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Back in 2014, a small envelope was handed in to Coombe Down surgery containing somebody's photos showing the life of a young man, thought to live in the Bedford area, dating from the 1920s to the 1940s.

No-one at the surgery was able to help, but Anne Meddick made it her mission to find who they belong to and she contacted the BBC.

After the story was posted on BBC Three Counties and BBC Radio Bristol's Facebook pages it was shared on social media and was eventually seen by Kate Goodwin, who recognised Roy as her uncle.

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"To see my uncle was absolutely amazing, I recognised him instantly and the surname of Muggleton totally verified it," Kate said.

"We lost the photos a couple of years ago when my mother moved up to Combe Down.

"My mother is delighted... and the lady that found them two years ago is my mother's neighbour."

Hertfordshire Scientists are warning crops of cauliflower, broccoli, and cabbage could be devastated by an infestation of moths arriving from Europe.

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Dr Steve Foster, who works at Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, described how they devastate crops.

"There are swarms of them, a bit like plagues of locusts - there are so many of them that they seem like a brown cloud," he said.

Dr Foster and his colleagues learned of the infestation on Friday. They will study the moths to see if they can identify an insecticide that can be used against them as a matter of urgency.

Scientists have learned that cabbage and cauliflower crops could potentially be "devastated" by a species of moth arriving from continental Europe.

BBC News understands tens of millions of diamondback moths are thought to have come to the UK in the past week - 100 times the number that arrive in the entire year.

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Researchers describe the species as a "super pest" because it is thought to be resistant to several insecticides.

An alert has been issued by researchers at the Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, Hertfordshire.

Here are more pictures of what it looks like inside the Battams' home in Flitwick after it was struck by lightning.

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We've seen the video of the huge lightning strike in Flitwick on Sunday, as filmed by a neighbour, but I've since been inside the home which was struck by the storm.

The Battams, who live in The Ridgeway, were advised by firefighters to have their electrics checked after a lounge wall and the surrounding electrics were damaged.

We've got some visitors at BBC Three Counties this afternoon... 

Ardley Hill Academy in Dunstable has been in the news since the floods last week as the building was so badly damaged, children haven't been able to go back to school.

Well, this afternoon they're holding their annual Father's Day event in our meeting area - it's where each pupil comes along to choose a present to give their dad. There are some yummy treats about I've noticed...

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From next week, the pupils will be based at Brewers Hill Middle School.

I have just knocked on the door of law firm Baker Small's offices in Milton Keynes to see if I could get a response about the messages posted online, which have caused a great deal of offence.

I asked for Mark Small and was told to wait a minute, then the answer came: "He's not here, we don't know when he'll be back and we've issued a statement."

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Hertfordshire County Council says it will be meeting with a Milton Keynes law firm after it came under fire for offensive messages posted on social media, as reported in The Guardian.

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Baker Small works on behalf of local authorities on cases relating to children with special educational needs.

In a statement, the authority said it was "dismayed to read the totally unacceptable and insensitive comments" the firm had made.

"We are meeting with Baker Small shortly and are considering the terms of our contract with them," a spokesman said.

A man who died following a collision in Hemel Hempstead has been named by police as Daniel McClellan.

The 31-year-old, from Hemel, was pronounced dead last Thursday, two days after the crash.

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Police say the white van Mr McClellan had been travelling in with another man along London Road lost control and collided with a telegraph pole at the junction with Stratford Way around 23:00.

The second man suffered a head injury, but has since been discharged from Watford Hospital.

We've had an archive photograph from the 1970s already today, so let's have another...

Here's one of a rather wet Harpenden Fair in 1976.

League One newcomers Northampton Town have signed MK Dons striker Alex Revell on a two-year deal.

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The 32-year-old ex-Brighton, Rotherham and Cardiff forward finished last season with MK Dons, where he netted four times in 17 Championship games.

Police have launched a public appeal after investigations into an incident in which a teenage girl was left unconscious drew a blank.

The 17-year-old was hit over the head in the street by a group of four people back on 5 June.

But she was unable to describe the group and, when she came round, had no recollection of what happened.

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Nothing was stolen, but she was left with pain to her head and bruising to her arms.

Today, Hertfordshire Police appealed for witnesses, saying the attack happened "near a busy stretch of road in broad daylight" so it's likely motorists saw something.

This is the lightning strike which injured a man after his house was hit in Flitwick.

Lightning struck the property in The Ridgeway just before 19:30 on Sunday, causing damage to a lounge wall and the electrics. The man was cared for by paramedics.

This video was taken by neighbour, Luan Hall.

Another issue raised while I was out with Hertfordshire Police was the number of street drinkers who are turning to psychoactive substances, aka "legal highs". 

PSCO Adriano Russo told me people don't realise the harm they can do and he's found them in the street "fitting, foaming at the mouth" and generally in a "really bad state" because "they're basically overdosing".

He said people take "something they shouldn't have been taking in the first place and [which] has now been made illegal by the government".

A police officer on a raid for drugs that were known until recently as "legal highs" told me "the public are concerned" about the substances.

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I joined a police search of a Londis shop in St Albans that was suspected of selling the "highs", which are now illegal.

"The public are concerned about these substances and the effect it can on them," PC Shaun Wood told me. The search was unsuccessful, but the force say it wasn't a waste of time.

I've been out with Hertfordshire Police this morning on a raid at a shop in St Albans which was suspected of selling what were previously called "legal highs". Such drugs are now illegal.

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Six police officers and a community support officer were involved in the raid at the Londis store, but they found nothing.

PC Shaun Woods says it wasn't a waste of time because it raises public awareness that the force does act upon intelligence they receive.

We're still forecast showers for this afternoon. Some will again be heavy and thundery, but by tonight they'll be lighter.

Maximum temperature: 19C (66F).

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There's still a reduced service on Southern trains through Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire due to a shortage of train drivers and conductors.