bedfordshire police, hopefully those residents will be reassured the police have said it is an isolatedbig presence there, there's no threat to the wider community. it is good to keep stressing that. many thanks for being there and monitoring the press conference from bedfordshire police, the latest of those details on the triple murder investigation. nicola, thank you. we have a live page on our website, so we are monitoring the ongoing story. as nicolette was saying, no risk to the wider community, according to bedfordshire police. here in the uk two men have been charged with burglary after a painting by banksy was stolen from a gallery in central london at the weekend. police say the painting, called "girl with balloon", has been recovered and returned to the gallery. with more, here's nickjohnson. banging. a gallery in central london on sunday night. nearly £2 million worth of banksy artwork on display, but it only takes about 30 seconds before someone makes off with one of the artist's most iconic prints. this is the banksy exhibition in full swing. the girl with balloon taking pr

bedfordshire police have arrested an 18—year—old man, on suspicion of murder. in luton, after police were called to a 15 storey tower block and discovered the bodies of the victims in the early hours of this morning. nicola haseler is at the scene for us now. just bring us up to date with the latest. it was a frightening start to the day for the residents of this block of flats behind me here as they woke up of flats behind me here as they woke up to the sounds of screaming, sirens and then the building being full of armed police. what they discovered was three people with serious injuries who sadly died in that flat. shortly afterwards, an 18—year—old man was arrested on suspicion of murder, and a weapon was recovered. we have seen forensics officers on the field behind the flat all day, and people here in the block have been telling me that it was shocking to have to walk their young children to nursery or school through corridors of armed police. some people here said they were too frightened to leave their flat today. however, bedfordshire police said that t

in dunstable in bedfordshire today, flash floods have washed away cars — and police have closed off someed this weekend across the uk. with more on this, our correspondentjoe inwood is in the newsroom. at the moment, it seems bedfordshire seems to be badly hit by these flash floods. that's where the rain has been focused, though here in london it's been pretty wet outside as well and all across the south of the uk, as you say come around bedford from around luton, bedfordshire seems to be where the worst of this has hit. bedfordshire police there is widespread travel disruption especially times link, this is their trains hadn't been running anyway, they'd been on rail replacement bus services and those have not been cancelled as well because of the rain. the general messages if you are around the bedfordshire area, probably best not to be going anywhere, but it's actually wider than that as well stop wage i can say the rain overnight was really bad, so it doesn't surprise me that there has been flooding. i want to show you some pictures we have had from �*s temperature, you mentioned the

bedfordshire police want to reassure residents that this was an isolated incident and there was no threaten's mental health and learning. some parents in shropshire in the west midlands are concerned smartphones could be bad for their children's development so they've decided to test out phones that have no access to the internet. 0ur reporter, joanne writtle has been to meet them. in the �*80s, yuppies posed with huge mobile phones. but no—one was glued to screens. in fact, their phones didn't even have screens, they were purely for making calls. imagine that! fast forward to today and ten—year—old twins imogen and toby and their pals are going retro. they have feature phones which are basically a smaller version of the old brick phone with no access to the internet. we can call and text loads and it's really good. there are games and you can call and you can text, but there isn't any internet. at first, ijust generally didn't want one because i thought everyone was going to make fun of me. everyone is going to think i'm just weird for having one. at first, i was a bit, like, - really an

last night, bedfordshire police asked people to only call if it was an emergency. that report. dunstable, luton and the bedford area here are having problems with flooding. but as you can see, the water is so deep that it is going to take a few days before it goes down. thank you. the time is 1.16. our top story this afternoon... the chancellor, rachel reeves, addresses the party conference in liverpool and says she's optimistic about the uk's economic future and there will be no return to austerity under labour. more than 50 pubs closed every month in england and wales during the first half of the year, so is it time to call last orders or should more be done to help them survive? coming up on bbc news, the one—day cup is under way a day late and reduced to 20 overs each, glamorgan and somerset hoping to beat each other and the rain in nottingham. the authorities in lebanon say 100 people have been killed and a00 have been injured in a new wave of israeli airstirkes on hezbollah targets. it comes amid speculation that israeili troops could also mount a ground invas

that's coming from bedfordshire police.ous firearms offences and he's due to appear at luton magistrates court on monday. and we'll bring you more on this breaking story in the next hour. another breaking story this evening. sir keir starmer is alleged to have broken parliamentary rules by failing to declare donations of clothing for his wife, victoria. the gifts from labour donor lord alli weren't initially declared in the register for mps interests, and the sunday times reported the prime minister approached the parliamentary authorities on tuesday to make a late declaration after being given updated advice on what needed to be registered. the tories demanded a full investigation into the starmer's links with lord alli . a man links with lord alli. a man allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on the same day that he was released from prison under the government's early release scheme. it's understood he was released as part of the policy, which aims to ease prison overcrowding on its first day on tuesday, he allegedly re—of

woman and two teenagers who were found dead at a flat in luton yesterday that's coming from bedfordshire police, although formal identification has yet to take place, the force does believe that the three found dead are 48 year old giuliana prosper, 16 year old kyle prosper and giselle prosper, who was 13. nicholas prosper, who was 13. nicholas prosper has also been charged with numerous firearms offences and he is due to appear at luton magistrates court on monday. and he is due to appear at luton magistrates court on monday . a magistrates court on monday. a man allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on the same day he was released from prison under the government's early release scheme. it's understood he was released as part of the policy, which aims to ease prison crowding, overcrowding on its first day on tuesday, he allegedly re—offended in kent and was later arrested in south london. he's been charged with sexual assault and is due to appear at the crown court next month . a rebellion could be month. a rebellion could be brewing within the labour party following recent comments by the pri

the first of 39 pallets delivered to bedfordshire police. on board, box after box of deadly cargo.in the consignment today. this kind of knife was used in a murder in luton last year — and there's another 363 of this coming in these boxes. the knives came from separate luton based companies run by two brothers, 35,800 from eddy eliaz�*s sporting wholesale, a bulk importer who sold to retailers, and 1,500 from adam eliaz, who runs online shop dna leisure. both have said they'll no longer sell knives. right, so this is a 5.76. each model of knife checked to make sure it meets new criteria and qualifies for compensation. we can safely say that meets the criteria. well, these knives will eventually be destroyed, shredded up, and melted down into something else. but each blade is also worth £10 to the company that surrendered them under the government's scheme. that's the cost of taking these out of circulation. make no mistake, they are weapons. they're made intended to be weapons. the only reason you could have those particular ones, zombie knives, with the serrated edges and the poin

woman and two teenagers who were found dead at a flat in luton yesterday that's coming from bedfordshire policed dead are 48 year old giuliana prosper, 16 year old kyle prosper and giselle prosper, who was 13. nicholas prosper, who was 13. nicholas prosper has also been charged with numerous firearms offences and he is due to appear at luton magistrates court on monday. and he is due to appear at luton magistrates court on monday . a magistrates court on monday. a man allegedly sexually assaulted a

bedfordshire police want to reassure residents that this was an isolated incident and there was no threate not yet been named. vincent mcaviney, bbc news. one of england's largest school academy trusts is set to become the first of its size to ban students from using mobile phones at school. ormiston academies trust says it's phasing out access to smartphones for around 35,000 pupils at its 44 state schools — because of what it calls the "catastrophic" impact on children's mental health and learning. new analysis from the department for work and pensions suggests that 780,000 people who are entitled to pension credits but don't claim them will miss out on winter fuel payments this year under the government's proposed changes. the estimates were released under freedom of information laws on friday. pope francis has criticised both donald trump and kamala harris when asked about the us presidential election. the pontiff made the comments when referring to the candidates�* stances on abortion and migration, saying voters should choose the person they believe to be the "lesser of two evils" i

the first of 39 pallets delivered to bedfordshire police. on board, box after box of deadly cargo. that's come in the consignment today. this kind of knife was used in a murder in luton last year. and there's another 363 of this coming in these boxes. the knives came from separate luton—based companies run by two brothers, 35,800 from eddie elias�*s sporting wholesale, a bulk importer who sold to retailers, and 1.500 from adam elias, who runs online shop, dna leisure. both have said they'll no longer sell knives. right, so this is a 576. each model of knife checked to make sure it meets new criteria and qualifies for compensation. we can safely say that meets the criteria. well, these knives will eventually be destroyed, shredded up, and melted down into something else. but each blade is also worth £10 to the company that surrendered them under the government's scheme. that's the cost of taking these out of circulation. make no mistake, they are weapons. they're made, intended to be weapons. the only reason you could have those particular ones, zombie knives with the serrated edges

kyle clifford appeared via video link from the custody suite at kempston police station in bedfordshirearged overnight. some of the details of the case against it were discussed in court. people —— police were called to the house in bushey, and they find louise hunt tied to a share. she had been shot with a crossbow. their mother carol hunt was also found with multiple stab wounds, and they died in the house. kyle clifford we know was arrested the next day at a cemetery, and police found him with serious injuries. he told the court this morning that he couldn't speak very loudly because he still had a voice injury. police can only questioned him when he was well enough, and last night they charged him with the murders of the three women, possession of a ten inch butcher's knife, and a crossbow, and the false imprisonment of louise hunt. magistrate courts can deal with the charges relating to the knife in the crossbow, but not a case of murder or false case of murder orfalse imprisonment, so he was remanded in custody and will appear in front of a high courtjudge here at the royal courts

areas of bedfordshire are already submerged, with police confirming a number of road closures.howing cars battling the high waters. and in north london, firefighters have been attending the scene of flooded homes, while an amber warning is in force for worcester, birmingham, nottingham and hull. that's until 9:00 tonight, while the rest of the midlands, southern england, wales and the north west are all under a yellow alert. those are the latest headunes alert. those are the latest headlines for now. your next round up from me in just over half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code , alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . slash alerts. >> welcome back to britain's newsroom live across the uk. this is mid bev turner in london. andrew pierce is at the labour party conference in liverpool. so andrew i don't know whether you saw camilla tominey show yesterday on gb news and i would urge our viewers and listeners to go and look at it on the app because camilla had those mps ab

areas in bedfordshire are already submerged, with police confirming a number of road closures.ed on social media showing cars having to battle high water in north london. meanwhile firefighters have been attending the scene of various flooded homes and an amber weather warning is in force in worcester, birmingham, nottingham and in hull until 9:00 tonight. those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'll be back with you just after 1:30 for another roundup for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone , sign direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com >> forward slash alerts . >> forward slash alerts. >> forward slash alerts. >> thanks, sam. now, as we heard in rachel reeves the chancellor's speech, she very much justified public sector pay rises. she says they're the right thing for public sector workers, of course. but also for the country. she spoke about how it's very much justified from an economic perspective as well as a moral one. but right at the end of the speech, the news broke that the nursing union have