More news, sport, travel and weather from 08:00 on Monday
Updates for Friday 29 May 2015
Dani Bailey
Beds, Herts & Bucks Live
That's all from the Local Live team for Beds, Herts and Bucks for this week.
We'll be back with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel for the three counties at 08:00 on Monday.
BBC Three Counties Radio
The chair of Brogborough Parish Council says three deaths on the old A421 Bedford Road this morning add even more weight to the argument that "it's a very dangerous road".
Jo Green lives about 200 yards from the scene of the collision and believes motorists are using the road as "a cut-through from Marston Moretaine, coming off at the roundabout from the new A421 to get to the M1".
She said: "At the moment [the limit is] 50 and, when you think we've got houses right on the verge of the road, it really is quite extraordinarily high."
Dani Bailey
Beds, Herts & Bucks Live
A parish councillor for Caddington in Bedfordshire has told of how he tackled two suspected illegal immigrants in the county today.
Speaking to Roberto Perrone on BBC Three Counties Radio in the past hour, Patrick Smith, 70, said he apprehended one young man in his car: "I said 'don't move, stay there' and he said 'yes boss'."
Mr Smith sustained some cuts and bruises in the process. Bedfordshire Police said six people had been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences.
Chris Bell
BBC Weather Presenter
This evening and tonight: A few isolated showers still drifting through this evening, but otherwise becoming largely dry with clear spells through the end of the night. Light to moderate westerly winds with lows around 5-7C (40F).
Tomorrow: Most of the day will be dry with sunny spells, but it will turn rather cloudy at times, with a small chance of isolated showers in the afternoon. Light to moderate west to south-westerly winds, with highs around 15-17C (around 60F).
Dani Bailey
Beds, Herts & Bucks Live
The family of 83-year-old James Lomax, who was from Wheathampstead and had dementia, have said they are "so very grateful" for everyone's support.
Image source, Hertfordshire PoliceMr Lomax's body was found near his home on Wednesday.
His wife Pauline and the rest of the family released a statement today, thanking Hertfordshire Police and people who helped in the search: "It was an unbelievable response - we are all so very grateful to neighbours and carers, who have also been very supportive at this sad time."
Three people who died in a collision on the old A421 Bedford Road this morning have been named by police.
Lewis Cook and Marie-Ann Wykes, both 16 and from Marston, and Genevieve Reason, 32, from Woburn Sands, died when the car they were travelling in was involved in a collision with a lorry.
Two other men were taken to hospital and have now been discharged. The road is likely to remain closed for the rest of this evening.
BBC Sport
Right back Lee Hodson has signed a new two-year contract with MK Dons.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe former Watford defender, 23, only made 16 appearances last season following a number of injuries and his contract was due to end in June.
BBC Travel
It is still slow on the M1 northbound, with one lane closed between J13-J14 for resurfacing works after an earlier incident.
There are lots of issues elsewhere too so check before you travel.
Trains seem to be running well.
Dani Bailey
Beds, Herts & Bucks Live
The main image on our Local Live page today shows the Xscape, external centre in Milton Keynes.
The building, known to many as the Snodome, was opened in 2000 and is home to a real indoor snow slope.
I'd love to see more of your photographs of interesting places in Beds, Herts and Bucks. You can get in touch via email.
Roberto Perrone
BBC Three Counties Radio
Seventy-year-old Patrick Smith has just told me how he wrestled with suspected illegal immigrants in Caddington this afternoon.
Mr Smith and his wife Christine were on their way to Dunstable for a shopping trip when the side door of a truck opened and "15 to 18 men" spilled out. Mrs Smith said it was "like something out of a film".
Police said Mr Smith, a parish councillor, wrestled two of the men to the ground and managed to put one in the back of his car, before he got the attention of a passing police car. Six people were arrested on suspicion of immigration offences.
BBC Three Counties Radio
Luton and Dunstable Hospital, external is going against the trend by closing its kitchen and outsourcing catering services, according to a campaign group.
Image source, GoogleThe Campaign for Better Hospital Food, external argue that it's important patients are fed "good food" due to the length of time they're in hospital.
Alex Jackson, from the campaign group, said: "Over the last 10 years hospitals have shut their kitchens but in the last six months, we've seen a comeback. Some trusts... are committed to putting kitchens back on their premises and to cooking freshly cooked foods for patients."
BBC Sport
Luton Town have signed defender Dan Potts on a two-year deal following his release by West Ham.
Image source, Getty ImagesPotts, who can play left-back or centre-half, made 13 appearances for the Hammers after coming through the east London club's academy.
BBC Three Counties Radio
A 70-year-old man has physically tackled a group of suspected illegal immigrants he saw jumping out of a lorry, police say.
Patrick Smith, who is a parish councillor, gave chase when he saw about 15 men emerge from the truck on the A5 near Caddington.
He wrestled two of them to the ground and managed to put one in the back of his car, before he got the attention of a passing police car. Police say six people have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences.
A motorist has died after a collision on the M1 northbound this morning, Thames Valley Police has confirmed.
The crash happened between junctions 13 and 14, at about 07:00, and involved two HGVs.
A man from Northampton, who was a passenger in a Renault HGV, was declared dead at the scene and the driver taken to Milton Keynes General Hospital with injuries. The driver of a Volvo HGV did not require hospital treatment.
Dani Bailey
Beds, Herts & Bucks Live
Missing man Damon De Bruin has been found safe and well, police say, external.
The 25-year-old was reported missing by his family on Wednesday.
Officers found him in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, this afternoon.
Thameslink tweets, external: Due to a line obstruction at #StAlbans services may be delayed or altered at short notice
Dani Bailey
Beds, Herts & Bucks Live
This afternoon's news updates for the three counties:
One of two men taken to hospital after a crash which killed three people on the old A421 Bedford Road overnight has been discharged
Concerns over the service provided by Bedfordshire Police have been highlighted by the constabulary watchdog
The M1 remains closed northbound between J13-J14 after an earlier collision between two HGVs
The government is publishing plans to outlaw so-called legal highs which are freely sold in shops and online.
Producers and suppliers of the drugs could face up to seven years in jail under the proposed legislation.
Mike Penning, policing minister and MP for Hemel Hempstead, said: "We've worked very closely with other countries to see how it's worked for them... so we can pick up the good parts of their legislation and take it forward."
The Daily Mail
A father who is in "debilitating pain" after having a tumour removed is asking people to donate money to send him to end his life at Dignitas, even though he is not terminally ill, external.
Roger Bailey, from Milton Keynes, decided he wanted to die at the Swiss assisted suicide clinic after nerve damage from the operation in 2012 left him in pain, doubly incontinent and "rapidly losing my dignity".
Katy Lewis
Beds, Herts and Bucks Live
A Bedfordshire GP has denied 37 indecent assaults against 24 female patients.
Image source, GoogleRobert Lewis, 49, of Shefford, pleaded not guilty at Luton Crown Court to 20 allegations after earlier denying a further 17 charges.
He was working at the Larksfield Surgery in Stotfold when the first allegations were made, relating to pre-employment medicals he carried out between 1999 and 2003. He has been suspended from practising.
