Summary

  • Families expected to demand resignation of Southern Health chief executive over deaths

  • Hospitals braced for junior doctors' strike

  • Badly burnt girl gets wig in latest stage of recovery

  • Midland Road in Beford 'still not safe', six years after murder

  • Updates for Monday, 11 January 2016

Live Reporting

  1. Minor injuries treatment remains suspended at Watford General Hospital

    Katy Lewis
    BBC Local Live

    West Herts Hospitals NHS Trust again suspended the treatment of adults with minor ailments at Watford Hospital over the weekend due to "unprecedented demand" in its accident and emergency department.

    This morning it tweeted that the service was still suspended. Children’s services are unaffected.

    Prospective patients should consider other options such as the Urgent Care Centre at Hemel Hempstead Hospital or the Minor Injuries Unit at St Albans Hospital.  

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  2. Concerns Midland Road in Bedford is unsafe

    Tony Fisher
    BBC Three Counties Radio

    The best friend of a man murdered on Midland Road in Bedford has told BBC Three Counties Radio the area is no safer six years on.

    Midland RoadGoogle

    Norma Broughton thinks that her friend Noel Smith, who was killed in an unprovoked attack in 2009, died in vain. There were 916 reported crimes in the area in the last year, 171 of which were violent.

    Bedford Borough Council said Midland Road was a "designated area of concern" in its licensing policy, "recognising the need for additional caution and controls".

  3. Latest headlines: Concerns part of Bedford 'still unsafe'... Hospitals prepare for doctors' strike

    Tony Fisher
    BBC Three Counties Radio

    Here are the top stories we're looking at this morning:

    • The best friend of a man who was murdered on Midland Road in Bedford says the area is no safer six years on
    • Hospitals across the three counties are preparing to put in place contingency plans tomorrow as the junior doctors' strike looks set to go ahead
    • Watford, Milton Keynes Dons and Wycombe Wanderers will all be in the draw for the fourth round of FA Cup tonight

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    BBC Local Live

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