Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

More photos of the Bishop's Stortford betting shop robbery we mentioned earlier have been released.

A female employee at Coral bookmakers was sprayed in the face with a substance before the man climbed over the counter and stole cash from the till.

Police say they are working to establish what the substance was.

It is not yet known if the victim has suffered permanent damage to an eye.

Image source, South Beds News Agency

Image source, South Beds News Agency

Image source, South Beds News Agency

Image source, South Beds News Agency

Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

Thames Valley Police and Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service recovered a car from a front garden after it was involved in a collision.

The incident happened on Speaking Road in High Wycombe.

Security and anti-terrorism policies have been in the headlines since the Manchester attack.

Ellie Price took the Daily Politics mood box - an unscientific test with a plastic box and balls - to hear what voters in Luton had to say when they were asked whether they backed Labour or the Conservatives to keep them safe.

Hertfordshire-based Tesco's plans to buy the wholesaler, Booker, are being investigated by the competition watchdog.

Booker is the UK's largest food wholesaler and also owns the Premier, Budgens and Londis store brands.

Tesco announced its £3.7bn plan in January, with both Booker and Tesco saying it would create the "UK's leading food business".

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The Competition and Markets Authority, external (CMA) will assess whether the tie-up could reduce choice for shoppers and for small stores supplied by Booker.

The CMA has announced the first phase of its investigation into the deal which will run until 25 July. It has asked for interested parties to submit their views by 13 June.

After this first phase, the CMA will either clear the takeover or submit it for a more in-depth investigation, unless Tesco and Booker take steps to counter any competition issues identified.

Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

A man has been in charged in connection with robberies at several businesses in Luton.

Last week we reported Bedfordshire Police were linking two robberies at hotels in the town.

On Monday, 15 May at about 21:00 cash was stolen from the Luton Hotel Residence in Chapel Street.

Police linked the incident with a robbery at the Easyhotel in Guildford Street on Thursday, 25 May at about 06:00.

A man has now been charged in connection with the two hotel robberies, as well as robberies at the William Hill bookmakers in Kimpton Road and Tony's Off Licence in Ruseell Street between 15 and 26 May.

He has been remanded in custody pending a further court hearing.

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Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

Police are trying to trace a man who robbed a betting shop after spraying a substance in a female employee's face.

Between 20:00 and 20:12 yesterday, the man entered Coral bookmakers on Elizabeth Road, Bishop's Stortford.

He approached the counter, sprayed the unknown substance in the woman's face, before climbing over the counter and taking bank notes from the till.

Image source, Hertfordshire Police

He then made off on foot into Norfolk Way.

Det Sgt David Boden said: "The victim suffered an eye injury which required hospital treatment and she was obviously very upset and shaken.

"At this stage we are still working to establish exactly what the substance was and it is unknown at this time whether the victim has suffered permanent damage to her eye."

Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

Bedfordshire Police has thanked the public for making Sunday's Luton Carnival a safe event.

Armed police and sniffer dogs were deployed on the streets following last year's stabbings and arrests on the night of the carnival.

However, Bedfordshire Police said this year's event took place without any major incidents.

Officers from the force also took part in the parade, alongside the fire service and local schoolchildren.

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Chief Constable Jon Boutcher said: "In any given year, the Carnival is one of our busiest and most unpredictable days to police – yet against the recent backdrop of the terrorist atrocities in both Manchester and Westminster, and the rise and return of the threat level from Critical back to Severe, this was an even bigger challenge for us all.

"We had reviewed our policing arrangements in light of the terror threat change and it was great to see our presence welcomed by so many."

Justin Dealey
BBC Three Counties Radio

People living near an industrial estate which burnt down in a fire last year say nothing's being done to clean up the site.

The fire at the Four Winds Industrial Estate near Clophill, Bedfordshire burned for several days in May.

Image source, Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue

Debbie Goldhawk's farm borders the site, she said there's still "substantial damage" from the fire.

"It's a shame, we've lost the trees and the use of our field for a long time," she said.

"Everyone around here is fed up with the way the site looks. It's awful."

Central Bedfordshire Council says it's looking at a number of courses of action, including planning enforcement notices.

More on that gang of fraudsters who've been jailed.....

A gang of seven scammed elderly residents by calling them and telling them they were police officers.

Hertfordshire Police said the callers would falsely inform the victims that they had people in custody - usually the victims’ grandchildren - in connection with fraudulent use of their bank account or cards.

The victims, aged between 60 and 93, were then asked to attend a bank and withdraw large sums of cash as part of a fictitious investigation.

This money was then collected from the victims by a courier.

The victims lost out on a total of £32,000.

Det Sgt Jon Leak said: "Phone scams can have a devastating effect on the victims, as they often lose vast sums of money as well as their confidence and trust.

"I hope this sentence serves as a warning that we will continue to do everything in our power to disrupt, identify and bring these offenders to justice."

Members of a courier fraud gang who tricked older people out of more than £32,000 have been jailed.

They posed as police officers claiming the victims' grandchildren had been using their bank cards.

The gang of six men and one woman targeted 20 victims across Stevenage and Knebworth in Hertfordshire, as well as a further four victims in Surrey and Kent, between March and May 2016.

• Tahera Chowdhury, aged 22, from Vale Road in Dartford, Kent, pleaded guilty of conspiracy to commit fraud and was sentenced to four years in prison.
• Mohammed Noor, aged 22, from Crowndale Road in Camden, London, pleaded guilty of conspiracy to commit fraud and was sentenced to four years and eight months.
• Luthfur Rahman, aged 23, from Wells Square in Kings Cross, London pleaded guilty of conspiracy to commit fraud. He was sentenced to 16 months and a further 14 months for cannabis offences.
• Shaker Chowdhury, aged 24, from Acton Street in Kings Cross, London was found guilty of conspiracy to commit fraud at trail and was sentenced to 18 months.
• Mohammed Reyhan Miah, aged 21, from New North Street in Bloomsbury, London, was found guilty of conspiracy to commit fraud and was sentenced to three years and four months.
• Sabbir Ahmed, aged 20, from Clerkenwell Road in Islington, London was found guilty and was sentenced to 18 months in a youth detention centre.
• Sadik Omar, aged 32, from Endsleigh Gardens in Bloomsbury, London was found guilty of transferring criminal property and was sentenced to eight months in jail.

All seven appeared at Cambridge Crown Court on Friday.

Police have confirmed there is no indication of third party involvement in the death of Jennifer Collins.

As we've reported, the 42-year-old's body was found in Orchard Road, Tewin, on Sunday night.

She had been missing from her home in Burnham Green, near Welwyn Garden City, since Saturday.

Hertfordshire Police said her death is being treated as unexplained and inquiries are ongoing.

Police have released an image of a man they would like to speak to after cash was stolen from a restaurant.

The crime happened at DB’s Griddle in Market Square, Bishop’s Stortford, between 19:00 and 20:30 on 14 May.

Image source, Hertfordshire Constabulary

A full inquest into the deaths of a man and woman who were found dead in Luton opens this morning.

Image source, SOUTH BEDS NEWS AGENCY

The body of Adim Baba, 49, was found wrapped in cling film in a wheelie bin in Essex Close, Luton, on 17 October 2016.

His death was linked to that of Tabussum Winning, 34, found dead at her home in the same road on 10 October.

Detectives said they believe they were a couple.

At the opening of the inquest last November, the coroner revealed that Mr Baba had died from a blow to the head, while Mrs Winning was found hanged.

The body of a woman who was missing from her home in Burnham Green near Welwyn Garden City has been found, police say.

Jennifer Collins, 42, had not been seen since Saturday.

She was discovered in Orchard Road in Tewin on Sunday night.

Hertfordshire Police say her family have been informed and police officers are providing support to them.

Her death is currently being treated as unexplained and inquiries are on-going.

Image source, Hertfordshire Police

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BBC Weather

There's quite a lot of cloud around but I think as the day continues we'll see some bright spells coming through, not lots and lots of sunshine but some breaks in the cloud through the day.

There may be an occasional touch of drizzle, maybe the odd light shower but nothing more than that.

Top temperature across the BBC East region 19C (66F).

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