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Travel: A413 re-openedpublished at 12:36 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
BBC Travel
The A413 in Weedon has now re-opened after an earlier accident.
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Weather Watchers: Sun rises on Milton Keynespublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
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Today is meant to be full of sunny spells and it was certainly a beautiful start in Milton Keynes.
This photo was taken early this morning by Weather Watcher HayWayne.
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Travel: One man injured after A413 accidentpublished at 11:45
The fire service have confirmed one man has been injured after an accident on the A413 in Weedon close to Aylesbury.
The road is currently closed in both directions at the New Road junction.
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Travel: A413 in Weedon closedpublished at 11:30
The A413 in Weedon close to Aylesbury is closed in both directions at the New Road junction, because of an accident.
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'One result does not make a season'published at 11:08 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth says there will be "no way we'll be resting on" Tuesday's 5-1 thrashing of Crewe.
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Travel: Long delays on M1 northbound at J13published at 10:48 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
BBC Travel
There are currently long delays on the M1 northbound at J13 (Bedford) because of an earlier accident involving four vehicles.
One lane is now open past the accident but delays are currently back to J12 (Flitwick).
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Tens of thousands of people caught using mobile phone while driving in Thames Valleypublished at 10:48 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
Alex Pope
BBC Local Live
So the number of people being caught using their mobile phones in Beds and Herts is decreasing, but in the Thames Valley area it's a different picture.
Image source, PA
Last year police caught 10,103 people, which is more than any other force outside of London - the figures have hardly dropped over the past five years.
Ch Insp Henry Parsons, for the roads policing team at TVP, says as they have a large roads policing team it's a crime they can "focus" on.
People being caught using mobile phones in Beds and Herts dropspublished at 10:03 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
Alex Pope
BBC Local Live
Figures obtained by the BBC reveal that the number of drivers caught using their mobile phone behind the wheel in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire has dropped by more than half in the last five years.
Over the last year Bedfordshire police caught 730 drivers, the figure was 1,607 in 2010/11.
In Hertfordshire, it was 3,389 in 2010/11 but last year it was 1,652.
Image source, PA
Council defends Houghton Regis developmentpublished at 10:01 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live
The leader of Central Bedfordshire Council has defended plans for a development in Houghton Regis, fronted by footballers Rio Ferdinand, Mark Noble and Bobby Zamora.
James Jamieson says reports of 1,300 houses are incorrect and there will be "somewhere between 0 and 1,000" properties.
He was speaking after residents reacted with concern to a report in the Guardian, external.
He said: "This is a real opportunity to do something really interesting and exciting for Houghton Regis.
"We have 22 hectares there, we have some committed footballers, they are committed to doing something that will improve the community of Houghton Regis and that's what this is all about."
Three men fined over pool game brawlpublished at 09:21 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
Three men from England are fined after a pub brawl which broke out in a south of Scotland pub after allegations of cheating in a game of pool.
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Residents criticise development backed by footballerspublished at 09:10 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
Simon Oxley
BBC Three Counties Radio
Residents in Houghton Regis have raised concerns over a proposed new development fronted by famous footballers.
The Kingsland proposal, external to build homes alongside a new state of the art sports academy is being backed by Central Bedfordshire Council and fronted by former England captain Rio Ferdinand, Mark Noble and Bobby Zamora.
Image source, Getty Images
Pat Hamill, who has lived in Houghton Regis for 44 years, said: "Everyone's squashed into Luton, you can't move about in Luton, the traffic is so heavy... and I don't want Houghton Regis to become something similar to Luton."
Other residents have told the BBC the area couldn't take more houses because they "hadn't got the facilities for them" and the scheme wasn't in the best interests of the area.
We'll be hearing from the council later but it has told us that it is in the very early stages of drawing up proposals with developers and images that have appeared in national newspapers, external are not of plans for the site.
We've asked the developers for a comment.
Baby Marnie's 'terrifying' wait for donor heartpublished at 09:07 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
Jonathan Vernon-Smith
BBC Three Counties Radio
This morning I'll be talking to former Milton Keynes man Nick Brace whose 19-week-old daughter will die without a heart transplant.
Image source, Brace family
Nick Brace said his daughter Marnie was born on 10 May with a "very severe" heart problem which doctors believe may be due to a rare genetic condition.
Her parents have been told her only hope is a heart transplant, a complex and risky procedure with no guarantees.
Travel: Traffic slow on A421 after accidentpublished at 09:04 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
BBC Travel
The A421 southbound is blocked between Marsh Leys roundabout in Bedford and the Beancroft Road junction in Marston Moretaine due to an earlier accident.
Recovery work is under way but our reporter Alex Pope is currently stuck in the queue. While parked up, she said it was moving very, very slowly.
Get the latest updates from BBC Travel.
Strictly Come Dancing: Greg Rutherford will tango to obvious songpublished at 08:47 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live
On Monday we told you that this week will be a tango week for Milton Keynes athlete Greg Rutherford and his professional dance partner Natalie Lowe as they work to top up last week's judges' score with this week's.
All the songs the couples will be dancing to have now been revealed and long JUMPER Greg will be strutting his stuff to JUMP by Van Halen.
They don't just throw these programmes together do they?
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Missing Sandy teenager found safe and wellpublished at 08:26 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live
Yesterday we told you that police were "extremely concerned" about "vulnerable" teenager with learning difficulties missing from Bedfordshire.
Today we can tell you the good news that 16-year-old Adam Clough from Sandy has been found safe and well.
He went missing after leaving home at 07:00 on Monday and Bedfordshire Police say he was found in Bristol on Tuesday afternoon.
Today's weather: Dry with sunny spellspublished at 08:25 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
Kate Kinsella
BBC Look East weather
Today is due to be dry with some cloud and sunny periods, but the cloud will tend to increase later in the afternoon. Winds will become stronger later, but it will feel warm in shelter.
Maximum temperature: 21C (70F).
Welcome back to live updates for Beds, Herts and Buckspublished at 07:58 British Summer Time 28 September 2016
Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live
Welcome to another day of regular live updates of news, sport, weather, travel and more for Beds, Herts and Bucks.
This morning we have some good news about the missing teen we told you about yesterday, but first we'll see what the weather has in store with a full forecast.. it looks as if it was a beautiful sunrise in Hoddesdon today.
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Wycombe Wanderers 5-1 Crewe Alexandrapublished at 22:30 British Summer Time 27 September 2016
Scott Kashket marks his home debut with two goals as struggling Wycombe Wanderers thrash play-off chasing Crewe.
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Cheltenham Town 0-0 Stevenagepublished at 22:29 British Summer Time 27 September 2016
League Two strugglers Cheltenham and Stevenage battle out a scrappy goalless draw at Whaddon Road.
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Milton Keynes Dons 1-3 Burypublished at 22:27 British Summer Time 27 September 2016
James Vaughan bags a brace as Bury record a fifth successive league win with victory at MK Dons.
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