Laura Hutchinson is the digital editor for Bedfordshire.
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Police will be carrying out weapon searches in Leighton Buzzard as part of a national week of action to tackle knife crime.
One in six criminals in Central Bedfordshire reoffended within a year of their conviction or release from prison, new figures show.
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