Updates on Monday, 29 February 2016
More news, sport, travel and weather updates from 08:00 on Tuesday
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Police have confirmed one man died in a flat fire in Kensworth this morning.
Image source, South Beds News AgencyBedfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, external said it received a call about the blaze in Ridgeway just before 08:00.
An investigation into the cause is being carried out.
Dan Holley
BBC Look East weather
Dry and cold this evening with a few clear intervals, but thickening cloud will bring outbreaks of rain from the west overnight, accompanied by strengthening winds.
Temperatures may briefly dip to 0C (32F) in the countryside, but rising in all areas by the end of the night.
Tuesday will start cloudy, wet and windy through the morning, becoming drier into the afternoon but still rather cloudy with a few showers. Feeling mild though, with temperatures peaking at 12C (54F).
Sophie Sulehria
BBC Three Counties Radio
In 2014 BBC Three Counties Radio presenter Helen Legh was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer and given 16 months to live.
Fifteen months later, tonight on BBC One's Inside Out she shares her journey of discovery as she tries to work out how to tell her five-year-old daughter Matilda the truth.
The programme will be broadcast at 19:30 on BBC1 in the East.
Bucks and MK Fire Service, external has tweeted to advise people in Shabbington and Long Crendon to keep their doors and windows shut, and to stay away from the smoke plume.
Crews are tackling a fire in a farm building in Shabbington.
A police helicopter crew reported the smoke plume could be seen from miles away.
Image source, NPAS BensonThe National Police Air Service, external based in Benson, Oxfordshire, has shared this photo, external of the farm fire at Shabbington.
The helicopter's crew reportedly first saw the smoke from London.
Bucks and MK Fire Service said the fire was in a building which contained "mixed waste".
Image source, NPAS Benson
BBC Travel
Ickford Road in Shabbington, near Aylesbury, has been closed in both directions between the Crendon Road junction and the Sheldon Road junction, because of the farm building fire.
Plumes of smoke have been reported in the area.
For the latest on the roads near you visit the BBC Travel site.
Fire crews are currently at the scene of a fire at a farm in Ickford Road, Shabbington.
Bucks and MK Fire tweeted to say the building involved contained "mixed waste".
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Two men, both aged 21, have been left injured after they were stabbed in Milton Keynes on Saturday afternoon.
One of the men was stabbed in the head and face in Fishermead Boulevard; the other was stabbed in the head and hip. They were treated in hospital for "non life-threatening" injuries.
Thames Valley Police, external said the suspected attacker was black with a "small round face", and reassured the public that it was an "isolated incident".
BBC Travel
There are still a lot of problems on the clockwise M25 at junction 25 for the A10 at Enfield because of an accident involving a car and a lorry.
Two lanes are closed and delays are back to junction 23 for the A1(M).
Check for the latest travel updates here.
A woman called police to report how she'd been referred to as "Mrs" instead of "Miss" by a doctor's receptionist, the Hertfordshire force, external has revealed.
Image source, PAThe force has released details of some of the inappropriate calls it gets to its 101 non-emergency number to remind people to only call it for police-related matters.
Another caller dialled 101 to report a large trampoline was blowing around her garden, saying she was worried it might smash a window.
A lane is closed on the M25 between junction 24 for Potters Bar and junction 25 for the A10. You can follow updates on the BBC Travel page:
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Jane Killick
BBC Three Counties Radio
Here are the top stories we're looking at this lunchtime:
Protesters against HS2 are looking to the House of Lords to help them achieve their goal, external of a full tunnel through the Chilterns Area of Natural Beauty.
Last week, the HS2 select committee, external published its final report, which denied campaigners’ calls for HS2 to be buried underneath the Chilterns.
Laura Devlin
BBC News
The RSPCA said it was appalled by the suspected shooting of a much-loved goose in Sandon in Hertfordshire, describing it as "senseless" and "reckless".
Image source, Gay AytonThe organisation is investigating the crime with police. It is illegal under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 to intentionally kill or injure any wild bird.
Grumpy Gertie's fate featured on the Jeremy Vine Show on Friday, when Peter Hunt from Eastbourne in Sussex texted in to offer £250,000 to catch the "vile killers".
Laura Devlin
BBC News
Earlier we told you how the body of a goose - allegedly shot dead at point-blank range by a gang in a 4x4 - had been exhumed for a post-mortem examination.
Image source, Robert Warner SmithVillagers in Hertfordshire have now been talking fondly of Grumpy Gertie, who would often be seen in a disused phone box in Sandon, which he had made his "home". It is now filled with letters, flowers, a lantern and children's pictures of the bird.
Gay Ayton said: "He was a real character - he was hand-reared here and thought he was a duck... You'd see him in the middle of the road stopping traffic so the ducks could get by."
This afternoon will be dry and bright with some decent spells of sunshine. Feeling less cold than yesterday due to lighter winds. Maximum temperature: 7C (44F).
It's certainly been a bright day so far, as shown by this picture of Dunstable Downs taken by Neil Bradford this morning.
Image source, Neil BradfordGet more on the forecast where you live at BBC Weather.
Dani Bailey
BBC Local Live
Robin, the robot developed to help children recognise symptoms of the conditon, behaves like a toddler: he wanders around to look at pictures and toys, he plays, dances when he's bored, gets tired and asks for hugs.
These traits enable children to relate to Robin, which the developers say is crucial to them in remembering how to treat their condition.
Dr Lola Canamero (pictured), one of the designers, said that "children love robots, they really relate to them very quickly", and that this acts as a confidence-booster for their knowledge of diabetes and treating it.
BBC Sport
Wycombe Wanderers have moved into the League Two play-off places after leapfrogging over Bristol Rovers on Saturday by beating them 1-0 at home.
Image source, Getty ImagesBut Chairboys boss Gareth Ainsworth wants his squad to aim even higher.
"Fifty-two points means we won't get relegated which is brilliant but now we'll push on for the 61 points," he said.
BBC Breakfast
BBC Breakfast reported live from Wheathampstead this morning that, according to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, up to one in four community pharmacies in England could close, following plans to cut NHS funding by £170m.
Image source, GoogleReporter John Maguire spoke to Graham Phillips at the Manor Pharmacy, external, who said if the cuts were brought in, businesses like his "won't survive" as his was "already struggling".
The Department of Health, external wants local chemists to be more evenly spread but ministers have said pharmacies that are the only providers in an area will be protected.
