Summary

  • Updates for Monday, 1 February 2016

  • More news, sport, travel and weather updates from 08:00 on Tuesday

  1. Lunchtime headlines: Landslip causes train delays... Hertfordshire pupils to speak to astronautpublished at 12:19

    Jon Kaye
    BBC Three Counties Radio

    The top stories:

    • A landslip near Leighton Buzzard is causing problems on the West Coast Mainline
    • People on one street in Luton say they're unfairly getting parking tickets, because they're not being left spaces outside their own homes
    • Pupils at another school in Hertfordshire will find out today when they will get to speak to British Astronaut Tim Peake
  2. Luton residents: 'Everyone parks outside our homes but us'published at 12:06

    People living in Luton's Ridgway Road say they're unfairly getting parking tickets, because they're not being left spaces outside their own homes.

    Resident Stephan Buzenet said commuters, people going to the airport and residents from other streets used up the spaces: "If you're of a resident on Ridgway Road, you have no space to park your car, simply because everybody else parks there."

    cars parked bumper to bumper all the way up the roadImage source, Stephan Buzenet

    Luton Borough Council said it was looking at options to extend the residents' parking scheme.

  3. Wycombe boss 'disrespectful' for refusing handshakepublished at 11:33

    BBC Sport

    Plymouth Argyle manager Derek Adams has criticised Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth for refusing to shake hands at the end of their ill-tempered League Two game at Home Park.

    Wycombe beat the Pilgrims 1-0 and there was a scuffle between players of both sides after the final whistle. 

    Derek Adams
  4. Morning headlines: Landslip causes major rail delays... Sinkhole victim won't be caught out twicepublished at 10:46

    Lee Agnew
    BBC Three Counties Radio

    The top stories:

    • A landslip near Leighton Buzzard is causing problems on the West Coast Mainline
    • A sinkhole victim has told how he turned amateur surveyor to ensure his next home was not built above a chalk pit.
    • A retiring GP from Tring is warning about the future of general practices within the NHS
  5. Lost tyre driver 'didn't realise what was wrong'published at 10:24

    Jodie Smith
    BBC News

    Road police have stopped a driver who had been travelling without one of her tyres "for miles" without realising what was wrong.

    Car without tyreImage source, @roadpoliceBCH

    Beds, Cambs & Herts Roads Policing Unit posted a picture of the car wheel on its Twitter account, external, saying the driver had no idea she had lost the tyre and thought she had broken down.

    "Discs were glowing bright red when stopped," said the unit, which has not yet confirmed where the woman was stopped.

  6. Wycombe's Barry Richardson did not expect to play again at 46published at 10:09

    BBC Sport

    Wycombe coach Barry Richardson admitted he never expected to get back on the pitch, after playing in their 1-0 win at Plymouth at the age of 46.

    Richardson came on after Alex Lynch was injured and kept a clean sheet in his first game for more than a decade.

    Barry Richardson in trainingImage source, Getty Images
  7. Landslip affecting train services from Milton Keynes to Watford Junctionpublished at 09:56

    Neil Bradford
    BBC Look East

    I'm at Leighton Buzzard rail station where services are subject to delays after a landslip nearby.

    Ticket office

    Some London-bound lines are blocked, so there's an amended train service in place "until further notice", operator London Midland, external said.

    Virgin Trains, external said its services running through Milton Keynes Central and Watford Junction may be delayed by up to 15 minutes.

  8. Leighton Buzzard landslip causing delayspublished at 09:36

    A landslip near Leighton Buzzard is causing delays and cancellations, external to trains on the West Coast Mainline.

    Network Rail, external says engineers are on site, and passengers can expect disruption until Friday.

    LandslipImage source, Network Rail
  9. Sinkhole man becomes 'chalk expert'published at 09:06

    Jodie Smith
    BBC News

    A sinkhole victim has told how he turned amateur surveyor to ensure his next home was not built above a chalk pit.

    Sinkhole outside houseImage source, South Beds News Agency

    Dave Ketley's home was up for sale when the 35ft (9m) wide and 20ft (6m) deep hole opened in Hemel Hempstead in February 2014.

    Traditional house surveys check for coal mines but not for chalk mines, so Mr Ketley says he decided to do his own checking before purchasing his new home.

  10. Lack of money 'could mean end of GP surgeries'published at 08:41

    A retiring GP from Tring is warning about the future of general practices within the NHS.

    Doctor with stethoscopeImage source, PA

    Dr Tony Hall-Jones, who ran The New Surgery for almost 30 years, says a lack of money and staff could mean the end for surgeries unless the situation is addressed.

    In a survey conducted by the British Medical Association, external, nine out of 10 of GPs said they felt so overstretched that it was having a damaging effect on the quality of care to patients.

  11. Emille Stapleton death: Man due in courtpublished at 08:24

    A man is due in court today accused of a murdering a 20-year-old man in St Albans. 

    Paul Crosbie and Emille StapletonImage source, Herts Police/South Beds News Agency

    Paul Crosbie, 26, (pictured left), from Camden, north London, is accused of fatally stabbing Emille "Millz" Stapleton (pictured right) in the early hours of 24 October.

    A provisional trial date has already been set for 18 April.

  12. Weather: Cloudy and windy with a little rain - colder, clearer laterpublished at 08:15

    Kate Kinsella
    BBC Look East weather

    Rather cloudy and windy, with limited brighter spells and a little light rain and drizzle possible at times. Becoming generally brighter from the north late on, but also colder with a few showers possible. 

    Maximum temperature: 13C (55F).

  13. Headlines: Tring doctor issues NHS GP warning... Luton residents 'unfairly' getting parking ticketspublished at 08:11

    Lee Agnew
    BBC Three Counties Radio

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

    • A retiring GP from Tring is warning about the future of general practices within the NHS
    • People in Luton say they're unfairly getting parking tickets, because they're not being left spaces outside their own homes
    • A man from Hertfordshire whose house was damaged when a sinkhole opened is warning people to carry out their own DIY survey before buying a house
  14. Welcome to Local Live for Beds, Herts and Buckspublished at 08:00

    Jack Warren
    BBC Local Live

    Good morning and welcome to the live page for Beds, Herts and Bucks, where we'll bring you all the latest news, sport, weather and travel for the three counties from now until 18:00.

    If there's something we're not talking about, or you'd like to get in touch, you can email us or send us a tweet, external.