Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 3 June 2016

  • A Hertfordshire man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a woman he met through a dating website

  • Woburn Sands long jumper Greg Rutherford wins the Diamond League event in Rome

  • Police say they still haven't been able to identify a severed head believed to have come from Sharnbrook

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

Live Reporting

Alex Pope

  1. MK's Greg Rutherford may drop out of Sunday's jump to 'rest his body'

    Geoff Doyle
    BBC Three Counties Radio sport

    After his win the Milton Keynes jumper Greg Rutherford, who remains unbeaten in 2016, hinted he may pull out of Sunday's Birmingham Diamond League to rest his body.

    He is unhappy with changes to the Diamond League competition that mean four athletes contest the closing stages, rather than eight.

    Greg RutherfordGetty Images

    With less recovery time between jumps, Rutherford said athletes were "incredibly frustrated", adding: "You can't perform."

    He also hinted he may pull out Birmingham to "preserve the body".

  2. Jumping for Joy: MK's Greg Rutherford wins in Rome

    Geoff Doyle
    BBC Three Counties Radio sport

    Milton Keynes' Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford produced a season's best to win the Diamond League meeting in Rome.

    Greg RutherfordGetty Images

    The Briton jumped 8.31 metres in round two of the event, the same mark he achieved to claim gold at London 2012.

    American Marquise Goodwin was second with 8.19m, just ahead of France's Fabrice Lapierre, who jumped 8.18m.

  3. Good morning and welcome to Beds, Herts and Bucks Live

    Alex Pope
    BBC Local Live

    The nearest any of us will have got to a sun kissed beach so far this June, will have been watching Greg Rutherford hit the sand in Rome.

    But the champion long jumper, from Woburn Sands, helped ease the chill of so-called summer - for a while a least - by winning the Diamond League event.

    We'll be bringing you more on that, and the latest weather, along with all the news, sport and travel from now until 18:00.

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