Crime

Securing full funding to police Bedfordshire in 2020/21 has been likened to holding police and crime commissioners to ransom and putting a gun to their heads.

Police are issuing a fraud warning after a number of Bedfordshire residents fell victim to a scam, with one losing their entire life savings

A man has been charged with possessing an offensive weapon in Shefford this week after footage was shared online.

Officers and staff from Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Joint Protection Services have been recognised for their work at an awards ceremony

A man in his 20s was taken to hospital after his motorcycle was involved in a collision with a car in Biggleswade on Saturday.

Officers are investigating after a man died following a collision on Shillington Road, near Lower Stondon, on Saturday, February 1.

Bedfordshire Police has only spent £85,359 on informants over the last five years, compared to the Metropolitan Police who spent over £4m.

An escaped prisoner who kidnapped a woman in Sandy by hijacking her car has been jailed for eight years.

Beds Police bosses have called for tougher sentences for attacks on police officers after the case of one PC was shown on a television documentary this week.

Residents in Bedfordshire are being urged to speak to elderly relatives and friends about the dangers of impersonation fraud.