Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Bedfordshire

Teenage killer case exposes ‘major system failure’ in gun laws

The Government has pledged to urgently look at tightening ‘deep and long-standing weaknesses in the private sale of firearms’.

Evening Standard

Teenager who murdered family wanted to be UK’s worst mass school killer

Nicholas Prosper, 19, from Luton, Bedfordshire, is being sentenced at Luton Crown Court for murdering his mother and two siblings.

Evening Standard

Nicholas Prosper sentencing: Teenager who murdered family 'planned on killing at least 30 schoolchildren'

Nicholas Prosper, 19, wanted to become UK’s worst mass school killer with shooting attack on his former primary, court told

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Man appears in court charged with murder of six-month-old baby

Archie Woodbridge died in hospital after reports of concern for the welfare of a baby at an address in Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire.

Evening Standard

Four people charged after death of baby in Bedfordshire

Police were called to reports of concern for the welfare of a baby at an address in Houghton Regis on February 9 2024.

Evening Standard

19-Year-Old Who Murdered His Mother and Siblings Had Chilling School Attack Plot

In a case that has rocked the community, officers from Bedfordshire Police intercepted Prosper on Bramingham Road shortly after the brutal murders of three family members.

The Fashion Central

Family murders and school shooting plan ‘appalling crime’ – Home Secretary

Nicholas Prosper pleaded guilty to the murders of Juliana Falcon, 48, Giselle Prosper, 13, and Kyle Prosper, 16, at Luton Crown Court on Monday.

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

'The most appalling crime': Horror over teenager who killed mother and two siblings and planned school shooting

Nicholas Prosper pleaded guilty to the murders of Juliana Falcon, 48, Giselle Prosper, 13, and Kyle Prosper, 16, at Luton Crown Court on Monday

Evening Standard

Teenager who murdered family was planning shooting at his former primary school

Nicholas Prosper, 19, shot his mother and two siblings and was planning a mass killing at his old primary school in Luton.

Evening Standard

Police officer caught removing burglar’s tag in secret sexual relationship

Natasha Conneely’s ‘entirely selfish’ actions risked leaving known burglar free to commit further crimes, Bedfordshire Police says

The Independent UK

Former US government adviser who flew to UK to rape ‘nine-year-old girl’ jailed

Rahamim Shy, 47, travelled to Bedfordshire from New York in February last year to have sex with the girl after more than a month of planning.

Evening Standard

Police identify man sought in murder probe after woman dies in ‘targeted attack’

A 46-year-old woman died and a woman in her 20s was injured in Luton on Monday, Bedfordshire Police said.

Evening Standard

PinkNews director suspended from NHS role after sexual misconduct claims

Anthony James, a former GP, suspended from role at Bedfordshire hospitals trust after allegations by newspaper’s workers

The Guardian - UK

Vauxhall owner plans to shut Luton van factory, putting 1,100 jobs at risk

Stellantis says it will shift production from Bedfordshire to plant at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

The Guardian - UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Ministers hope for tourism boost with Bedfordshire Universal Studios resort

Blake Stephenson described Universal Studios’ plan for a new Bedfordshire resort as a ‘gamechanger’ for the region

Evening Standard

‘Dangerous’ man obsessed with explosives jailed for causing blast at family home

Matthew Haydon was sentenced to four and a half years in prison with a four-year extended licence period, at the Old Bailey.

The Guardian - UK

‘A special place’: Guardian readers’ generosity helps to save rewilded farm

Bedfordshire farm was saved through public donations after a successful £1.5m crowdfunding campaign

Evening Standard

Blind veteran, 100, ‘felt 10 feet tall’ marching past Cenotaph for first time

Michael Woods, from Dunstable in Bedfordshire, marched with more than 40 other blind veterans supported by the charity Blind Veterans UK.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

Tree cathedral planted as war memorial restored after ash dieback devastation

Whipsnade Tree Cathedral’s ‘cloister wall’ ash trees have been felled and replaced with resilient wild service trees.

Evening Standard

‘Evil’ man who murdered and dismembered 74-year-old landlady jailed for life

Scott Paterson, 45, suffocated Annette Smith at their shared home in Bedfordshire in November 2023.

The Independent UK

Killer who dismembered landlady and sent Moonpig Christmas cards to cover tracks jailed

Paterson smothered Annette Smith with a pillow and continued to talk to her ‘like normal’ before he dismembered her with a saw and a kitchen knife, a court heard

Evening Standard

Met officer ‘stabbed with large machete by two men on moped’ after robbery outside Luton shopping centre

The off-duty Met officer was injured while confronting two machete-wielding robbers in Luton

Evening Standard

More flooding 'expected' around London commuter belt in wake of torrential rain

Dozens of flood alerts are in place as disruption continues

Evening Standard

Day of London travel chaos as heavy rain submerges parts of capital in floods

Firefighters took 350 calls to floods in London as extreme weather caused travel chaos

Evening Standard

Tornado hits Luton as streets flooded and cars submerged outside London

A small tornado hit Luton as streets were submerged and cars abandoned when heavy downpours battered towns outside London.

1 2 3 4 5

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Environment Agency

657 stories

Vauxhall

544 stories

the Crown Prosecution Service

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.