The shelter is due to be taken down as it is no longer used, but some villagers want it to stay.

Horses are being used to help troubled children learn new skills and get back into education.

The centre was originally due to reopen last year and the council is blaming contractors.

Labour keeps hold of power in Luton but loses three seats to the Liberal Democrats.

Results in the Bedford mayoral election held 2 May 2019.

Watford Borough Council, external remains in the hands of the Liberal Democrats.

The party held its 13 seats, while Labour held three, leaving the Lib Dems in control, with 26 wards to Labour's 10.

No other parties hold seats.

Bedford Borough Council remains with no party in overall control, but the directly-elected Liberal Democrat mayor Dave Hodgson will be in charge.

The Liberal Democrats retained control of Three Rivers District Council, external, gaining five seats to increase their majority to 24.

Fourteen seats were defended, 10 of them Conservative. They lost five, reducing their numbers to 12.

Labour defended one seat, which it held.

Liberal Democrat Dave Hodgson has retained his position as directly-elected Bedford Mayor.

North Hertfordshire District Council, external now has no single party in overall control.

The ruling Tories defended 15, but lost seven to leave them with 22 of the council's 49 seats.

Labour gained three to increase its number of councillors from 14 to 16.

The Liberal Democrats defended one seat and gained six to increase from six wards to 11.

Andrew Sinclair
BBC Look East political correspondent

For the last few weeks, it's been clear from the stories coming from canvassers that voters are frustrated and angry.

Some want Brexit to happen quickly, others would still like it reversed, but the overwhelming mood was a sense of annoyance that because the main parties can't agree, all other politics has come to a halt.

And that's why people voted in large numbers for candidates who were not from the main national parties..

And if an independent or candidate from their preferred party wasn't standing, they either stayed at home or they spoilt their ballot paper.

The Conservatives are still the largest party in the BBC East region, but they are diminished.

And Labour may not have been punished as hard, but making so few gains in our region after nine years of Conservative government does not auger well for a general election.

The big winners were the Lib Dems. After eight years of haemorrhaging votes in local elections, they made serious gains and are once again big players in the politics of the region.

Labour and the Tories hope this election has been a nasty one-off.

But voters are disillusioned and weary.

It may take time to win them back.

A Tory leader loses his seat as two Hertfordshire councils end up with no party in overall control.

Milton Keynes Council remains in no overall control but the Lib Dems gain three seats and Labour two.

Despite gaining three seats and becoming the largest party on Milton Keynes Council, external, the Labour group's leader Peter Marland has been very critical of senior members of his party at the national level.

He said: "As a Labour Party member it's difficult to understand why some MPs, like Tom Watson, would want to openly discuss our Brexit policy two days before an election and storm out of a meeting.

"I don't think he's helped the party and think it was demoralising for our activists.

"When when you lose some places by 30 votes and the greens have 300, it didn't help us very much as all."

Labour failed to gain Bletchley Park from the Conservatives by 26 votes, while the Greens had 289 votes in that ward.

The Conservatives have held on to Central Bedfordshire Council.

We've still got three results from Bedfordshire to come:

Central Bedfordshire Council is something of a Conservative stronghold. But with a few wards still to declare it's clear the opposition parties have made gains but are unlikely to wrestle control from the Tories.

While in Bedford there there are two counts under way.

One is for Bedford Borough Council, where no party has overall control, but the Conservatives are the largest party.

There is also Bedford Mayoral election, with Lib Dem Dave Hodgson hoping to retain his role.

Andy Holmes
BBC Three Counties Radio political reporter

Alex Walker, leader of the Conservatives on Milton Keynes Council, external, said he was "very disappointed to lose a very capable councillor", after deputy leader Catriona Morris lost her seat to Lib Dem Kerrie Bradbury.

Mr Walker himself only retained his seat by 110 votes.

However, the sense I got was they were fairly pleased to keep 19 seats.

Only a third of the seats were up for election, with Labour becoming the biggest party with 23 seats, but the council remaining in a situation where no single party has overall control.

Milton Keynes also reflected the national picture with the Lib Dems also making gains, winning three seats from the Conservatives, leaving with 15 seats overall.

Milton Keynes Council, external remains in no overall control.

The Conservatives have lost North Hertfordshire District Council, external to no overall control, with no single party holding a majority.

Andy Holmes
BBC Three Counties Radio political reporter

The Conservative deputy leader on Milton Keynes Council, external, Catriona Morris, has lost her Broughton ward seat to Liberal Democrat Kerrie Bradbury.

We are still waiting for the full set of results at the unitary local authority.