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Multi-storey car park lift fixed - and repairs to library lift in progress

Emergency flashing lights are seen on an ambulance at Royal London Hospital (Photo by Peter Nicholls/Getty Images)

Ambulance service faces busiest year ever as 999 calls surge

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Garden waste collections to stop for winter across Central Bedfordshire

Goodness Sokoh used Snapchat to target his victims. Photos: Thames Valley Police and Getty Images

Rapist who used Snapchat to lure victims is jailed for 21 years

Jamie Peck

Police hunt wanted man with links to Bedfordshire

Over 100 arrests since Live Facial Recognition introduced

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Commissioner column: Time to stand up; time to be anti-racist

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Sport

Acts such as East 17 and Kerry Katona will be at Parkdean Resorts’ Celebrity Christmas Weekender in late November

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Crime

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The new website offering help and support for victims and survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation was launched on October 8

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Lifestyle

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Health

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