A number of properties on Napier Road in Luton have been evacuated as a precaution while officers investigate reports of a suspicious vehicle.

Police received a call from a member of the public at 08:30.

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An investigation is ongoing and a cordon is in place.

Bedfordshire Police said "there is not believed to be any wider threat to the public".

Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

Just to update you on the situation with the trains, we've been told by London Midland a person has been struck by a train between Bletchley and Milton Keynes.

The incident happened at about 08:50 and emergency services are on the scene.

All lines are blocked and trains running through these stations are currently either cancelled or delayed.

London Midland says tickets will be accepted by Chiltern Trains, East Midlands Trains, London Underground and Overground services.

Disruption is expected until 11:00.

BBC News Travel

Trains have been cancelled or delayed on London Midland this morning following an incident near the railway between Bletchley and Milton Keynes.

Emergency services are dealing with the incident and all lines are blocked.

Disruption is expected until 11:00.

We've contacted London Midland for more information and will keep you up-to-date.

Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

The Beds, Cambs and Herts Roads Policing Unit, external has been busy this morning.

In Hitchin, a tipper driver has been issued with a ticket after stopping on a main road to get coffee.

Meanwhile, the driver of a fuel tanker was spotted using a phone behind the wheel.

Rob Butler
BBC Radio Norfolk sport

Norwich City step up their Championship preparations tonight with a trip to League Two side Stevenage.

The Canaries have scored ten goals so far this pre-season, winning 5-0 at Irish side Cobh Ramblers and then 5-1 at Lowestoft Town on Saturday.

New Bosnian midfielder Mario Vrancic has already made his mark with two goals.

He says manager Daniel Farke's tough training sessions will pay dividends later this campaign.

Simon Oxley
BBC Three Counties Radio

Police who carried out early morning raids in High Wycombe yesterday in connection with modern slavery and money laundering have arrested four people.

About 40 officers carried out searches on two properties in Micklefield Road at 06:00.

Those arrested are two women aged 47 and 28, and two men aged 50 and 29, all from High Wycombe.

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It's a cloudy start for many, although there should be some brightness around, and then we'll see some outbreaks of rain this morning.

By this afternoon, it's becoming more persistent.

Temperatures getting up to about 18C (64F) but quite a few spots barely making it to the teens.

Watch my full forecast for the BBC East region here:

Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

Good morning and welcome back to Local Live across Beds, Herts and Bucks.

We'll be here until 18:00 bringing you the latest news, sport, weather and travel for your local area.

The full weather forecast will be with you shortly, but it looks as though there may be some rain today.

As always, if you want to get in touch you can by email, Facebook, external or Twitter, external.

Adam Watt was stabbed after running off without paying for drugs, his killers' trial was told.

A judge overturns a ruling and allows a teen to claim 'substantial damages' against Watford council.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

That's it for our live coverage today - thanks for joining us. We'll be back tomorrow from 08:00.

Scroll back through today's feed for anything you may have missed.

Any breaking news will still appear on this page overnight.

Have a great evening.

Julie Reinger
BBC Look East weather

Further heavy thundery showers will move eastwards this evening and overnight, although some places will remain dry.

Winds will be light, with temperatures falling to 13C (55F).

Tomorrow should begin largely fine and dry, with some brightness and sunshine - but thicker cloud and scattered showers will push north eastwards during the morning.

These showers will merge into longer spells of rain in the afternoon, becoming heavy at times.

Temperatures reaching 21C (70F).

You can find further details on BBC Weather.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

A teenager seriously hurt by broken glass when he dived for a football in a Watford park has won the right to about £200,000 in damages, after the High Court in London overturned a county court decision.

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The boy was 12 years old when he threw himself on a football at the town's Leavesden Green Recreation Ground in April 2012 and landed on a shard of broken glass, which caused a nasty cut and lasting nerve damage to his hand.

He sued Watford Borough Council for damages, but the claim was dismissed in October after a Watford County Court judge found there was an adequate system of checks to ensure safety in the park.

But today Mr Justice Jay overruled the judge, saying they had not taken properly into account the fact the council had not produced an assessment of the risk of broken glass in the park.

Broken glass in the area around the shelter was known to be "quite a significant problem", especially during school holidays, he said.

The decision means the boy, who has not been named due to his age, is entitled to "substantial" damages, which lawyers have valued at about £200,000.

The court heard the case had already cost Watford Borough Council more than £100,000 in court costs.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

A convict with links to Luton has absconded from an open prison in Derbyshire.

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Jamie Lee Recardo, 27, whose home address is in Luton, absconded from HMP Sudbury on 9 July.

He was sentenced at Luton Crown Court on 23 January 2015 to nine years for conspiracy to commit robbery.

Recardo is of British Indian decent and has black hair and brown eyes. He has tattoos on his arms and hands.

Anyone with information as to his whereabouts should call Derbyshire Police.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Here are some of the stories in the local newspapers today:

• The Watford Observer, external has a story about a 101-year-old great-grandmother who took to the skies in a Second World War fighter plane
• Villagers in Cotton End are unimpressed with issuing galoshes for schoolkids to keep them dry as they walk between buildings at a proposed new school site, the Beds on Sunday, external reports
• The MK Citizen, external says Milton Keynes Museum’s major expansion has just received a £75,000 boost from the Garfield Weston Foundation

Ian Stewart pocketed £10,200 of Helen Bailey's fortune and spent £3,154 renewing Arsenal season tickets.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

A man has died after his car crashed in Clifton on Sunday evening.

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It happened on Stanford Lane at about 18:40.

A 52-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. No other vehicles were involved.

Bedfordshire Police said officers are keen to speak to anyone who saw his red Vauxhall Corsa in the Stanford or Clifton areas between 18:00 and 18:30.

Liam Barnes
BBC News Online

Police are hunting for a missing convict after he absconded from an open prison in Derbyshire last night.

Jamie Recardo, who was sentenced to nine years for conspiracy to commit robbery in 2015, left HMP Sudbury on Sunday.

The 27-year-old, whose home address is in Luton, has not been seen since.

Image source, Derbyshire Police

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

After this morning's confiscation hearing at St Albans Crown Court, where murderer Ian Stewart was ordered to pay back half the money in the account he shared with Helen Bailey, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said it showed "crime does not pay".

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During the Stewart's trial earlier this year, the jury heard he plotted to murder the author soon after they met in 2012 through an online bereavement group.

In 2011, Helen saw her husband John Sinfield drown while they were on holiday in Barbados and Stewart's wife Diane died suddenly in 2010 after suffering an epileptic fit at their home in Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire.

The prosecutor said Stewart realised Ms Bailey was a very wealthy woman and was vulnerable because she was grieving for her husband. He and Helen were engaged and in 2014 she changed her will making Stewart the main beneficiary.

Charles White, the senior crown prosecutor for Thames and Chiltern CPS, said: "Ian Stewart had hoped to make a substantial financial gain from the murder of Helen Bailey. His arrest, charge and conviction, however, thwarted that hope.

"The operation of the forfeiture rule will prevent him from deriving any benefit from his crimes in the course of any proceedings.

"The removal of criminal assets from offenders is a very important way of showing our communities that crime dos not pay and this should reassure members of the public the CPS is committed to ensuring offenders do not benefit financially from their crimes."

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

The man who murdered children's author Helen Bailey for her multimillion-pound fortune must pay back half the money in their joint account, a judge has ruled.

Last year Ian Stewart, 56, sedated his fiancée Helen Bailey with sleeping pills before suffocating her and dumping her and her dachshund Boris in a cesspit under the garage of the £1.5m home they shared in Royston, Hertfordshire.

She was reported missing in April, but her remains were not found until three months later.

In February, Stewart was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 34 years after being found guilty of murder.

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At a confiscation hearing today, St Albans Crown Court heard the only financial benefit Stewart gained was £10,200 he transferred into a joint account. After her disappearance, he electronically altered a standing order paid from her account from £600 to £4,000 a month.

He spent £3,154, on renewing Arsenal season tickets, but the rest of the money remained.

Judge Andrew Bright QC made a confiscation order for £5,100 - half of the money in the currently frozen joint account.

He told Stewart: "You knew Helen Bailey to be a wealthy woman, but was not content with having to share in her wealth as a husband.

"Instead, you wanted it all for yourself. She had assets well in excess of £3m and had taken out a life insurance policy in the sum of a further £1.28m, which you stood to receive.

"I am satisfied that your principle motive for killing her was to enable you to take advantage of the generous provision she had made for you in the event of her death."

Stewart has 28 days to pay the money back or face another month in jail.

Prosecutor Stuart Trimmer QC said the confiscation hearing had been delayed because the Crown wanted to check that Stewart would not acquire Ms Bailey's share of the couple's home, Hartwell Lodge.

He said that under the 1982 Forfeiture Act, Stewart's conviction for murder meant he would not profit from their joint tenancy.

Under the terms of her will, Stewart would have received the £1.5m house in Royston, a holiday cottage in Broadstairs, Kent, and other money.

Stewart appeared in court via a video link from Bedford prison and spoke only to confirm his name.