The Labour leadership visited Luton Town earlier, where they unveiled plans to increase the national minimum wage to £10 an hour for over 25s, should it win the election in 2020. 

The football club was chosen for this policy launch as everyone employed by the club is receiving at least the minimum living wage. 

Jeremy Corbyn said the party's commitment would be paid for by employers and savings from tax credits through "less subsidies given to low wages".

He said: "We recognise that some very small employers may struggle with this, in which case there would be a review process with an agreed pathway into everyone getting a living wage."

The EFL Trophy finished a controversial campaign with a crowd of 75,000 at its Wembley final, but what next for the competition?

Fundraising is under way to help residents affected by a care home fire get back on their feet.

Two people, believed to be women aged 91 and 89, died in the fire at Newgrange Care Home in Cadmore Lane, Cheshunt, on Saturday.

A further 33 residents were rescued from the collapsing building, three of whom needed hospital treatment for burns and smoke inhalation.

They are said to be in a serious, but stable condition.

A fire investigation is ongoing.

David Keller
BBC News

Music festivals. You gotta love 'em, but trying to find your friends among hundreds of thousands of other revellers? Not so fun.

Could Airlander be the answer?

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The world's longest aircraft was moved out of its Bedfordshire hangar last week for the first time since it crashed last August, and flights across the UK are due to take place this summer.

Stephen McGlennan, chief executive of manufacturer Hybrid Air Vehicles, said it is looking for big events to fly past this summer, and is eyeing up the greatest festival of them all - Glastonbury.

"People will like it, it will be fun. You can imagine it popping out over the top of a hill. It would be quite exciting," he said.

And could the days of losing access to WhatsApp and Instagram, at a time you most need to find your friends or share a selfie, be in sight? 

Image source, Getty Images

Mr McGlennan said Airlander could boost internet connectivity for smartphone users at the festival.  

"One week of the year there's 200,000 people there all with high bandwidth requirements," he told the Press Association.

"[The organisers] want you on Facebook, they want people participating.

"How do they do it? Right now they truck in masts. That's not a bad solution, but it's expensive.

"Could you take that aircraft and do it as well and cheaper? Yes, is the answer."

Glastonbury organisers did not wish to comment.

A lorry driver asleep at the wheel and a car thought to be carrying £100,000 of cocaine were among the discoveries made during a police crackdown on motoring offences in the Thames Valley.

Image source, Hampshire Constabulary

Eighteen people were arrested during the four-day operation in Buckinghamshire, Portsmouth and Slough and 63 vehicles were seized. 

Forty-two of the vehicles had no insurance and/or licence.

Hampshire Constabulary and Thames Valley Police said the joint operation earlier this month aimed to make the roads safer for people living and working in the region.

Operation Titan will now move onto other locations including Oxfordshire.

The world's longest aircraft is set to return to our skies after being damaged during a heavy landing.

Image source, SBNA

Image source, SBNA

Image source, SBNA

The Airlander which is part plane, part airship, nosedived after a test flight at Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire last August.

It was moved out of its hangar over the weekend after being declared flight-ready following repairs. 

Steve McGlennan of  Hybrid Air Vehicles, external  told press this morning it will take off very soon. 

"During the course of the summer we really hope to become a familiar sight in Bedfordshire and the wider UK," he said.

"We're going to look for some sites to go and visit, where people can come and visit, and then by the end of the summer hopefully look to go abroad, perhaps down to Germany and even over the North Sea."

Workers at IT giant Fujitsu are to stage a fresh wave of strikes at sites across the UK, in their long-running dispute over jobs and pension cuts.

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Members of Unite will walk out for 24 hours on 13 and 24 April and for 48 hours on 20 April.

The action will involve workers at Stevenage.

Unite national officer Ian Tonks said: "The previous four days of strike action generated strong support from workers determined to stand up for their jobs and livelihoods.

"The way Fujitsu is treating its workforce and keeping them in the dark over its plans for the future is beyond contempt.

Last  October  the company it was shedding up to 1,800 jobs.

It said the losses were necessary as it looks to compete better with foreign rivals that offer IT services more cheaply.

Lee Agnew
BBC Three Counties Radio

Modifications have been made to proposals for a new stadium for Luton Town, which means Stockwood Park is no longer being considered as a location.

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The original plans had included a stadium and retail park at Stockwood Park, at J10 of the M1, but were changed following the results of a public consultation that ended in January.

Luton Town says it will still need to build a retail park at J10 to finance a town centre stadium.

One of the sites still being considered is Power Court , near the town's railway station.

The new consultation, external will run for the next six weeks and Luton's Local Plan, external is expected to be finalised this summer. 

Mariam Issimdar
BBC News

Neighbours just yards from a care home devastated by fire at the weekend, killing two residents, have been speaking about how their home was used as a rescue centre by emergency services. 

Image source, Paul Wood

Amy Cert was staying at her family's house close to the care home in Cheshunt .

"We looked out the kitchen window and could see a ladder leading up to the first floor rooms. They were trying to pop a window and it was quite clear there was someone in there that needed to get out," she said.

"There were flames building up around and that was the first thing we saw and that was quite shocking." 

Her partner Matthew Dunham added: "They carried down a quite frail elderly lady, so getting her out must have been quite a challenge."

During the evacuation the couple took in about 20 residents. 

"We had several in the kitchen, 10 or so in the dining room, a few more in the back room, lots of cups of tea and the emergency services going round and making sure everyone was OK.

"They seemed stoic and really dealt with it all fantastically well."

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Another hole dug during replacement gas main works in Verulamium Park  unearthed evidence for the interior of a house , in an area previously thought to have been the location for a road.

The remains of an Opus Signinum floor - made of tiles broken up into very small pieces - have been uncovered in a hole near to the museum car park.

District archaeologist Simon West said: "In theory this should have been a crossroads and what we've got are the remains of a Roman town house.

"There are individual pieces of Roman mosaic, which suggests it was probably quite a high status house.

"We've now got to move the Roman road on [our] map to fit in the building."

Image source, St Albans Museums

The findings will now be recorded and the holes filled in, but finds such as pottery and animal bones will go to the Verulamium Museum.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Two of the holes dug in Verulamium Park in St Albans during replacement gas main works  have revealed new information about the Roman town .

One has revealed the corner of the town wall.

Image source, St Albans Museums

District archaeologist Simon West said: "It's significant in that we've found the very corner of the town wall as it bends round [from the gate house to the Roman wall above the lake].

"We knew it must be there but we'd never seen it and never known precisely where it was.

"Plus we've found no evidence that there was a corner tower, which gives us more information."

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

"Significant" archaeological finds from the Roman town of Verulamium have been uncovered during gas main works in St Albans.

Verulamium was the third largest city in Roman Britain and has been mapped by various excavations over the years.

The new holes revealed the location of the corner of the town wall and a previously unknown house.

District archaeologist Simon West said: "It's like having a jigsaw... and now there are two more pieces."

He added: "Eventually [we will] see the whole picture and now we have new information that we can tie down rather than speculate."

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Former Olympic long jump champion Greg Rutherford has announced he is expecting a second child with his partner Susie Verrill. 

The world and 2012 Olympic champion from Woburn Sands, who confirmed the news on Twitter, is already a dad to son Milo.

The 30-year-old will try to defend his IAAF World Championship title in London in August after competing at the Anniversary Games at the London Stadium on 9 July.

He won gold at London 2012 but could only manage bronze at the Rio Games last year.

Prior to heading to Brazil, his partner said Rutherford had his sperm frozen over fears about the Zika virus.

It's all smiles for the cameras from the Labour leadership who are visiting Luton today...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will be at Luton Town Football Club today.

He's expected to announce that Labour would raise the minimum wage to £10 an hour if the party is elected in 2020.

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The government's current minimum wage for workers aged 25 and over, called the National Living Wage, external , is currently set at £7.50 an hour.

It aims to increase it to £9 an hour by 2020.

Mr Corbyn is due to say: "The government's re-branding of the minimum wage to the National Living Wage hasn't dealt with the real problems of low pay and rising cost of living.

"Labour's real living wage will immediately boost the incomes and opportunities of more than 20% of the workforce, especially in sectors such as retail, care and hospitality."

England women ease to a dominant victory over Austria at Stadium MK in their final home game before Euro 2017.

Eighteen people are arrested and 63 vehicles are seized during a four-day operation.

Jon Kaye
BBC Three Counties Radio

A man has been charged after a car allegedly mounted the pavement and struck a pedestrian outside a pub in Dunstable, leaving them seriously hurt.

Police were called shortly after 04:30 on Saturday following reports a man had been hurt outside the Nags Head on the High Street.

A 21-year-old man from Luton is due to appear before magistrates accused of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.

Stuart Bailey
BBC News

An investigation continues this morning into the cause of a fire that killed two women at a care home in Cheshunt.

Image source, Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue

The two who died are believed to be women aged 91 and 89, police said.

The blaze gutted Newgrange Care Home in Cadmore Lane, Cheshunt, when it broke out at about 06:00  on Saturday .

A further 33 residents were rescued from the collapsing building - three of whom needed hospital treatment for burns and smoke inhalation. They're said to be in a serious, but stable condition.

Hertfordshire Police said formal identification of the dead pair had not yet taken place.

Chief fire officer for Hertfordshire, Darryl Keen, said the outcome could have been even worse had crews not reacted so quickly.

"We had a number of people that were unable to get themselves out, you know, physically would not have been able to move even under normal circumstances," he said.

BBC Weather

Hopefully you made the most of the summer temperatures over the weekend, but alas they're not set to continue. 

Today we're back to normal - much cooler with a cold front bringing some chillier air through, with a top temperature of about 13C (55F).  

It will be mostly bright this morning, but turning cloudier in the afternoon with some isolated showers.

You can get more at BBC Weather .