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Dani Bailey

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  1. Our live coverage across the day

    Live updates have finished today but you can join us again from 08:00 tomorrow for all the latest news, sport, weather and travel for Beds, Herts and Bucks.

  2. Weather: Becoming dry tonight

    Chris Bell

    BBC Look East weather

    Tonight: Some patchy rain but becoming dry by 22:00.. Lows of 9C (48F).

    Weather graphic shows 13C

    Tomorrow: Some spells of hazy sunshine, and staying mainly dry through the day. Highs around 13C (55F).  

  3. John Still: Andy Awford says it's been a difficult week

    Geoff Doyle

    BBC Three Counties Radio sport

    The Luton Town Football Club caretaker Manager Andy Awford has been talking about the departure of boss John Still today. 

    The Hatters parted company with Still this morning by mutual consent after a run of poor results. Awford says it's been a "tough couple of days".

    Andy Awford

    “It’s never a great day when you lose your manager. From where they were when John took over to where they are now that he’s gone, he’s done a fantastic job and everyone in football knows that.”

  4. Luton jazz club reaches more than 80% of crowdfunding campaign

    Dani Bailey

    BBC Local Live

    A Luton jazz bar has reached more than 80% in its crowdfunding campaign to raise money to soundproof the venue after it was served with a noise abatement order.

    Band play at The Bear Club

    The Bear Club, which says it needs £9,400 to meet the requirements set out by Luton Borough Council, has just 14 days left on its campaign.

    In an email, owner Justin Doherty thanks those who have supported the club.

  5. The Big Picture: Mechanism on the Grand Union Canal

    Dani Bailey

    BBC Local Live

    The main image at the top of our live page today shows a close-up of a mechanism along the Grand Union Canal near Tring reservoir.

    Thank you to Max Phipps for sharing this photograph with us. 

    Mechanism at Totternhoe reservoir
  6. Video: Reaction to John Still's Luton Town sacking

    BBC Three Counties Radio

    Luton Town have sacked manager John Still after four straight defeats, with the club 17th in League Two.

    The 65-year-old took charge in February 2013 with the Hatters in the Conference Premier, leading them to promotion back to the Football League a year later.

    BBC Three Counties Radio Sports Editor Geoff Doyle assesses what has happened.

    Video content

    Video caption: BBC 3CR's sports editor assesses John Still's departure from Luton Town
  7. Headlines: Shahena Uddin's sister-in-law guilty of murder... Luton sack Still

    Jane Killick

    BBC Three Counties Radio

    The top stories we've been looking at:

  8. Sentencing of Kevin Wilson and teen accomplice to be held in February

    Malorie Bantala said she had nearly lost her womb as a result of the attack and she had been forced to "relive the worst day of my life" during the case. 

    As well as losing six litres of blood, she had broken two fingers in the hand she had used to try to shield her unborn child.  

    Old Bailey judge Mark Lucraft QC adjourned sentencing to a date to be fixed in February.

  9. Former Uni of Beds student runs from court in tears

    Dani Bailey

    BBC Local Live

    A woman who lost her baby after an attack in south-east London by her ex-boyfriend, who she met at the University of Bedfordshire, ran from court in tears as the jury returned their verdicts.

    Malorie Bantala

    Malorie Bantala, 22, was walking home in Peckham when she was attacked by Kevin Wilson, 22, and a 17-year-old accomplice in June.

    As the jurors delivered their verdicts Ms Bantala became tearful before screaming at Wilson: "I'm going to kill you... I hate you," and running from court. 

  10. Baby death attack: Ex-girlfriend attacked when she refused a termination

    Wilson's ex-girlfriend Malorie Bantala, 22, gave birth at 32 weeks to a stillborn boy following the assault in London in June this year. 

    The pair met whilst studying at the University of Bedfordshire.

    Kevin Wilson and a 17-year-old youth who cannot be named attacked her when she refused to have an abortion.

  11. Former Uni of Beds student guilty of killing unborn baby

    A former University of Bedfordshire student has been found guilty of killing his unborn baby when he attacked his ex-girlfriend in south-east London in June.

    Kevin Wilson, 22, of Bermondsey, was found guilty at the Old Bailey today along with a 17-year-old accomplice who cannot be named for legal reasons.

    Court sketch of Kevin Wilson in the dock
  12. BreakingBaby death attack: Ex-boyfriend found guilty

    Former University of Bedfordshire student Kevin Wilson and a teenage accomplice have been found guilty of killing his unborn baby in an attack on Wilson's ex-girlfriend.

  13. Shahena Uddin's former school 'liaised with local authority'

    The former school of a teenager who was beaten to death at her Watford home has said it liaised with the local authority about her.

    Queens' School in Watford

    Shahena Uddin, 19, had attended the Queens' School, which said in a statement it believed it acted appropriately with regard to Miss Uddin.

    "[We] will fully co-operate with the upcoming Domestic Homicide Review into her death where everything will be looked at in more detail," the statement said.

  14. Shahena Uddin case 'extremely tragic', council says

    Hertfordshire County Council has described the Shahena Uddin case as "extremely tragic" and says there will be a domestic homicide review next year.

    Watford Uddin home

    The 19 year old was found at her Watford home with 54 injuries last year, after prolonged beatings from family members.

    The council’s children’s services worked with Shahena’s family for 10 years until 2010, before Shahena's brother and his wife were granted parental responsibility.

  15. Shahena Uddin was discovered on bathroom floor with 54 injuries

    Paramedics called to the Uddin family home in Watford last year found 19-year-old Shahena Uddin's body on the bathroom floor with 54 injuries.

    The Watford house

    St Albans Crown Court heard they were told that she had felt sick and fainted but at some point overnight, after being beaten over the course of 24 hours, Miss Uddin had become unconscious and choked on her own vomit.

    Sentencing was adjourned until Monday.

  16. Five siblings guilty of allowing Shahena Uddin's death

    Jo Black

    BBC News

    Five siblings have been found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a vulnerable adult after their sister, 19-year-old Shahena Uddin, was beaten to death at their Watford home.

    Forensics at the home in Watford after Shahena's death

    Brothers Suhail Uddin, 35, Jhuhal Uddin, 33, Jewel Uddin, 27, Tohel Uddin, 24, and sister Rehena Uddin, 22, were found guilty at St Albans Crown Court today.  

    All five, along with sister-in-law Salma Begum, 32, have been found guilty of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

  17. Sister-in-law found guilty of Shahena Uddin murder

    Jo Black

    BBC News

    The sister-in-law of a teenager beaten to death at her home in Watford has been found guilty of her murder.

    Shahena Uddin

    Salma Begum, who is married to Shahena's oldest brother, sobbed in the dock as the jury delivered its unanimous verdict.  

    Shahena Uddin (pictured), 19, was found dead on the bathroom floor of the family home in Leavesden Road last year.

  18. BreakingShahena Uddin murder trial: Sister-in-law found guilty

    The sister-in-law of Shahena Uddin, who was beaten to death at her home in Watford, has been found guilty of her murder.  

    More to follow.

  19. Police and council funding: Beds significantly lower than PCC wanted

    Paul Scoins

    BBC Three Counties Radio political reporter

    Councils and police forces across the three counties have found out their funding for the next year, following a government announcement earlier.

    Fifty pound notes

    Bedfordshire Police gets an increase of 0.4%, Thames Valley 0.6% and Hertfordshire gets 1%. For Beds, this is £400 000 - significantly lower than the Bedfordshire Police Commisisoner Olly Martins wanted, indeed earlier this year he wanted to raise £4m in a council tax rise. 

    Councils will have a £3.5b pot to help pay for social care costs, and will work towards being self-sufficient in five years - a move council leaders have cautiously welcomed.

  20. Weather: Increasingly cloudy with rain later

    BBC Weather

    It will turn increasingly cloudy through this afternoon with outbreaks of rain later. 

    Maximum temperature: 15C (59F).

    Weather graphic shows rain later