Justin Dealey
BBC Three Counties Radio

A Bletchley councilor has criticised the police for not releasing information about a woman who lost her baby in a "racially aggravated" attack sooner.

Labour councillor Mohammed Khan, who represents the Bletchley East Ward, says he's "angry" and "annoyed" it's taken so long for the information to come out, as the attack happened over a month ago.

He's due to meet the police on Thursday to find out what happened.

He said the crime was "horrible". 

Justin Dealey
BBC Three Counties Radio

I've been in Bletchley this morning, close to the scene where a woman lost her baby after she was kicked and fell to the floor in a "racially aggravated" attack.

Visakan Fisivanathan lives in the area and saw the attack. He told me he first heard a screaming lady shouting "help me, help me".

He says attacks like this can happen in the area but this was unusual as the woman "kept on screaming."

He told me he saw a big white man "punching and pushing" her. When two men came to help her he also "punched" them.

He described the whole attack as "sickening" and "madness."

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

A woman is in a critical condition after she was hit by a moped in Abbots Langley yesterday.

Hertfordshire Police said the 73-year-old was walking her dog along the High Street at about 09:00 when she was injured.

She was taken to the Royal London Hospital with a serious head injury and her condition is described as "critical".

Officers have said they don't know how the collision happened and have appealed for witnesses.

Simon Oxley
BBC Three Counties Radio

A Liberal Democrat councillor who permitted a rapist to become a taxi driver in Milton Keynes could be given one of the highest honours by the local authority.

Image source, Notts TV

Stuart Burke is to be nominated as an Alderman at a meeting this evening, but many councillors are set to boycott it.

Milton Keynes Council revoked Nadeem Ahmed Kiani's licence in 2014 after it was revealed he had been given a private hire licence by the licensing committee in 2011.

A second committee lifted a suspension on his licence in 2012, despite Thames Valley Police having written to the authority giving more details of Kiani's convictions for raping and assaulting prostitutes in London in 1994.

Subhan Shafiq, who had vouched for Kiani as a friend in 2011, resigned as mayor in August 2014. He quit as a councillor when the council released a report into the affair.

Mr Burke, who had been chairman of the second committee, resigned from that role along with vice-chairman and Labour councillor Gladstone McKenzie.

Simon Oxley
BBC Three Counties Radio

In the National League South last night there was a Hertfordshire derby, where Hemel Hempstead FC scored a stoppage time equaliser to draw 2-2 against 10-man St Albans City.

The home side had led 2-0, but then had Junior Morais sent off just before half-time. A crowd of more than 900 people were at Clarence Park.

Elsewhere, Bishop's Stortford lost 3-0 at home to Ebbsfleet.

In the league above, the National League, Boreham Wood drew 1-1 at home to Aldershot.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

With just nine days to go until the Strictly Come Dancing live shows, we're keeping an eye on our man Greg Rutherford in training with his pro partner Natalie Lowe.

The big news from the Woburn Sands world champion long jumper is that their team name will be #Gregalie.

The athlete tweeted, external a picture of the pair rehearsing when he revealed the news, and the more eagle-eyed of you will notice that he is holding a camera while dancing. Personally I think it might be a good idea if he put that down and used both hands.

Unless of course their first dance is to Bucks Fizz's 1982 Number 1 hit The Camera Never Lies and it's a prop?

BBC Sport

Chris Clarke from Milton Keynes, won gold at the Paralympics in Rio last night as the guide runner to sprinter Libby Clegg, who added the 200m title to her 100m win.

Britain won six more gold medals yesterday to take the team's tally to 34 - equalling the number of golds they won at London 2012. 

Image source, Getty Images

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

MPs have called on the government to provide a clear time-frame for the proposed new high speed rail line, HS2.

Image source, HS2

The Public Accounts Committee says the rail link needs a "realistic timetable" and believes the current schedule is "overly ambitious".

It says it is "not convinced" that the first phase of the £56bn line - linking London and Birmingham - will open at the end of 2026 as planned.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

An inquest into the death of 19-month-old Autumn Gooch is due to resume today at Ampthill Coroner's Court.

Image source, Google

The girl died in April last year at her home in Maulden.

At the first day of the hearing yesterday, the court heard that a judge refused to put her in care, even though she was considered at risk of "significant harm".

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Three people have been arrested after a one-year-old boy was killed when he was hit by a vehicle in the Buckinghamshire village of Pitstone yesterday afternoon.

Thames Valley Police said it was called to Long Hale at 15:20. The child died at the scene.

A 71-year-old man from Cheddington has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and child neglect.

A 26-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man have also been arrested on suspicion of child neglect.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Police investigating the murder of a man in Milton Keynes in the early hours of Tuesday have arrested a man. 

Image source, South Beds News Agency

Officers were called to Osprey Close in Eaglestone, just after 05:00 following reports of a shooting.

The victim, who has not been named, was taken to Milton Keynes General Hospital but died two hours later.

Thames Valley Police said a 33-year-old local man was arrested on suspicion of murder on Tuesday evening and remained in custody.

Kate Kinsella
BBC Look East weather

Yesterday was - as they say - a scorcher, with the mercury rising to 32.1C (89.7F) in Bedford.

After a very mild night, today is set to be another hot, humid and sunny one - although perhaps not quite as warm as yesterday - with a maximum temperature of 29C (84F).

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Good morning and welcome back to another day of regular live updates of the latest news, sport, weather and travel for Beds, Herts and Bucks.

Yesterday we told you that police had launched a murder investigation after a man was shot in Milton Keynes. Today we'll bring you the news that they have made an arrest.

But first, after yesterday's high temperatures, we'll have a full weather forecast for the three counties.

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A man is arrested on suspicion of murder after a man died in Milton Keynes.

The first all-black production of Hamlet in Britain is being performed as part of the Shakespeare 400 anniversary celebration.

The life of Roald Dahl is celebrated with a "big hurrah" at a church in the village where he wrote many of his best-loved books.

That's it folks.

Our main stories this evening: 

• A man has died after being shot at his home in Milton Keynes 
• A pregnant woman has lost her baby after a racist attack in Bletchley
• Veolia says it has signed a £1bn contract to dispose of Hertfordshire's waste

We're back from 08:00 tomorrow. Have a good evening. 

A World War Two grenade has been found at a Scout hut in Markyate, Hertfordshire.

Image source, Michael Woolsey

It was discovered last night by local resident Michael Woolsey. He recognised it as an unexploded device and called the police. 

The bomb squad were called and blew it up in a controlled explosion this morning.

A pregnant woman loses her baby after being kicked and falling to the floor in a racially aggravated attack, police say.

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

More details now on the Veolia waste story.

A spokeswoman for Hertfordshire County Council, external says the contract with Veolia is to provide an energy recovery facility in Hoddesdon, to treat waste that is not recycled, re-used or composted.

"If Veolia, external are successful in achieving planning permission, the facility will replace our current arrangements which use a combination of landfill and energy recovery facilities the majority of which are outside of Hertfordshire," she said.

"If Veolia fail to secure planning permission then we are able to terminate the contract and will have to seek alternative arrangements."

The authority believes any alternative would be significantly more expensive for a number of reasons, but in part down to increased transportation costs of getting the waste to facilities with available capacity.