Crime

A jealous thug from Luton has been jailed after sending nude pictures of his ex-partner to her family and setting up a fake online dating profile.

Beds Police and Crime Commissioner Kathryn Holloway has kicked back at Leighton-Linslade Town Council after it rejected her request to fund £31,200 for a parish PCSO.

The family of missing student Joy Morgan, who has links to Luton, have issued a public appeal for information on her whereabouts.

Police are stepping up patrols in Luton after a car collided with two cyclists and shots were fired from the vehicle.

Central Bedfordshire Council is asking people to share their experiences of domestic abuse through a short survey.

A shop in Luton Market Hall has been closed after a drugs bust on Wednesday.

Police investigating a car theft in Markyate have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to.

Shots have been fired from a car in Lewsey Farm, while it also struck two cyclists.

A large cannabis factory was shut down today by Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable Community Policing Teams.

Officers from Trading Standards, HMRC and the fire service raided a string of Luton shops last week and seized 36,520 illegal cigarettes and nearly 1.5 kg of hand-rolling tobacco.

Police are hunting two vicious female robbers who stole an elderly woman’s necklace in Luton while she was out walking her dog.

A man from Luton has been sentenced to 33 months in jail for the theft of three vehicles from a house in Ickwell.

The ringleader of the gang who ran a drugs line into Dunstable has been jailed for four years and two months.

A 44-year-old man has been charged with a number of offences after an incident near a school in Luton.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted outside a restaurant in Luton on Friday night.

A man was stabbed in Luton’s Riddy Lane on Saturday afternoon.

Bedfordshire Police is inviting the public to join a community weapon sweep in Luton on Sunday, March 10, to look for weapons that have been discarded or hidden, as part of a national week of action, Operation Sceptre.

Data released by the Police.uk website tracks the number of reports of violent crime and sexual offences across the city.