Luton Town sign midfielder Lawson D'Ath for an undisclosed fee from Northampton Town on an 18-month contract.

BBC Weather Watchers

Our BBC Weather Watcher pictures show us it was a cold and frosty start this morning, and the cold weather looks set to stay. 

Maximum Temperature: 5C (41F).   

Lee Agnew
BBC Three Counties Radio

During the trial of William (left) and Michael O'Donoghue (right), St Albans Crown Court heard the brothers robbed a 77-year-old man.

He was held down by the men, who said they were police officers, while they stole £13,200 from a pillow case.

Judge Andrew Bright QC said: "This was a campaign of distraction burglaries committed over three months.

"They were truly despicable offences of the most appalling type. You targeted elderly vulnerable victims in the daylight hours."

Image source, Hertfordshire Police

Midfielder Dan Rowe joins Barrow on a loan deal until the end of the season from League Two side Wycombe.

Lee Agnew
BBC Three Counties Radio

Two brothers have been jailed for their involvement in a number of distraction burglaries over three months across Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.  

William O'Donoghue, 32, of Croxley View, Watford, pleaded guilty at St Albans Crown Court to conspiracy to burgle and robbery. He was jailed for a total of 12 years. 

Michael O'Donoghue, 39, of no fixed address, was convicted by a jury of conspiracy to burgle and was jailed for nine years. 

The court heard they they targeted 19 homes between August and October 2014. Their victims were aged between 73 and 99, and 11 lived in sheltered accommodation.

Co-defendant Thomas Hannifin, 24, is serving a sentence of 11 years, six months for conspiracy to burgle and robbery offences.

A 15-year-old boy charged with manslaughter of a man who died from a single punch appears in court.

Geoff Doyle
BBC Three Counties Radio sport

Wycombe Wanderers, external are proud of their "man of the moment, external" Scott Kashket who's today been named the Sky Bet League Two Player of the Month for December.

He's also rather pleased...

Geoff Doyle
BBC Three Counties Radio sport

So December has been a pretty good month for Wycombe's Scott Kashket, external. 

Not only has been been named Sky Bet League Two Player of the Month for December, but on 3 December he scored a hat-trick to help The Chairboys cruise into the third round of the FA Cup with a 5-0 win over Chesterfield.

You can relive the goals below. 

Geoff Doyle
BBC Three Counties Radio sport

After scoring in all of December's Wycombe Wanderers league games, striker Scott Kashket, external has been named the Sky Bet League Two Player of the Month for December.

The 20-year-old was converted from winger to striker by the Wycombe boss Gareth Ainsworth, who says: "He's made a real impact for us in front of goal." 

Kashket, who also scored a hat-trick in the club's second round 5-0 win over Chesterfield in the FA Cup, says he's "over the moon" with the award and hopes he "can keep that run going." 

Image source, Sky Bet

Boss Ainsworth was also shortlisted for Manager of the Month but the award went to Colchester United's John McGreal.  

A man is arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of an elderly man is found in what police say was believed to be "domestic incident".

Justin Dealey
BBC Three Counties Radio

Last year, a shopkeeper in Aylesbury raised a few eyebrows when he put a sign up on his Singhbury's Local shop, external, which had similar branding to Sainsbury's.

Inderjit Singh Nagpal said it was nothing to do with the large supermarket chain but there was speculation the bigger company might complain.

In October, when the sign disappeared there was more speculation that the shop had been made to take it down but the owner said it had been "temporarily removed" because water had got into it and it was being repaired.

Well, today, after being told the sign was still not back up, I went down there to speak to the owner.

He told me that Sainsbury's had now launched legal proceedings and so he took the decision to take the sign down during that time.

The owner said he's prepared to change the colour of the sign, but not the name because he can justify it - "Singh" is his name and "bury" refers to Aylesbury - and will fight it all the way. The orange colour related to his Sikh religion, he said.

He said there should be a decision next week.

We are contacting Sainsbury's for comment.

BBC Travel

Disruption is expected until 13:00 on train services between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey after a broken-down train blocked a line. 

Lee Agnew
BBC Three Counties Radio

A samurai sword and sawn-off shotgun have been seized and four teenagers arrested following a party in Luton.

Bedfordshire Police said officers disrupted a group of young men who were in the vicinity of the Play Football centre in St Thomas's Road, where the party was being held last Wednesday, and a police dog recovered the weapons.

The four teenagers, all from Luton, and aged between 16 and 19, have been bailed and detectives have asked anyone who saw people acting suspiciously in the area to come forward anonymously.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

A 60-year-old man from Letchworth Garden City has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an 85-year-old man died at a house in the town on Wednesday.

Image source, Google

Hertfordshire Police said officers were called to reports of a domestic incident at an address in Whitethorn Lane and found an elderly man and a man in his 60s with serious injuries inside.

The older man was pronounced dead at the scene and the younger man was taken to hospital for treatment but is expected to make a full recovery.

Det Insp Justine Jenkins, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Major Crime Unit, called it an "isolated incident".

“We are not looking for anyone else in connection with this tragedy and investigations remain ongoing," she said.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Thames Valley Police, external has confirmed it will be carrying out "targeted enforcement" of Marlow Bridge’s three-tonne weight limit after it had to be closed last year when a 38-tonne lorry attempted to cross it .

Insp Scott Long said: "We are taking all violations of the weight limit very seriously, due to the impact on the town’s residents and businesses of the two-month closure of the bridge after an HGV collided with it in September.

"We are working with Transport for Buckinghamshire to come to a solution, and would like to reinforce the message to drivers that ignoring the weight restriction could result in penalties.”

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Buckinghamshire County Council, external has been explaining the complications of trying the enforce the three-tonne weight restriction on Marlow Bridge.

Image source, Paul Merchant/My Marlow

Conservative county councillor Mark Shaw said it was a "difficult problem to solve" because it was "likely that many drivers do not realise how little three tonnes is".

"A Range Rover carrying four people and their shopping could easily exceed three tonnes," he said.

"As such, we will be trying to educate local residents on identifying the weight of their vehicles if they are regular users of the bridge."

There are measures in place to deter heavier vehicles from crossing the bridge already, such as width-restricting bollards, but Mr Shaw said this "does not put off all drivers".

Transport for Buckinghamshire was investigating other potential deterrents and liaising closely with Thames Valley Police to discuss closer monitoring and enforcement of the weight limit, he said.

Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

It will be a cold, bright start although there will be patchy fog in some places early on, but it will cloud over later with rain arriving this afternoon in the west and towards the evening in the east.

Maximum temperature: 5C (41F).

For more details, visit BBC Weather.

Tony Fisher
BBC Three Counties Radio

People with a large 4x4 vehicle such as Range Rovers should check its weight before using Marlow Bridge, Buckinghamshire County Council has said.

Image source, Transport for Buckinghamshire

The authority has released a video, external explaining which vehicles exceed the three-tonne weight limit, after the Victorian road bridge had to be closed last year after a 38-tonne lorry attempted to cross it.

The council, which is keen to protect the bridge, says a Range Rover has a maximum authorised mass of 3.05 tonnes and it is liaising with Thames Valley Police to discuss closer monitoring and enforcement of the weight limit.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Hello and welcome back to our live stream of news across Beds, Herts and Bucks.

Between now and 18:00 the team here will bring you the news, sport, travel and weather updates as we get them.

First this morning - you may be acutely aware of how much you now weigh after the Christmas festivities, but do you know how much your car weighs?

Well, if you're planning to driver over Marlow Bridge you should check - because the council has said that vehicles over the weight limit are still trying to cross it and are asking police for "closer monitoring and enforcement" of the limit.

We'll also bring you a full weather forecast shortly.

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Three men are facing jail after they admitted dropping £2.5m of cocaine over Kent from a light aircraft.