life-threatening injuries in a broad daylight stabbing outside a Bedford supermarket has been sentenced to five years in prison. Nazim Uddin, 18...

Prolific Bedford burglar jailed after string of break-ins

A 24-year-old burglar has been sentenced to three years in prison after admitting to a spree of burglaries, thefts, and frauds across Bedford, Bromham, Clapham, and Greenfield...

Senior Bedfordshire Police officer responds to letter calling on force to tackle crime in Bedford

A senior Bedfordshire Police officer has responded to a warning by Bedford businessman Peter McCormack earlier this week (Monday) which told them to ‘tackle crime or we’ll do it ourselves’...

Prison for Clapham man who sexually assaulted teenager in his car

A man from Clapham, who sexually assaulted a teenage girl whilst giving her a lift in his car, has been jailed for seven years. Errol Brown, 55, offered the victim, who was known to him, a lift in his car on the evening of 14 August 2023...

Bedford business owner tells Bedfordshire Police ‘tackle crime or we’ll do it ourselves’

A local business owner has told Bedfordshire Police that he can no longer 'stand by and allow the continued decline of our town centre due to inaction by Bedfordshire Police'...

Shotgun, cash, and over £1m in cannabis seized in police raids across Bedford Borough and Luton

A series of dawn raids across Bedfordshire have led to the seizure of more than £1 million worth of cannabis plants and a firearm, as police dismantled illegal grow...

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