Nikki Fox
BBC Look East

Flights to Egypt from London Luton Airport are likely to be affected for some time despite some flights expected to resume tomorrow.

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I spoke to Easyjet, external at Luton Airport today and they say that anyone travelling to the destination in the next two weeks is able to request a refund or change their flights to an alternative date or destination free of charge.

They're keeping their flights under review pending further advice from the government.

Neil Bradford
BBC Look East

I've been at Hertfordshire County Council's gritting depot in Stevenage this morning, as the team prepare for winter.

Father-of-three Craig Hadley, 35, says it's tiring work: "We work during the day, then at 13:00 you'll get told whether you're going out that night to do a three or four hour grit," he said.

"If it's cold, we're out there gritting - Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's."

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According to latest set of figures from Rape Monitoring group, 11% of recorded adult rapes were 'no crimed' in 2014-15. Thames Valley was among the areas most likely to no-crime rapes last year, external.

Jane Killick
BBC Three Counties Radio

The headlines this lunchtime:

• Flights to Egypt from London Luton Airport are likely to be affected for some time 
• Police in Luton have removed a memorial plaque for Leon Briggs which was put up outside the town's police station last night

BBC Weather

The afternoon we'll see outbreaks of rain, turning heavy at times later. Maximum temperature: 15C (59F)

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Bedfordshire Police says it has removed a plaque put up outside Luton Police Station last night during a memorial to Leon Briggs until it has "fully explored the potential legal implications it may have on any future proceedings".

Mr Briggs died in police custody in November 2013.  

Supt Mark Upex said: "As a result we have removed the plaque and will be returning it to the family for safekeeping until the matter has been resolved." 

A man charged with the murder of a 20-year-old man following a fight in St Albans is to appear before Cambridge Crown Court tomorrow.

Image source, Herts Police/South Beds news Agency

Paul Crosbie (pictured left), 26, of no fixed address in Camden, was arrested and charged on Tuesday.

Emille "Millz" Stapleton died in hospital after trouble broke out on London Road, St Albans, in the early hours of Saturday, 24 October.  

Dunstable Gazette

The power of the people has created something special in Toddington, just in time for theRemembrance Parade on Sunday, external.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Bedfordshire police and crime commissioner Olly Martins is continuing to defend his comments about using speed cameras on the M1 in the county to raise more funds.

Image source, Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner

He says he is being "faced with some really quite unpalatable choices".

"It is a choice between doing things like this or reducing the size of the police force that I'm responsible for," he said.

BBC Three Counties Radio

The government says they hope British tourists can start flying back from Sharm el-Sheikh tomorrow, but Thomas Cook, Luton-based Thomson and First Choice say they won't fly to or from the resort for a week. 

Flights were halted yesterday saying there was growing evidence that a Russian plane, which crashed shortly after leaving the resort on Saturday, was brought down by a bomb.

Leon Chlon is an Easyjet passenger in Egypt: "I'm still waiting to hear back on the situation. We're pretty much just waiting," he said.

Simon Oxley
BBC Three Counties Radio

A woman has been seriously hurt in a two-car collision in Milton Keynes this morning. She was taken to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford with chest injuries. 

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The crash happened just after 08:10 close to StadiumMK. Firefighters had to release the woman from her vehicle and an injured man from the other car involved. He's been taken to Milton Keynes Hospital.

The road was closed for more than two hours.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Bedfordshire Police has just told me it has taken down the memorial plaque for Leon Briggs, which was installed at Luton police station last night at a service to mark the two-year anniversary of his death.

Mr Briggs died in police custody on 4 November 2013.

We'll bring you more on this story as we get it...

Charlie Jones
BBC Local Live

A woman from Ware, who was due to fly on an Easyjet flight from Stansted to Sharm-el-Sheikh has told the BBC she's "quite disappointed" the flight has been cancelled, but believes "security is paramount for us Brits".  

Image source, Victoria Murphy

Victoria Murphy said she received an email from Easyjet confirming her flight wouldn't go ahead.

She used to live in the resort, which she says is actually really safe, but she often witnessed "how lax the security is" at the airport.  

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Caroline Jones said she is still totting up how much was raised from the sale of her entire pre-loved collection from her year of wearing charity clothes - but the interest in the event "just goes to show that pre-loved fashion is serious fashion". 

Image source, Pennybird and Camera

More than 300 people attended the event at Harpenden Public Halls where she put about 1,000 items from her Knickers Model's Own campaign up for sale.

She said: "It was an amazing moment to watch a packed room of shoppers all reaching for their favourite, must-have pieces."

Bedfordshire on Sunday

Bedfordshire residents are being urged to take extra care, external if hosting their own Guy Fawkes parties tonight.

Carol Abercrombie
BBC Three Counties Radio

A hearing to decide whether a woman who was held as a domestic slave in Milton Keynes should be awarded further compensation is taking place later.

Permila Tirkey, 39 won a discrimination case last month and was granted more than £180,000 in unpaid wages after an employment tribunal heard she was paid 11p an hour by Pooja and Ajay Chandhok.

Today's hearing will decide whether she should be compensated for unfair dismissal, discrimination and failure to provide holiday pay.

Neil Bradford
BBC Look East

Making my way through Toddington this morning I noticed something a bit different on the front of The Cuckoo pub.

Ahead of Remembrance Sunday this weekend, the pub have put up poppies and silhouettes of soldiers on their front wall.  

If you've seen other buildings in the three counties marking Remembrance Sunday email, external or tweet us, external your photos.

Matt Lockwood
BBC Three Counties Radio

The mother of Leon Briggs has said the police "can't get back her trust" after they asked the family to postpone putting up a memorial plaque for her son at Luton police station.

Image source, South Beds News Agency

Mr Briggs (pictured) died in police custody in November 2013. The plaque was installed on the second anniversary of his death last night - against police advice.

Margaret Briggs said: "They told me the other night they were going to let us put the plaque up, we just will not speak to them again."

Two people have been released from their cars in what police called a "serious collision".

The man and woman involved in the crash which happened at about 08:10 are injured, Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue say.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

The appointment of a Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Bedfordshire, external has been criticised as being "insensitive" and "inappropriate" by the PCC's opponent.

The appointment of Saqhib Ali as deputy is expected to be confirmed at the Police and Crime Panel this evening.

Commissioner Olly Martins' Conservative opponent Kathryn Holloway says it is it shouldn't be happening as the force battles funding cuts but Mr Martins says the role is in the budget.