A transgender prisoner has been found dead in her cell at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes
The family of Hertfordshire businessman Patrick Hurling launch a fresh appeal for information, 25 years after he was murdered
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A transgender prisoner has been found hanging by the neck in her cell at the all-male HMP Woodhill prison, the BBC has learned.
She was found by a prison officer at the Milton Keynes prison in the early hours of Friday.
Image source, GoogleA transgender woman prisoner is found dead in her cell at an all-male prison, the BBC has learned.
A transgender prisoner has been found dead in her cell at an all-male prison, the BBC learns.
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Jane Killick
BBC Three Counties Radio
Hertfordshire Police is searching for a roundhead costume after it was stolen from a civil war re-enactor in St Albans.
Image source, Hertfordshire PoliceThe man was loading his car outside the Scout Hut on Riverside Road on the evening of 2 November when someone stole a box.
Thieves got away with a 17th Century steel helmet, replica sword, dagger as well as replica period clothing.
Dani Bailey
BBC Local Live
Despite numerous appeals, including a Crimewatch feature and the offer of a £20,000 reward, police have been unable to find those responsible for the murder of a Hertfordshire businessman 25 years ago.
The body of Patrick Hurling, 45, was found in his home in Bengeo Street in Hertford on 1 December 1990. He'd been beaten and a fire had been started in the house.
His daughter, Lorna Ringer, from Bishop's Stortford, said: "We've lived this nightmare now for 25 years, it's caused so much heartache." At one point there were three arrests but no-one was ever charged.
MPs in Beds, Herts and Bucks have been making their intentions known ahead of a vote in the Commons tomorrow over whether to launch air strikes into Syria.
Image source, EPAGavin Shuker, Labour MP for Luton South, has said he is against action, as is the Labour MP for Luton North, Kelvin Hopkins, and the Conservative MP for Stevenage, Stephen McPartland, external.
The Conservative MP for Hitchin and Harpenden, Peter Lilley, says he is leaning towards voting against action but will wait to be persuaded during the debate.
Two mencharged with abusing 26 childrenat a Catholic boys' home in Bedfordshire more than 40 years ago have pleaded not guilty at Luton Magistrates' Court.
Image source, South Beds News AgencyJames McCann (pictured right), 79, of Suffield Court, Swaffham, Norfolk, is charged with 18 sexual assaults and 48 assaults in connection with St Francis Boys' Home, Shefford, between 1963 and 1974.
John Cahill (left), 73, of Chandos Court, Bedford, has been charged with six sexual offences against four boys. They will appear again at Luton Crown Court on 22 December.
James Melley
BBC News
Last week, the UK's most popular newspaper, the Sun, ran the headline "1 in 5 Brit Muslims' sympathy for jihadis". Where did that statistic come from and how reliable is it?
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A Royal Marines veteran from Milton Keynes has spoken of the incredible support he has received, external from national military charity, Blind Veterans UK, since he began losing his eyesight seven years ago.
Our Weather Watchers have been out in force this morning taking photographs of the three counties.
In Hertford, it looks as though the sun is trying to make an appearance, but the cloud is keeping it at bay.
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BBC Local Live
The stories we're looking at this lunchtime:
BBC Travel
Highways England has tweeted that an extensive clean up operation is ongoing on the M25 between J21a-J22 to remove debris on the carriageway after a lorry overturned.
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Dani Bailey
BBC Local Live
This is the scene on the M25 clockwise where rubbish has been strewn across the carriageway after a lorry overturned between J21a and J22.
Three lanes remain closed with traffic queuing for 10 miles. The entry slip road from the M1 southbound is closed clockwise.
Image source, South Beds News AgencyIn Beaconsfield, Amersham Road in both directions is partially blocked due to the fire service dealing with a blaze involving commercial waste.
The incident is between Magpie Lane and Longbottom Lane and fire engines are partially blocking the carriageway. Traffic is queuing.
It will be mostly dry and cloudy this afternoon, although a few bright or sunny intervals are possible. Maximum temperature: 13C (55F).
David Coulthard
BBC F1 co-commentator
The Formula 1 season ended on Sunday with a third consecutive victory for Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg, but it is important to remember how the year started.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe German had his moments but, generally speaking, Hertfordshire's Lewis Hamilton was in complete control of the season from Melbourne until he won the title in Austin in October with three races still to go.
It was the Lewis Hamilton show, and Rosberg was left looking punch drunk on the ropes. Read more here.
BBC Travel
London Midland and Virgin Trains through Central Milton Keynes will be delayed until 12:30, National Rail says, external, due to safety checks on the line.
Three lanes remain closed on the M25 clockwise at J21a-J22 after a lorry overturned and rubbish was strewn across the road. There is congestion back to J18.
We heard earlier how the three champs of the three counties have made the BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist - Hemel gymnast Max Whitlock, Milton Keynes long-jumper Greg Rutherford and Hertfordshire's F1 driver Lewis Hamilton.
Here's a video of all 12 nominees at the top of their game...
BBC Introducing... in Beds, Herts and Bucks
Hitchin's Alex Holmes, external is our BBC Introducing track of the week on BBC Three Counties Radio.
Image source, Alex HolmesThe singer-songwriter uploaded her track Black Hole, external to us a few weeks ago, and we loved it so much, we're featuring it all this week on shows across the schedule.
Dani Bailey
BBC Local Live
The daughter of a Hertfordshire man who was murdered 25 years ago today, has said they've been living a "nightmare".
Lorna Ringer's father Patrick Hurling was killed in his home in Bengeo Street in Hertford in 1990. She says her and her sister Nicola Daley are desperate for answers, and hope someone will come forward with new information.
"It would mean we could go ahead and grieve for our dad properly without a cloud hanging over us," Lorna said.
BBC Travel
Three lanes are closedon the M25 clockwise between J21a for the M1 and J22 due to an overturned lorry and rubbish across the carriageway. There is congestion back to J19.
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