Richard Fuller MP says more can be done on coursing and wider rural crime

A trainee pilot from Bedfordshire has been praised for stopping the spread of a field fire

Rescuers have helped an injured in-calf cow who had become stuck in a muddy river in Bedfordshire following a suspected dog attack.

Michael Cawley has been hit with a fine after flytipping waste on Hall End Road in Wootton

Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Kent police forces have reduced hare coursing incidents by removing the borders between their patches, which has made catching and prosecuting offenders easier.

At around 3pm a young man was attacked on a footpath between Wootton and Kempston. The victim was also robbed, with his phone, bankcard and bike stolen.

On Sunday (June 26), the DPD Local driver could be seen throwing objects out of his van on Chiltern Green Road, near New Mill End, just North of Harpenden.

Dead hares were paraded through the streets of nearby Bedford.

The increase in rural crime is making farmers and communities wary of any visitors to Bedfordshire's countryside.

Farmers using third party security companies to patrol their land is a "failure in policing" and "one step away from vigilantism," a Bedfordshire councillor has claimed.

Increasing officers’ social media presence has helped Bedfordshire Police community officers to better understand residents’ policing needs.

Six people have been arrested in connection with a series of theft and drug offences after a major operation in the early hours this morning (Tuesday) near Bedford.

Officers in Bedfordshire are cracking down on catalytic converter thefts following a spate of incidents reported in the Flitwick and Harlington areas.

A farmer who saw a sharp rise in crime on her land has told how she has blocked 50 gateways, dug ditches around fields and hired a private security firm to protect her business.