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Bedfordshire Police are renewing their appeal for witnesses after two people were stabbed earlier this week. Police were called to a house in Vineyard Way in Kempston on Tuesday night.

A man and woman, both in their sixties, were taken to hospital with stab wounds. The man died shortly afterwards.

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A man arrested on suspicion of the attempted murder of a teenager in Luton has been released on police bail pending further enquiries.

A 16-year-old was shot in the back in the early hours of May 11th in Thricknells Close, Marsh Farm. He remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital.

Police are currently putting on armed patrols in the area in response to a number of recent shootings.

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• Luton
• Bedfordshire

Four men have been jailed for a total of 54 years for a violent armed robbery in Bedfordshire.

All four pleaded guilty at Luton Crown Court to their part in the pre-planned robbery in Langford near Biggleswade last year.

Two elderly brothers were assaulted and ordered to hand over cash. The offenders eventually left with shotguns belonging to the men, who were farmers.

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• Bedfordshire
• Luton

Bedfordshire Police have arrested a man on suspicion of attempted murder after a teenager was shot in Luton.

The 16-year-old was shot in the back in the early hours of May 11th in Thricknells Close, Marsh Farm. He remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital. His injuries are described as ‘life changing’.

A 19-year-old man is being questioned by the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit. He was stopped yesterday afternoon by armed response officers patrolling Marsh Farm. Police are currently putting on armed patrols in the area in response to a number of recent shootings.

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A man is beginning a life sentence today after being found guilty of murdering a cyclist in Luton.

22-year-old Kyle Beckford from Luton was told he will serve at least 24 years in prison after he deliberately knocked down 19-year-old Delaney Brown.

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• Luton
• Bedfordshire

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• Luton
• Bedfordshire

Mid Bedfordshire Tory MP Nadine Dorries will speak to her local party about the possibility of standing as a joint Conservative-UK Independence Party candidate at the next election.

The maverick backbencher said other Tory eurosceptics could also seek Ukip's endorsement to prevent Nigel Farage's party standing against them in 2015.

Ms Dorries, who has only recently had the Tory whip restored after an unauthorised trip to the jungle for I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! said the move was aimed at "healing the rift on the right" to block a Labour return to power

Ms Dorris claimed having two logos on the ballot paper had been made possibly by legislation passed by the coalition Government and seeking a Ukip endorsement was "something that I know MPs are looking forward and considering now".

She denied the move would jeopardise her position within the Conservative Party, insisting she was not encouraging voters to shift their support to Ukip.

She said: "I'm not actually saying that people should change their allegiance from Conservative to Ukip, to the contrary actually, it's the opposite.

"I'm saying to keep Conservative MPs in Parliament and to stop the left, the Labour Party, getting back into power in 2015 we need to look at imaginative ways."

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• Bedfordshire

22-year-old Kyle Beckford of Waleys Close in Luton has been sentenced to life in prison, to serve a minimum of 24 years.

Earlier today a jury at Luton Crown Court unanimously found him guilty of murdering 19-year-old cyclist Delaney Brown, also from Luton.

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• Luton
• Bedfordshire