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Beds Police team up with six other forces to combat illegal blood sport

Bedfordshire Police have joined up with six neighbouring forces in the Eastern Region to combat illegal blood sport, hare coursing. Hare coursing is an illegal blood sport, where dogs are used to catch and kill hares...

Police appeal for six possible witnesses to Castle Mound rape to come forward

Bedfordshire Police have reissued a call for witnesses as they continue to investigate what they call a "horrific ordeal" where a woman was raped close to Castle Mound in Bedford. The woman in...

From jeans to jail joggers as burglar’s trousers match him to crime scene

A burglar who was caught "by the seat of his pants" when fibres from his jeans were found on a garden gate has been jailed for almost five years. Peter Smith, 38, of Prebend Street...

‘Hole-in-the-wall’ burglar jailed after being arrested in stolen coat

A burglar who stole £11,000 of designer clothing by tunnelling into a menswear store, before being arrested in a stolen coat, has been jailed. Richard West, 46, of Shakespeare Road, Bedford, was found guilty of...

Bedfordshire Police issue Community Resolution Order to remove Nazi flag

A flag bearing a Nazi SS insignia that had been flying from a house in Bedford Borough has been taken down following a visit from Bedfordshire Police. The flag, which bore the symbol of the...

Missing: Have you seen Joshua and Leo?

Bedfordshire Police say they're increasingly concerned for the welfare of two Bedford Borough teenage boys who have gone missing together. Joshua, 14, was reported missing yesterday...

Underfunding of Bedfordshire Police to be addressed by Home Office

Policing in Bedfordshire is underfunded by a quarter of the resources the county force needs, a meeting heard. The funding formula for police forces under which Bedfordshire is treated as a rural setting...

Two officers receive Queen’s honours for driving diversity of Bedfordshire Police force

Two Bedfordshire police officers have received honours from the Queen for transforming the force into one of the most representative in the country through a record breaking recruitment drive...

Eight year sentence for Bedford stalker who smashed windscreen

A man found guilty of stalking a woman and damaging her car was sentenced at Luton Crown Court last Monday (19 July). Gregory Robinson, 31, of no fixed abode, was jailed for...

Were you the good Samaritans who helped a woman at Priory Marina?

Bedfordshire Police are appealing for information following an assault in at Priory Marina in Bedford on Friday 16 July. At approximately 6pm a woman was subjected to an assault...

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