Bedfordshire Police

A man rides an e-scooter. (Photo by TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Don't buy e-scooters for Christmas says Police and Crime Commissioner

Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue Service. Picture: Tony Margiocchi

Young woman trapped in car in Old Warden cut free by fire service

Traffic alert

A1 near Biggleswade shut due to an overturned lorry

Lexi Ashwell (fourth from right) with her mum Michelle and some of the team from Bedfordshire Police and EEAST who helped save her life

12-year-old girl reunited with the team that saved her life

The incident is along a major route.

Drivers urged to avoid A603 near Willington after major traffic accident

Arlesey Town FC and Potton United FC badges

Arlesey Town and Potton United match cut short after alleged racist incident

Home Office figures show two firearms licences were revoked by Bedfordshire Police in the year to March – in line with 2021-22. Meanwhile, a further four shotgun licences were revoked last year

Multiple firearms licences revoked in Bedfordshire last year

Police and Crime Commissioner Festus Akinbusoye. Image supplied by Bedfordshire OPCC

Letter urging PCC to stand down during MP campaign was "borderline bullying"

Vandalism at Franklin Recreation Ground

More vandalism at Biggleswade playground prompts call for CCTV coverage

28 casualties were recorded by Bedfordshire Police last year, up from 16 in 2021 and a significant increase from four casualties two years prior

More people and more people injured in e-scooter collisions in Bedfordshire

Shefford Health Centre. Image: Google.

Dad who tried to get urgent appointment for son 'banned' from GP

Vandalism at Franklins Recreation Ground

Vandals branded "abominable people" after "appalling" damage to play area

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Maximum allowed increase agreed for Bedfordshire Police's slice of council tax

Fire crews at the scene of the incident. Image: Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Motorists warned to avoid section of A507 today due to ongoing warehouse fire

Police accident

Woman cut out of car after 'serious collision' on A1

Police are appealing for witnesses

A1 to close between Biggleswade and Sandy for vigil to motorcyclist

A sticker is placed on the windscreen of an uninsured car after it is seized by police

Thousands of uninsured vehicles seized in Bedfordshire

Road safety news

'Cost of living crisis should not stop road safety improvements in Central Bedfo...

Queen Elizabeth II by Dorothy Wilding

Queen Elizabeth: Books of Condolence will open tomorrow in Bedford, Luton and Ce...

Home Office figures show Bedfordshire Police recorded 459 assaults on emergency workers in the year to March

Rising number of attacks on emergency workers in Bedfordshire

The scene of the incident. Image: BCH Road Policing Unit.

Driver has lucky escape as vehicle flips on side after crash in Stotfold

Bedfordshire Police issued 727 fixed penalty notices for breaches of coronavirus regulations between March 2020 and January 2022, where an ethnicity was stated

Asian and black people more likely to get Covid fines than white people

Although growing in popularity, privately-owned e-scooters remain illegal on public roads

E-scooter casualties on the rise in Bedfordshire

Naloxone available here stickers (Photo by JEFF J MITCHELL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Bedfordshire Police pilot scheme to help save lives and counter drug overdoses

Beds Police are appealing for witnesses

Appeal after fatal collision on A507 between Shefford and Clophill

Fire crews have been called to tackle the blaze

'Keep windows shut' plea as fire crews tackle blaze

Photo: Ivars Boss.

Emergency services descend on Biggleswade after van crashes into flat block

402 potential cases of modern slavery were flagged to Bedfordshire Police last year

Hundreds of possible slavery victims - including children - identified in Bedfor...

Bedfordshire Police recorded 51,862 speeding offences in 2020-21

Nearly a quarter of speeding offences cancelled in Bedfordshire

Police and Crime Commissioner, Festus Akinbusoye

Consultation launched over £10 a year council tax rise to fund Beds Police

Bedfordshire Police

Sandy man reported missing from Bedford Hospital found safe

Bedfordshire Police

Former Bedfordshire Police officer 'would have been sacked' for gross misconduct

Home Office data shows 8,313 offences were recorded by Bedfordshire Police in 2020-21 - the equivalent of 12 for every 1,000 people in the area

Domestic abuse soars in Bedfordshire over last six years

Roads are closed while emergency services are on the scene

Emergency services at the scene of collision on the A1 near Wyboston

Operation Costello has taken down a series of organised criminal networks operating in Bedfordshire.

Three arrested after dawn drugs raid in Shefford in crackdown on organised crime

PCSO Stephanie Lee emptying one of the Shefford amnesty bins

Almost 600 knives and 5 firearms recovered from amnesty bins in Shefford

Bilberry Road residents with representatives from Grand Union Housing Group, Central Bedfordshire Council, Bedfordshire Police and Public Health

New community hub for once-troubled neighbourhood in Clifton

Police thanked everyone who shared the appeal

Missing 14-year-old Sandy boy has been found safe

Police thanked everyone for sharing the appeal

Missing Biggleswade 13-year-old found safe and well

13-year-old Summer was reported missing from her Biggleswade home

Police appeal for help to find missing Biggleswade 13-year-old

Community policing in Bedfordshire is understaffed

Community policing in Bedfordshire is understaffed by eight team members

Police are appealing for dashcam footage or information

Two die in collision on the A421 near the Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire

The road is closed following a collision

A421 near the Black Cat roundabout in Bedfordshire closed after collision

Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Ferocious car fire closes A1 Southbound near Biggleswade

A1 slip road closed following a traffic collision

A1 slip road closed after two vehicle collision in Blunham

PCC Festus Akinbusoye

Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner's reports 'not good enough'