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9 November 2026
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Crime and Policing Bill

Delivery driver on their motorbike in a UK street image nrqemi:Shutterstock

Delivery drivers left out of new law despite sharp rise in attacks

Recent research has revealed that Bedfordshire Police have logged 600 offences against delivery drivers, with only 34 resulting in an arrest. In one incident, a delivery driver was attacked...
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PCC John Tizard with Ms Umme Ali. Image: Labour Party

Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner welcomes plans to criminalise ‘stuffing’

Bedfordshire’s deputy police and crime commissioner (DPCC) has welcomed the government’s plans to introduce a new criminal offence targeting criminals who force others to internally conceal...
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a Fly Tipping incident in Bedford Borough shows a variety of rubbish dumped by a country road.

Bedford MP backs tougher fly-tipping enforcement amid new government plan

Mohammad Yasin, MP for Bedford, has promoted Labour’s anti-fly-tipping plans on social media. Some of the measures he outlined are already in force. In a Facebook post published on...
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Bedfordshire Police Community Policing Team

Monthly column: Safer streets, safer Bedfordshire

I very much welcome the government’s new Crime and Policing Bill. This will make our streets safer and provide the police with new and stronger powers and resources needed to tackle...
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