Summary

  • Updates for Friday, 6 January 2017

  • Man arrested on suspicion of murder after Letchworth 'domestic incident' death

  • 'No legal proceedings' over Singhbury's Local sign

  • Anguish for family after mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at 36

  • Large cars could be banned from using Buckinghamshire bridge

  • Wycombe's Scott Kashket named Player of the Month

  1. Wasps 22-16 Leicesterpublished at 17:19 Greenwich Mean Time 8 January 2017

    Wasps hold off a tremendous fightback from Leicester to beat a Tigers side in their first match since Richard Cockerill's sacking.

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  2. Watford 2-0 Burton Albionpublished at 18:27 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2017

    Watford end a run of five games without a win by beating Championship side Burton Albion in the FA Cup.

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  3. Brighton 2-0 Milton Keynes Donspublished at 17:48 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2017

    Championship leaders Brighton ease into the fourth round of the FA Cup with victory over MK Dons.

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  4. Wycombe Wanderers 2-1 Stourbridgepublished at 17:17 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2017

    Adebayo Akinfenwa heads a late winner as League Two side Wycombe knock seventh-tier Stourbridge out of the FA Cup.

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  5. Accrington Stanley 2-1 Luton Townpublished at 17:11 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2017

    Accrington reach the FA Cup fourth round for only the second time since they reformed as Omar Beckles' goal beats Luton.

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  6. Stevenage 3-1 Newport Countypublished at 16:58 Greenwich Mean Time 7 January 2017

    Matt Godden's hat-trick for Stevenage consigns struggling Newport County to their eighth straight League Two defeat.

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  7. Time to say goodbyepublished at 18:00 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Alex Pope
    BBC Local Live

    That's it for this week from all of us here at Local Live for Beds, Herts and Bucks.

    Regular streaming will start again on Monday morning at 08:00 but if anything happens in the meantime, it will appear here. 

    Sadly it's set to be another cold night, and everyone seems to be feeling it. Even the projections at Bletchley Park!

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  8. Westley to return to Stevenage tomorrowpublished at 17:29 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Geoff Doyle
    BBC Three Counties Radio sport

    Away from FA Cup action, a familiar face will return to Stevenage FC tomorrow, external

    Graham Westley will be at the Lamex Stadium with his current club Newport County. 

    Stevenage manager Darren Sarll told me: “Graham Westley and Dino Maamria should always be welcomed back and welcomed back in a loud and appreciative fashion for what they have done for the football club.

    "Then we have got to go and win a game of football. It doesn’t matter if it is Graham Westley, Terry Venables or Chris Wilder."

    Graham WestleyImage source, Getty Images
  9. Overnight weather: Feeling a tad warmer, with outbreaks of mainly patchy rainpublished at 17:16 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Alex Dolan
    BBC Look East weather

    It will be a cloudy, misty evening and night with outbreaks of generally light, patchy rain.

    Less cold air moving in behind the rain, so temperatures not dropping as low overnight.

    Minimum temperature: 3C (37F).

    Saturday's weather map

    Tomorrow rain will clear eastwards, but it'll remain rather cloudy and rather gloomy.

    Top temperature: 8C (46F).

    Get the full forecast where you live, from BBC Weather.

  10. FA Cup: What to expectpublished at 17:06 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Geoff Doyle
    BBC Three Counties Radio sport

    Tomorrow it's the FA Cup Third Round so here's my assessment of our sides' chances.

    On paper Watford appear to have the best opportunity to progress as they host Championship strugglers Burton. But the Hornets are struggling for form, confidence and fit players so it will be no easy ride.

    Wycombe are favourites against the lowest-ranked side left in the competition, Stourbridge. The Chairboys are in terrific form and have Scott Kashket banging in the goals but the rest of the football world would like to see the visitors progress.

    Wycombe Wanderers' Scott Kashket celebrates scoring his sides fifth goalImage source, Getty Images

    MK Dons have the hardest task. The Dons are away to Championship leaders Brighton. Scott Neilson has lost players during the transfer window already and MK will need to do business themselves.

    Luton also travel as they head to Accrington from the same division. The Hatters will have to find a midfielder to score the goals Cameron McGeehan was getting before breaking his leg. Luton would probably take a replay up north.

  11. Heseltine fined over cyclist crashpublished at 17:03 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Lord Heseltine is fined £5,000 for knocking a cyclist off his bike while driving his Jaguar in Northamptonshire.

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  12. Watch: Up, up and away!published at 16:56 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Alex Pope
    BBC Local Live

    A flight of fancy has been spotted by East Hertfordshire Rural Police...

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  13. 'No legal proceedings' against Singhbury's Localpublished at 16:40 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Helen Burchell
    BBC News

    We've just heard back from Sainsbury's about the ongoing saga of an Aylesbury shop with a sign that looks remarkably similar to the supermarket's.

    In February last year, Inderjit Singh Nagpal re-branded his shop Singhbury's Local, telling the BBC "Singh" is his name and "bury" refers to Aylesbury.

    He said the supermarket chain was taking legal action against him, leading to his taking the sign down. 

    Singbury's Local

    A spokesperson from Sainsbury's said "no legal proceedings" had been taken but that the company "did contact the owners after customers raised their concerns with us".   

    Sainsbury's Local signImage source, Getty Images
  14. MK hospital nearly at full capacitypublished at 15:47 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Ross Hawkins
    Political correspondent

    Winter pressures are still being felt at our hospitals with Milton Keynes Hospital currently at 92% bed occupancy.

    Joe Harrison, chief executive of the Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, said patients were "struggling" to get out of hospital to go home or into another form of care.

    "We have significant numbers of patients needing hospital beds, putting pressure on the system," he told BBC Radio 4's Today.

    "Patients coming through our doors are clinically sicker. They have got more things that need looking after and tend to stay longer in hospital.

    "We should be at 85% routinely, but quiet times are unfortunately becoming fewer."

    Hospital wardImage source, PA
  15. Watch: 'The Carla we love is no longer there'published at 15:27 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Alex Pope
    BBC Local Live

    The family of Bedfordshire mother Carla Bramall have spoken about the anguish they go through seeing her in a care home after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's three years ago. 

    You can watch their heart-breaking story below. 

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  16. Seeing daughter with Alzheimer's is 'heart-breaking'published at 14:53 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Alex Pope
    BBC Local Live

    For Rita Pepper, seeing Carla Bramall every day but realising her daughter no longer recognises her is "heartbreaking". 

    Rita, who now lives in Rushden, Northamptonshire, says since her daughter was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of 36 she has seen her "deteriorate so quickly".  

    Carla BramallImage source, Bramall family

    Carla, now 39, "can no longer lift her head, she can't walk or speak and needs to be fed with soft food" she said.

    Carla's children, who now live with their grandmother, no longer visit their mother as it is too upsetting for them.

    Carla Bramall and Rita PepperImage source, Bramall family

    She said: "I thought by now there’d be new treatments out there but there just isn’t anything available that can slow down the progression.

    "I’m desperate for as much research as possible to go into the disease. It might be too late for Carla but I will spend the rest of my life worrying about my grandkids, and I’m not going to be around forever.”  

  17. Win your way to the FA Cup Finalpublished at 14:37 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    #PeoplesCup

    Media caption,

    Gary Lineker invites you to take part in the 2017 FA People's Cup

    Sign up to the FA People's Cup and you could win your way on to the hallowed Wembley Stadium turf at half-time during the FA Cup Final.

    Entries are now open and you can find out all the details here.

  18. Anguish for family after mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s at 36published at 14:33 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Alex Pope
    BBC Local Live

    The family of a Bedfordshire mother, diagnosed with Alzheimer's in her 30s, are campaigning to raise awareness of the disease. 

    Carla Bramall, 39, from Flitwick, no longer recognises her family, including her two children, and is in a care home. 

    Carla BramallImage source, Bramall family

    The inherited form of dementia has already claimed the life of her father Barry, her grandfather and her uncle, who were all in their 40s. Her cousin, who is a similar age to her, is also in a care home. 

    Her brother Lee Bramall (pictured), from Rushden, Northamptonshire, said: "People need to recognise it happens to people in their 30s."

    Carla and Lee BramallImage source, Bramall family

    He believes Carla started getting the disease at about 27. "You think nobody at that age is going to get Alzheimer's," he said.  

  19. Seagulls v MK Dons in the FA Cup - a previewpublished at 14:17 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Johnny Cantor
    BBC Sussex commentator

    Championship leaders Brighton and Hove Albion take on MK Dons in the third round of the FA Cup this weekend. 

    Here's my match preview:

  20. Midfielder D'Ath leaves Northampton to join Lutonpublished at 14:03 Greenwich Mean Time 6 January 2017

    Caroline Densley
    BBC Radio Northampton Sport

    Northampton Town midfielder Lawson D'Ath has left the club and joined Luton Town for an undisclosed fee.

    The 24-year-old joined the Cobblers in 2014 and was part of last year's League Two championship-winning side, scoring four goals.

    Lawson D'AthImage source, Getty Images

    Northampton Town manager Rob Page said that D'Ath's opportunities club were "limited" and it "makes sense for Lawson to move on to play regular first-team football".

    D'Ath has signed a 18-month contract with the Hatters.