Distraction theft by bogus police officers
Crooks have posed as police officers and plumbers in two separate distraction burglaries in Luton in the past week.
View ArticleMan from Luton charged in Natalia Doherty murder probe
A man has been charged in the cold case probe into the death of a mum who vanished in 2003.
View ArticleMissing woman appeal: Police search for red rug
Police are looking for a red rug in connection with the search for missing woman Natalie Hemming.
View ArticleMissing rug is ‘significant’ to murder investigation
Police are searching for a missing red rug as part of the Natalie Hemming murder investigation, it was announced today (Thursday, May 12).
View ArticleVauxhall plays its part in fight against car crime
Vehicles carrying sophisticated surveillance equipment have been given to Beds Police by Luton-based Vauxhall Motors to help the fight against car thieves and those who deal in stolen parts.
View ArticlePets freed from Luton flat of horrors
A couple from Luton who left their pets languishing in squalor without veterinary treatment have been banned from keeping animals for ten years.
View ArticleBreaking: IS supporter from Luton jailed for life over terror plot
A delivery driver from Luton has been jailed for life over a plot to kill a US airman outside a base in Suffolk.
View ArticleJailed for filming mum and girl in changing rooms
A ‘Peeping Tom’ hid in a swimming pool changing room cubicle and recorded a mother and her nine-year-old daughter getting dressed, a court heard.
View Article13 ways you could be breaking the law without knowing
Nuisance neighbours are usually associated with loud parties and overflowing rubbish bins.
View ArticleWarning over online banking fraud attacks
Almost half of computer ‘infections’ are caused by banking malware, a study has found.
View ArticleSecond man to appear in court in Natalia investigation
A 72-year-old man from Scotland has been summoned to court in connection with a police investigation into the death of Natalia Doherty.
View ArticleUPDATE; Police forensic teams in Sharnbrook as part of severed head...
Police are at a railway site in North Bedfordshire as part of a murder investigation after a human head was discovered.
View ArticleSevered head update: Police “keeping an open mind”
Police have released more information about the investigation into a severed head which was found yesterday.
View ArticlePost-mortem to be carried out on severed head
A post-mortem will be carried out later this morning on a human head which was found at a quarry in Cambridgeshire.
View ArticleTaxi driver attacked and robbed by passengers in Luton
A taxi driver was attacked and robbed by two passengers in a “nasty attack” in Luton.
View ArticleBedfordshire to pilot ‘weekend only’ prison system
A new pilot project will see some prison inmates in Bedfordshire released back into the community during the week as part of what is being described as ‘the biggest shake-up of Britain’s prison system...
View ArticleExclusive: Teen handed restraining order after sexually assaulting pupil at...
A schoolboy who pushed a fellow pupil into a bathroom and sexually assaulted her has been handed a restraining order.
View ArticleUPDATE: Police stand down from Luton medical centre after ‘bomb threat’
Police say there is “no further cause for concern” after a medical centre in Luton was evacuated following an alleged ‘bomb threat’.
View ArticleCortney Batchelor jailed for four years over ‘one punch’ fatal attack
A young civil engineer has been imprisoned for manslaughter following a ‘one punch’ attack outside a Dunstable nightclub.
View ArticleWould-be jihadist who planned to go to Syria is jailed for 8 years
A would-be jihadist who planned to leave his pregnant wife at home in Bedford while he travelled to fight in Syria has been jailed for eight years and three months.
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