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Three people have been found guilty of causing grevious bodily harm after a teenage boy was repeatedly stabbed in a fast food restaurant in Waltham Cross.

The attack happened in the KFC on Eleanor Cross Road on 2 November 2015.

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At St Albans Crown Court earlier, Jonathan Garby, 22, of Ripple Road in Barking, was jailed for 17 years. Two 16 year old boys from Waltham Cross and Islington were sentenced to a three year Intensive supervision and surveillance programme order.

Det Insp Tom Leeks said: “This was a particularly violent and unprovoked attack, which left the victim badly injured and frightened."

The Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Andy Bliss has announced he is to retire from policing.

Mr Bliss, who joined the force from Essex Police in 2011, will leave the force at the end of the summer.

 “My time with Hertfordshire has been both challenging and fulfilling and it’s been a big decision to move-on from a job that I love," he said.

He said in retirement he would pursue his interest in archaeology and seek new challenges.

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Antiques programme Flog It! will be at Bletchley Park to record it's valuation day tomorrow.

The BBC One programme's visit to Buckinghamshire marks it's 1,000th show.

An independent review is being commissioned by four councils in Buckinghamshire to find the "best option for the future structure of local government".

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Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe District Councils are commissioning the study to find ways to work together and share costs.

They say it is to "strengthen local decision making, improve local services and save taxpayers’ money."

A father and son who confronted a motorist said to have been involved in a road rage incident have been given suspended jail sentences.

Terence Pearson, 31, and father John Pearson, 63, both of of Lye Lane, Bricket Wood, were found guilty of affray after the incident in Radlett High Street back in 2013.

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The pair told police they'd been acting as good Samaritans after the van driver, Edson Dos Santos, 43, had been in a road rage row with an elderly driver.

Mr Santos told St Albans Crown Court that Terrence Pearson punched and kicked his van so he called the police.

Both men were sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for a year and ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work.

Ever wondered where film set props come from?

Bet you didn't think they'd come from a scrap yard in Bedfordshire... Read how the makers of Steven Spielberg's latest film did just that in this Bedford Times and Citizen article.

Remember that hole I was looking into yesterday - literally and journalistically - in Leighton Buzzard?

Well, Central Bedfordshire Council says it is aware and have put safety measures into place.

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A one metre square plate has been put over the hole in Jupiter Drive and an investigation is under way.

The council says it won't have any more information about what the cause of the hole could be until the investigation is complete.

Earlier we told you about a bar in Wolverton that had received a complaint about a sign at its entrance promoting homosexuality following shootings in Orlando.

Here is a better image of the sign, along with the complaint letter.

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Owner of the Black Sheep Collective and Bar Bar Black Sheep, Danny Quinn, said he has been overwhelmed with the amount of support the cafe has received since posting online.

Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire, Nadine Dorries, has been challenged by author JK Rowling on Twitter this lunchtime over comments about David Beckham supporting Britain in the EU.

The pro-Leave MP quickly had a response from the Harry Potter author...

Dorries didn't hold back in her responses, prompting this exchange:

One lane is blocked on the M1 northbound between J10 and J11. Traffic is slow.

Find out the latest here.

We'd almost forgotten what blue skies looked like after the torrential downpours recently...

It's looking rather glorious in Beds, Herts and Bucks this afternoon though, according to photos from our Weather Watchers.

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Cases of child cruelty and neglect in the Thames valley, which covers Buckinghamshire, have risen by almost half.

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An NSPCC review shows parents or carers were reported in connection with 141 offences last year, compared to 85 the year before.

In Hertfordshire, neglect cases decreased last year from 48 the year before down to 41. The figures emerged as part of the NSPCC's annual child protection review.

"Licence plated bees" - have you ever heard of such a thing? Well, if not... you have now.

Hundreds of bees fitted with "licence plates", or coloured number tags on their backs, are to be released from a London rooftop.

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Queen Mary University biologists hope the project will establish what are bees' preferred patches in which to pollinate in London. 

Will any of them make it out of the big smoke into Hertfordshire or Buckinghamshire? Keep your eyes peeled...

It'll stay dry and warm this afternoon with bright or sunny spells. Maximum temperature: 21C (70F).

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Ed Miliband says he will continue the Remain campaign until Thursday's EU Referendum as "people are still making up their minds".

The former Labour leader said "this is a big decision, this is an irreversible decision, this is not a general election decision which can be reversed five years later."

It's for these reasons that he thinks voters are taking their time by "weighing up the issues".

Read the latest on campaigning across the UK here.

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has said the EU Referendum "is not a referendum on David Cameron".

Miliband, in Luton today for a Remain rally, said "lots of people are unhappy with the state of the NHS, with schools" but he believes "our chances of addressing those issues are much better inside the EU, not outside".

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The Leave campaign say the money Britain sends to the EU, which it claims is £350m a week, could be spent on the NHS instead.

Read Reality Check's investigation into these claims here.

On the topic of immigration, former Labour leader Ed Miliband has told an audience of Luton voters that "pressures on services aren't caused by immigrants".

"People who come to the UK contribute £2.5bn more than they cost the UK," Mr Miliband said. "The pressures on services aren't caused by immigrants, they're caused by Jeremy Hunt and a Tory government."

We're at the Luton Centre for Carnival Arts. Probably somewhere in the region of 100 Labour members are here to see former Labour leader Mr Miliband speak ahead of Thursday's referendum.

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If you want the other side of the immigration row, the PM's former director of strategy Steve Hilton has told the BBC that "we must leave EU to control immigration".

The Leave campaign say public services are under strain due to the number of migrants.

Elsewhere, pro-Leave's Michael Gove said on Sunday that the UK can "deal with whatever the world throws at us" if it votes to leave the EU.

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The justice secretary said there were "risks to our future" whatever the outcome of the poll.

In his Andrew Marr Show interview, Mr Gove also said he "shuddered" when he saw UKIP's "breaking point" poster showing a queue of asylum seekers.

Ed Miliband has told Labour voters in Luton the EU Referendum this week "is about creating jobs".

He said that to create jobs, "you stay in the biggest export market you have - the European Union.

"It's about protecting workers rights. Equal pay of work for equal value. Maternity leave. Paid holiday."

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Earlier, Mr Miliband said most Labour MPs support the Remain campaign - if you want to see where the Cabinet and other MPs stand on the issue, the BBC has examined how MPs from all the parties in the House of Commons line up.