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This extended look at a gun-based standoff is stark, emotional TV which says as much about policing as the UK’s mental-health crisis. It’s quite a step-change from tidings of comfort and joy

TV Highlights for Sunday, December 3rd... WHALE WITH STEVE BACKSHALL In the first episode, Whales and Us, in this four-part series Steve will free dive with iconic whales and their dolphin cousins, getting closer than ever before to these ancient mariners and witnessing new and rarely seen behaviours. In immersive stunning blue chip natural history

Paul Burton and Nathan Turner held a delivery driver hostage after he also forgot their salad

A new series of 24 Hours in Police Custody kicks off with a dramatic armed siege in Bedford.

Bedfordshire Police are seen surrounding the block of flats where the two shooters, Paul Burton, 45, and Nathan Turner, 37, barricaded themselves along with the victim.

Temperatures could hit 40C this week

Carson Grimes preyed upon vulnerable boys and girls for two decades and left them "traumatised".

Carson Grimes was convicted of 36 serious sexual offences at Luton Crown Court and was jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years. Most of his victims were aged between 10 and 14.

Bedfordshire Police has seen a huge rise in incidents involving serious attempts of suicide - Credit: Pexels A surge in demand on policing to support those struggling with their mental health during the pandemic has come under the spotlight. In January last year, Bedfordshire Polices contact centre received one incident with a suicide marker, meaning the person had made a serious attempt to take their own life. Incidents with suicide markers rose to 79 in April that year and to 289 in March ...

Updated Wednesday, 5th May 2021, 11:54 am Call handler Kieran Salisbury is among those responding to emergency calls about mental health (BBC Newsnight) Bedfordshire Police allowed BBC Newsnight to follow the force’s mental health street triage (MHST) team as well as the forces contact centre. The news reel showcases the pressures facing local policing amid a rise in calls to help people who need mental health care. The number of police call outs over a serious risk of suicide rose from just...