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Hertfordshire grandad who died in A6 Bugatti crash had a 'generous spirit'

Simon Diffey, 57, from St Albans, was a keen racer who lived classic cars

Bedfordshire Police

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A St Albans grandfather died when the classic Bugatti he was driving was involved in a crash with an ambulance on the A6 near Barton, Bedfordshire.

Bedfordshire Police have launched a new campaign to help improve the safety of women and girls in the county

Women's Safety

Police project shines light on violence against women and girls

Rose Edwards

Google Maps image of the A505 Carters Lane junction.

Hertfordshire Constabulary

A505: Man airlifted to hospital following crash near Hitchin

Pearce Bates

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Google Maps image of A505 duel carriageway.

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

17-year-old killed after being struck by car on A505 near Hitchin

Pearce Bates

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Google Maps image of the A505 duel carriageway.

Hertfordshire Constabulary | Updated

Pedestrian struck on A505 Beech Hill between Luton and Hitchin

Pearce Bates

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Central Bedfordshire Council

Rollout of Energy Bills Rebate begins in Central Beds

Louise McEvoy

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Luton Airport wants to increase passenger numbers to 19 million a year.

London Luton Airport | Updated

Luton Airport operator responds after expansion plans called-in by...

Euan Duncan, Local democracy reporter

An Amur tiger on an egg hunt.

Easter

Enjoy Easter egg hunt with a difference at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Alan Davies

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Three men have been jailed for a total of more than 45 years for their part in a pre-planned 'frenzied' knife attack.

Three men jailed for more than 45 years after 'frenzied' knife attack in...

Rosie Boon

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Taylor Wimpey was granted outline planning permission for 80 homes off Arlesey High Street in April 2021

Planning and Development

Consultation launched for 75-home development in Arlesey

Georgia Barrow

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Rowan has been diagnosed with NF1 which has caused a large tumour to grow on his brain steam

Family raising awareness for tumour condition after Rowan's diagnosis

Georgia Barrow

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Ben Whishaw as Adam in This Is Going To Hurt, which can be seen on BBC One.

TV | Video

Ben Whishaw scrubs up as a doctor in new BBC comedy drama

Alan Davies

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Girl sitting on the floor outside with her head in her hands

Central Bedfordshire Council

Police focus on Shefford in tackling child exploitation

Louise McEvoy

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Man charged with conspiracy to supply drugs after airport arrest

Georgia Barrow

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Fairfield in 2005. Once a mental asylum, the building has since been converted into flats

Comet Relaunch

A brief history of Fairfield: One of Bedfordshire's newest towns

Maya Derrick

Former Comet reporter Maya Derrick from Meppershall (pictured at sunrise) writes of her experience reporting on Beds villages

Comet Relaunch

Our Bedfordshire villages: 'Rural reporting has been my greatest pleasure'

Maya Derrick

Nadine Dorries is Conservative's parlimentary candidate for Mid Bedfordshire. Picture courtesy of Na

MP insists no one in Mid Beds is angry with the PM over partygate

Bianca Wild

Davidsons Homes donates £2,300 to Meppershall Church of England Academy's reading scheme

Education News

Donation kickstarts reading scheme fundraising for village school

Georgia Barrow

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Princess Aurora (Carly Jackson) falls asleep after pricking her finger on the spinning wheel in Sleeping Beauty.

Pantomimes

HATS Drama Group return with pantomime Sleeping Beauty in Meppershall

Alan Davies

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Generic stock photo to illustrate abdominal pain and bowel symptoms. See PA Feature HEALTH Bowel Can

NHS

Get FIT for 2022: Behind the easy at-home bowel cancer screening

Maya Derrick

Pix Brook Academy in Stotfold, a BEST school, in 2020

Education News

School's construction honoured in planning awards

Maya Derrick

Central Bedfordshire Council is consulting on new and existing gypsy and traveller sites.

Councillor quits 'self-interested' Conservative Party

Euan Duncan, local democracy reporter

A booster coronavirus vaccine is administered at a Covid vaccination centre at Elland Road in Leeds,

Coronavirus

How many people have had their COVID booster where you live?

Maya Derrick

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Police officer's 'inappropriate relationship' was gross misconduct...

Louise McEvoy

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Coronavirus cases have increase in North Herts and fallen in South Cambs

Coronavirus

How many Omicron cases are there in your area?

Anne Suslak

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Vaccinator Rosie Buchanan prepares a vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the COVID-19 va

Coronavirus

How many COVID booster vaccines have been administered in our area?

Maya Derrick

The site in Shillington, which has been dug up multiple times in recent weeks

Bedfordshire Live News

Latest Openreach blunder cuts off homeworkers’ broadband

Howard Dobson

Michelle Stevens, aged around 11, with her mum Janet Ellis, who sadly died of COVID in January aged 73

Coronavirus

'It's one rule for them, and one rule for us'

Maya Derrick

Covid vaccine syringe close-up

Coronavirus

Omicron cases confirmed in Stevenage and North Herts

Louise McEvoy

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Samuel Whitbread Academy, Clifton

Bedfordshire Live News

School trust calls out council for causing 'uncertainty and chaos'

Maya Derrick