Crime

Bedfordshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Kathryn Holloway, celebrated outstanding police work and acts of bravery across the Force at the 2018 Bedfordshire Police Awards last week (June 6).

The World Cup is just days away and that means only one thing - flags will be flying everywhere.

Bedfordshire Police is issuing crime prevention advice to advise motorists how to protect their keyless vehicles.

Police are warning people to be vigilant after a spate of suspected ‘Nottingham knockers’ incidents on the Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire border.

Two women, who were raped by a Luton taxi driver over a decade ago, in two separate attacks in Eaton Bray and Luton have finally been able to get justice.

The RSPCA is appealing for information after a rabbit was left to die by the side of the A6 near Silsoe.

The average Brit commits 32 different ‘crimes’ every year - including using a vacuum on a Sunday afternoon and pocketing incorrect change.

Police are appealing for witnesses following a distraction burglary in Campton on Thursday last week.

Bedfordshire Police is appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision on the Bedfordshire/Hertfordshire border between Hexton and Pegsdon on Wednesday.

On April 24

The RSPB in Sandy is appealing for help after vandals damaged fencing around the site.

Bedford Prison has been placed in special measures - but the town’s MP, mayor and councillors were all left in the dark.

HMP Bedford has entered special measures.

Police officers have issued a warning to drink and drug drivers who think they can get away with it: Don’t bother.

On April 17

Bedfordshire Police are about 300 officers short of the number needed to help cut crime in the county, a public meeting heard last night (May 16).

Questions are being asked whether Beds Police can handle the growing rate of stabbings in Luton after one young man died and another was injured in separate incidents on Sunday.