Watch: Police track stolen pickup to flooded field

A police drone and some off-road driving by officers through floodwaters have helped locate a stolen pick-up truck hidden among bushes in a field.

Bedfordshire Police's Rural Crime Action Team located the Toyota Hilux close to the A421 south of Bedford on Tuesday.

The force said the vehicle was recovered intact and had been returned to its owner.

It added that pick-up trucks and 4x4s remained high value targets for organised criminal groups.

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A group of women in aprons and themed outfits run down a street while holding frying pans with pancakes, taking part in The Olney Pancake Race. Spectators line the roadside, watching and taking photos in a residential neighborhood.

Watch: Runners sprint for Olney Pancake Race glory

Running at speed and flipping a pancake like your life depends on it is all part of the tradition.

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A woman holding a pan run towards the finish line. She is surrounded by onlookers and photographers. The picture is in black and white.

Archive video shows historic pancake race in 1956

Olney Pancake Race in Buckinghamshire has been held since 1445 and claims to be the world's oldest.

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Resurfacing equipment on the tarmac of an airport runway. The shot is taken from a low angle so you can see the tarmac, the machines, workers in yellow high vis and the sky at night. It's all lit up by a big light in the air.

Timelapse captures resurfacing of Luton Airport runway

Crews have just a few hours overnight to resurface the runway so planes can take off in the morning.

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A group of vibrant green parrots cling to a red brick wall, scattered across its vertical surface in various poses.

Parakeets feeding on barn wall display Amazonian behaviour

Ornithologist Jack Baddams says the video is "really cool".

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Three ostriches cluster together in a field next to a wooden fence, all looking towards a zookeeper. She stands on the other side of the fence with her head turned away from the camera towards the birds. She wears a forest green hat and jacket and is writing on a clipboard.

Extra special stocktake of zoo animals begins

Staff say they were given a last-minute surprise, after a white rhino was born on New Year's Day.

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Water gushes on to a flooded railway track.

Watch: Gushing water turns railway 'into a river'

Fast-flowing water from a burst sewer main is seen pouring into a flooded railway station.

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A large explosion with a enormous plume of dark smoke rising upwards into the sky

The first 999 call made after Buncefield explosion

"There's been an explosion," a woman tells a 999 operator following the blast on 11 December 2005.

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Two police officers are pulling a man out of a BMW crashed into a lamppost near a red bus

BMW driver jailed after crashing into lamp-post

Cameron Saddique is handed a driving ban for more than three years following the crash in September.

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Woman shouting in a front garden while a workman watches on in the background.

Watch: Neighbours row as workers dig up front lawn

Videos of the dispute are watched more than four million times after being shared on TikTok.

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Two squirrels moving around inside a cylindrical drain

Family of rodents found living in drain system

Other items discovered in roadside drains around Hertfordshire include a trampoline and grenade.

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A man on a mountain bike is flying through the air as he makes his way through a truck with an empty load

Watch: Mountain biker jumps through moving lorries

Organiser Red Bull says it was a "world-first" jump in which "every element had to align perfectly".

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A car is passing over a zebra crossing. It is blurred, and the people around the car are also blurred or out of focus.

Car narrowly misses pupils and lollipop woman

Drivers face penalties including points on their licence or mandatory speed awareness courses.

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Lion cubs explore zoo pumpkin patch

The zoo says it is a great way to encourage their curiosity, reinforce bonds and keep them fit.

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A yellow telehandler vehicle carries a dark box on a grey concrete forecourt outside of a Sainsbury's Local at nighttime

Watch: The moment gang rip cash machine from shop

Footage has shown the moment a gang used a telehandler to rip a cash machine out of a Sainsbury’s shop front.

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A grey car heads towards a red light at a roundabout. There other other vehicles around it.

Car smashed in high speed roundabout crash

A man is banned from driving after admitting to causing serious injuries by dangerous driving.

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Filming of a street scene featuring actor Daniel Rigby in a grey suit bumping into a man in a purple cloak.

Filming for Harry Potter TV series spotted in town

Fans of the young wizard capture a scene for the upcoming HBO series being shot in Hertfordshire.

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White-on-red "no entry" roadsign in front of buildings

Archive: Village's women ban sex before bypass demo

Wives of campaigners put a clamp on their partners' sex lives ahead of a campaign for a new road.

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Archive: Oasis set for 'biggest rock gig' of 1990s

BBC footage from 1996 shows preparations for the band's hugely anticipated concerts at Knebworth.

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A woman putting a yellow plastic container into a bin.

How residents are expected to use five new bins

Reporter Ben Schofield breaks down how five bins can be used, as similar schemes could appear elsewhere.

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Fans celebrate England's Euros win as they look to a big screen inside a sports venue

Watch: England captain's former club celebrate Euros win

About 1,000 people watch the match on a big screen at Scots Sports & Social Club in Bletchley.

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