Crime

Knife arches are being accepted in Bedfordshire schools and are proving an effective deterrent, a meeting was told.

An Aston Abbotts family has been left devastated after its farm was burgled last night and around £10,000 worth of equipment taken.

A woman has been charged over a shop burglary in Leighton Buzzard last year.

Police are investigating after the Co-op’s Stanbridge Road store was broken into for the second time in five days.

Dozens of children in Bedfordshire were targeted for grooming over an 18-month period, with some as young as 10 falling victim.

Police have seized 400 cannabis plants after closing down a factory in Luton’s Stockingstone Road.

Leighton Buzzard Community Policing Team is inviting the town’s youngsters to take a slice of advice - and pizza.

A Leighton-Linslade road has been hastily closed after an 8ft deep sinkhole opened up.

The pilot of a light aircraft has pleaded guilty to flying over Luton Airport without clearance from air traffic control, four times in the same day.

Bedfordshire Police’s Assistant Chief Constable believes a partnership approach is crucial to tackling knife crime.

Central Beds Council has “lost control” of a sheltered accommodation unit for the elderly in Leighton Buzzard – which is allegedly being used as a drop-off point for drugs.

Bedfordshire has lost 8% of its police officers over the last decade, while violent crime levels have soared in the area.

A burglary victim fears her home might have been eyed up as a potential target by a man who knocked at her door a week earlier.

A high-ranking doctor has pleaded guilty to a charge of voyeurism in Linslade.

A Leighton-Linslade family want to send a warning to others after their house was broken into and their two cars were stolen last night.

A man from Eyeworth has been jailed for eight years for his part in a smuggling ring transporting people across the Channel.

The Safe Zone scheme is still going strong in Leighton Buzzard as children are aware that shops can help them if they are being bullied.

An Amazon delivery driver who stole a customer’s miniature schnauzer has been given a community order.

Burglars stole a car, pushbike and a laptop during a raid on a property in Linslade on Monday (February 25).