that overturned while answering a 999 call in hertfordshire. police are investigating the crash, which happened on a roundabout in royston last night. the vehicle was turning right when the collision occurred. officers say four firefighters suffered minor injuries. kate bradbrook is following the story for us at hertfordshire fire and rescue service headquarters. kate. details have been urging on this throughout the day. we now know this throughout the day. we now know this crash happened around 8:45pm last night in royston and involved a fire engine and a pedestrian. we know the fire engine was responding to an emergency call to a house fire in royston. it was attempting to turn right on a roundabout but instead it overturned and struck the pedestrian, who sadly died. in the last hour i have spoken to the chief fire officer in hertfordshire. he is expressed his condolences to the family of that pedestrian, who has not yet been named. i have been

in the last hour i have spoken to the chief fire officer in hertfordshire. named. i have been speaking to people in royston who have been expressing their shock. speaking to people in royston who have been expressing their shocklj heard that coming down the road and ijust wondered what on earth it was. i heard all the commotion. after it happened we saw the blue lights flashing at the house. and you can see all the fire rangers and police coming along. and we heard the album is coming in as well.m must be devastating for the family involved and obviously the fire crew, obviously the driver. everyone who was dealing with it. it has left the town in shock, really. a police investigation is now underway, to determine exactly what happened here. at the same time, the fire service is conducting own investigation but, clearly, and very sad time for all those involved here in hertfordshire. the business news is coming up. first, the headlines. at least one person is killed and 30 are missing after an avalanche buries a hotel in a mountain resort in central italy. t

for buckinghamshire, somerset and the essex—hertfordshire border.he new villages must include green spaces and good transport links. the government says that the plans will help provide vital homes. but rural campaigners have warned there is still strong opposition to some of the projects. taunton is one of the three locations to become one of the large scale ‘garden towns‘. from there, dickon hooper reports. somerset‘s county town of taunton is 110w somerset‘s county town of taunton is now an official garden town which means it has unlocked £350,000 to push forward sustainable development. the idea of this pot of money is to enable better advice, better consultation, access to other pots of money and other funds so that the housing developments that we bring forward become far more sustainable, far more pleasant places to live. the plan is to build

somerset and the essex—hertfordshire border.he government says that the plans will help provide vital homes. but rural campaigners have warned there is still strong opposition to some of the projects. earlier i spoke to grant shapps, the local mp for welwyn garden city, one of the britain's first garden cities and a former housing minister in david cameron's government. what we have to do and i regret not doing more of it when i was housing minister is think how we're going to produce another1 million or 2 million homes but on a much larger scale and not just confining it to the south—east but looking at part of the country which need greater populations. and would benefit from and want to have the additional housing. hello, welcome to the bbc newsroom at outside source. nearly 60 people have died in a

where she was found last november, to hertfordshire. six hours later, and the team at the royal veterinary college were preparing their unique patient. they have never seen an olive ridley here before. menai is the first to be spotted in british waters since records began almost 270 years ago. getting a sea turtle into the scanning machine is no easy task, but experts need to check her lungs were damaged. her lungs for damage. we can see her shell all around, and we can see her lungs, and we can see also that there is some gas, which is black, and that is outside her lungs, so it and is free gas, and that is potentially responsible for the buoyancy problem. staff caring for her anglesey had noticed that menai was unable to keep the lower the water.

who was 51 — were found lastjuly at the house in hertfordshire where she lived with ian stewart.e denies murder. he was her fiance. our correspondent ben ando is at st albans crown court. at the start of the prosecution opening their case, the jury was warned that they needed to be ready to see some quite distressing images amongst the photographs that they would be shown jarring the trial. helen bailey was 51 years old when she died and was successful and a well—regarded author of teenage fiction. she created the character electro— brown and had been living with her partner ian stuart, who is 55. last year injuly he reported her missing. there was a campaign and friends of hers searched woodland nearby where she was known to walk with her the love that pets dash and called colin. following a tip—off, police went back to the home and followed a hatch that went down to a 100—year—old well, which

islamophobic hate crimes across luton, hertfordshire and essex have risen by almost 50% in a year — tover 120 cases. yet detectives in luton believe a majority of cases still go unreported. the bbc spoke to a victim of hate crime — targeted for her faith — who hasn't reported it to police. i was iwas in i was in town. this man came up to me and he picked up my niqab. ijust garston. it really, through me. —— gasped. for a long time i did not go to town by myself. a number of developers building high rise properties in london are paying—off councils to get out—of including ‘affordable homes' in their plans. there are dozens of tower blocks currently under construction with hundreds more in the pipeline — and many of them include little or no affordable homes. developers are instead offering tens of millions of pounds in cash to local authorities — so they can build cheaper homes

starting to settle here, in the likes of berkshire, hertfordshire, hampshire, pushing inside thes‘ 25ow there will be snow in the capital. settling snow in the suburbs and a few centimetres above any hills pushing down across east anglia and kent. it does not hang around forever but will clear then there will be another problem. as skies clear, temperatures fall and ice will develop. expect an icy night nationwide with further wintry showers across the north and west. blizzard conditions in the north of scotland. that will be a bit of a problem by the early hours of tomorrow morning. for many of us seems like this tomorrow. be warned. nasty conditions and the cold spell will last into the weekend as well. it is 5:33pm on bbc news. the headlines:

sunny start in hitching in hertfordshire with temperatures below freezing. whereas in lanarkshire, the below freezing. whereas in la narkshire, the cloud below freezing. whereas in lanarkshire, the cloud was invading, keeping the temperature is above freezing. that will be bp made the weekend, as it will be warmer but with more in the way of cloud. you can see the cloud invading from the west on the satellite picture and tied up in that is milder air. that is bringing this, mark and cloud across northern ireland and look at those temperatures, 11 degrees in belfast, nine in glasgow, some brighter spells in northern scotland, but heading through northern england into wales and the south—west, we see rain, with perhaps heavy bursts across the hills. as the rain arrives in the midlands, it will be quite chilly. for degrees in birmingham, some brightness to be had across the ba rca brightness to be had across the barca southeast at times. even here, the rain will arrive as we go on previous evening. as the main body of the rain clears through, it leaves behind a

and old north road in royston, hertfordshire, last night. the vehicle was turning right when "for reasons unknown" when it lost control and hit the pedestrian. officers said the four firefighters involved were left with minor injuries. a british man who travelled to america to have sex with boys has been sentenced to 13 years in a us prison. 70—year—old paul charles wilkins, who's from cambridgeshire, flew to california in january 2016 and was caught in an undercover sting operation. bomb disposal teams were called out to almost 600 schools in the wake of government advice about a potentially hazardous chemical. the warning about stocks of the chemical — which is used in chemistry lessons — sparked several calls to the army, which carried out hundreds of controlled explosions between october and december last year. scientists are working to deal with three diseases which they fear could cause global health emergencies. a group of charities and governments has committed more than £370 million to develop vaccines for middle east respiratory sy

the hills of south oxfordshire and into hertfordshire but it should hopefully not cause too much of an issue with the rain the feature further south. then called, showers continuing, adding on that wind with a significant chill, so —3, —a, that is how it will feel out and about. the winds will slowly ease as the pressure m oves the winds will slowly ease as the pressure moves away but they will still take their time in doing so. but it still sit two stays cold with a northerly flow, and that wind at lower levels almost anywhere across the country. this is bbc news. on. and on. by simon mccoy. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 3pm. jeremy corbyn says he wants a cap on the maximum amount of money people can earn, and the labour leader also says immigration levels in the uk are not too high. there are a lot of people in this

phillips is a pharmacist from hertfordshire. what do you see as your role in relieving pressure partly on gps and accident and emergency? —— grammar phillips. —— graham phillips. we know that a percentage of what happens in surgery can percentage of what happens in surgery can happen in a community pharmacy which would release collea g u es pharmacy which would release colleagues to do the serious and if you like. likewise seven or 8% of incidents taken to accident and emergency could equally well be handled in community pharmacies. we need people to use pharmacies to their maximum advantage and release their maximum advantage and release the more serious and health care to deal with more serious problems. people may be know that they go for a flu jab to their pharmacist, for example, cholesterol testing, but is it not the catch that if you can self diagnose we can come to you but if it is something where you do not

this picture from hertfordshire.e freezing. that takes us nicely into the weekend. things will feel less chilly but they will look a lot more cloudy. we can see this lump of cloudy. we can see this lump of cloud working its way in from the west and the satellite picture. contained within this, we have mild air. across northern ireland this afternoon, we will see a lot of cloud, but 11 degrees in belfast, nine in glasgow, some brighter bits in parts of scotland, but as we head into the north of england wales and the south—west, rain, some bit heavy on high ground. things gradually turning more mild. some glimmers of brightness perhaps across the south—east, but as we go through this evening and tonight, the brain will spread right across the south—east and we will be left with a lot of cloud, mist and merck, drizzle and hill fog. these are the overall lows for tonight. maybe just a touch of frost in the sheltered glens. the brightest of the weather tomorrow will be in scotland, particularly in the northern and eastern

she was driven all the way from anglesey, where she was found last november, to hertfordshire.yal veterinary college were preparing her. they have never seen an olive ridley before. menai is the first to be seen since 270 years ago when records began. getting a sea turtle into a scanning machine is no easy task. experts need to check her lungs for damage. you can see her sheu lungs for damage. you can see her shell all around. and we can see her lungs. you can see there is some black gas. that is outside her lungs. that is free gas, potentially responsible for her buoyancy problem. staff caring for her at anglesey noticed that menai was not able to keep below the water. she may be struggling to dive, but the tea m may be struggling to dive, but the team are loving her appetite, allowing her to regain weight. she isa allowing her to regain weight. she is a real character. she is eating well. she is demolishing a couple of kilos of calamari a day. and she is a real personality. she likes to see us a real personality. she likes to see us and recognises people and knows what is goi

and the lunch soon wife in hertfordshire and the lunch soon trickled into the early hours of the eveningaham held court in the middle of the table. i can see him now, on the occasion. for us, thejournalist to work with them, it is a special day. iam work with them, it is a special day. i am grateful for your time. work with them, it is a special day. i am gratefulfor your time. pat murphy. i want to speak now from southampton, the southampton boss. you were graham taylor's assistant when he was england manager. we don't want to define on because it wasn't a period he looked back at with unalloyed joy. i would like to rectify that in some ways because i was delighted when i got the opportunity to work with graham. i was managing the under 21 and the b tea m was managing the under 21 and the b team which we had. players who were too old for the under 21 and on the edge of the first team and i still think it would be a good thing now. we had about eight games in three yea rs, we had about eight games in three years, but graham, sadly he might be remembered for not qualify with england, but

she was driven all the way from anglesey, where she was found last november, to hertfordshire.y college were preparing their unique patient. they have never seen an olive ridley here before. menai is the first to be spotted in british waters since records began almost 270 years ago. getting a sea turtle into the scanning machine is no easy task, but experts need to check her lungs were damaged. her lungs for damage. we can see her shell all around, and we can see her lungs, and we can see also that there is some gas, which is black, and that is outside her lungs, so it and is free gas, and that is potentially responsible for the buoyancy problem. staff caring for her anglesey had noticed that menai was unable to keep the lower the water. she be struggling to dive, but the team are delighted by her appetite, which is helping to regain weight. she is a real character. we have got to know her. she has started to eat really, really well now. she's demolishing a couple of kilos of calamari a day, and she is a real personality. she likes to see us, she seems to recognise people and k

three larger garden towns have also been approved for buckinghamshire, somerset and the essex—hertfordshirethe plans will help provide vital homes. but rural campaigners have warned there is still strong opposition to some of the projects. taunton is one of the three locations to become one of the large—scale garden towns. long marston lies just three miles south of stratford—upon—avon. the airfield was once home to raf bomber command and now the government wants to turn the 800 acre site into one of its planned garden villages, with more than 3000 homes. we are very pleased that it's gone through. we we re pleased that it's gone through. we were expecting it to go through at the end of november, but we will have somewhere which is more raw role to look at, with road infrastructure, rail infrastructure, which we wouldn't have otherwise. the site includes one of the country's the site includes one of the cou ntry‘s few the site includes one of the country's few drag racing strips. every day, some 40 light aircraft use the airfield. you've got gliding, you've got aviators up at the top there

patients are being asked to stay away from emergency departments in south west hertfordshire, becauses say they've had to close the urgent care centre in hemel hempstead at night, because of a shortage of doctors. the family of a hemel hempstead teenager being treated for an eating disorder 400 miles away say her condition's become worse, because she's isolated from herfamily. louise was sent to a specialist unit in scotland last year. her family have now written to the health secretary, jeremy hunt to ask for help. her mum, kimberley, described what happens when she says goodbye. she screams. she cries, she holds on to me and when i leave the doctors are standing there and the staff are standing there saying, i can't believe how this is for you. i wouldn't drink this on anybody. —— dream this. last—ditch talks aimed at averting a strike by london underground staff will resume later. members of the transport salaried staffs association and the rmt union are due to walk out for 24 hours on sunday night. the long running dispute is overjob losses and ticket office closures. travel now.

schools like this one in hertfordshire already employ a therapist and train sixth formers as mental healthe struggling. sort of like relationships with friends, but it's also like schoolwork. the school has welcomed the promise of more training for staff in mental health awareness, but says more resources are needed. in order for other schools to pick up and do something similar to us and have in—house therapists or counsellors there needs to be funding, especially if staff are going to be expected to identify vulnerable students. the question then is what do you do with them once you have identified them? you need to do something with them immediately. the prime minister has outlined her commitment. but the reality is that mental health trusts in england are under serious financial pressure. analysis by the king's fund think tank found 40% of the 58 trusts saw budget cuts in the last financial year. six were cut three years in a row and 63% of mental health trust leaders thought they would miss out on the full nhs spending increases which have been pledged. it's very worrying because we'v

hertfordshire is down below freezing but there is some sunshine as well.g. temperatures above freezing. but sets us up for the weekend. it will be less chilly but more cloud around. the cloud has been spreading in from the west on the satellite picture. but tied in with this lump of cloud, we have some mild air. that is

schools like this one in hertfordshire already employ a therapist and train sixth formers as mental health's about relationships but also schoolwork... the school has welcomed the announcement, but says more resources are needed. in order for other schools to do something similarto us and for other schools to do something similar to us and have in—house therapists, there needs to be funding, especially if councillors are expected to identify vulnerable students. the question is what you do with them once you have identified them. you need to do something with them immediately. the reality is that mental health trusts in england are under severe financial pressure. analysis by the fund think tank said 40% have budgets cut last year, six were cut three years in a row. it is very worrying because we have had a number of commitments in the past around increasing spend on mental health but that doesn't seem to be translated into extra spending on the ground and it is great having ministers make commitments to mental health but if it's not translated into extra spend, to be frank they are worthl

six hours later, the tea m hertfordshire. college we re team at the royal veterinary college were preparing their unique patient. they have never seen an olive ridley here before. she is the first to be spotted in british waters since records began almost 270 years ago. getting a sea turtle into the scanning machine is no easy task. experts need to check her lungs for damage. we can see her shell all around and we can see her lungs. and we can see also that there is some gas which is black and that is outside her lungs. so it is free gas and that is potentially responsible for her buoyancy problem. staff caring for her anglesey had noticed she was unable to keep below the water. she may be struggling to dive but the team are delighted by her appetite, which is helping her regain weight. she is a real character. we got to know her, she starting to eat really well now. she's demolishing a couple of kilos of calamari a day. she is a real personality. she likes to see us. she seems to recognise people and knows what's going on. t

three larger garden towns have also been approved for buckinghamshire, somerset and the essex hertfordshirewill help provide vital homes. but rural campaigners have warned there is still strong opposition to some of the projects. taunton is one of the three locations to become one of the large—scale garden towns. we have a report from there. somerset‘s county town of taunton is now an official garden town which means it has unblocked £350,000 to push forward sustainable development. the idea of this pot of money is to enable better advice, better consultation, access to other parts of money and other funds, so that the housing developments we bring forward become much more sustainable, more pleasant places to live. the plan is to build new distinct communities with 8000 new homes. alongside crucially good transport green spaces and local facilities. we have three and a half thousand people in taunton deane on the waiting list. 74% of the people in taunton working taunton so infrastructure is important to us. we have the railway, the motorway, employee with sites we're trying to develop. it

this was the weather earlier on in hertfordshire. but this is the way we are heading this week. ntic because we are looking into the atlantic rather than the continent which has been very cold for much of january. this is how we are now with most of the sunshine in northern parts of england up into the greater pa rt parts of england up into the greater part of scotland. the fog has suppressed the temperatures though. northern ireland, down towards wales, into the south—west, very murky with lots of hill fog. it is trite enough out towards the east, but there is a chilly breeze from the north sea. struggling to get past five, six, 7 degrees. we will try to push some of the rain towards the east. the heaviest of the rain and the strongest of the winds across parts of scotland where they could be looking at a gale perhaps on exposed coasts and hillsides. into tuesday, the east will suffer with some pretty measurable fare. low cloud and drizzle. the onshore breeze and temperature are no better than 5 degrees. heavy rain turning into the south—west and wales. brightness to finish the

some snow in there, particularly in wales here across the hills of south oxfordshire and into hertfordshireill slowly ease as the pressure m oves the winds will slowly ease as the pressure moves away but they will still take their time in doing so. but it still sit two stays cold with a northerly flow, and that wind at lower levels almost anywhere across the country. this is bbc news. on. and on. by simon mccoy. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 3pm. jeremy corbyn says he wants a cap on the maximum amount of money people can earn, and the labour leader also says immigration levels in the uk are not too high. there are a lot of people in this country who make a fantastic contribution to our society, as indeed, there are a large number of british people living in other parts of europe and other parts of the world who also make a contribution there. record numbers of patients are facing long waits in a&es, as leaked documents show the full extent of the winter crisis in the nhs in england. police questioned the death —— a 15—year—old girl after the death of the seven—year—old girl in york. mor

this is starting to settle here, in the likes of berkshire, hertfordshire, hampshire, pushing insidecross east anglia and kent. it does not hang around forever but will clear then there will be another problem. as skies clear, temperatures fall and ice will develop. expect an icy night nationwide with further wintry showers across the north and west. blizzard conditions in the north of scotland. that will be a bit of a problem by the early hours of tomorrow morning. for many of us seems like this tomorrow. be warned. nasty conditions and the cold spell will last into the weekend as well. it is 5:33pm on bbc news. the headlines: donald trump‘s confrontation with america‘s top spy masters continues. after the president—elect accused them of leaking unproven allegations, trump‘s nominee for cia chief gives his version of the events. i have watched them walk through fire to make sure they did their jobs ina fire to make sure they did their jobs in a professional way, and that they were always aimed at getting they were always aimed at getting the truth and depth in a robust way to policy

this was the scene in hertfordshire this morning, frosty yes, but sunny, temperatures below freeze, bute had a lump of cloud, with it milder air, so as we end the day in northern ireland, a lot of cloud, mist and murk but at five o'clock we are looking at temperatures in belfast at 11 degrees. a few clear spells in northern scotland, further south, down through northern england t south—west into the midlands, a lot of cloud. rain, turning mild in the far west but for a time chilly weather to be had. four degrees in milton keynes for the afternoon rush hour, as we go through the evening and overnight this rain is going to continue to stagger south, the odd heavy burst but most light and patchy. 0nce heavy burst but most light and patchy. once the rain clears out of the way we will be left with cloud, missy murky drizzly conditions but for most the vast majority frost—free, four to nine degrees, maybe a touch of frost for sheltered glenn, it is scotland that will see the brightest of the weather tomorrow, particularly in the north east, elsewhere, a lot of cloud, again mist, murk and hill

she was driven all the way from anglesey where she was found last november to hertfordshire. is the first to be spotted in british waters since records began almost 270 yea rs waters since records began almost 270 years ago. getting a sea turtle into the scanning machine is no easy task but experts need to check her lungs for damage. we can see her sheu lungs for damage. we can see her shell all around and her lungs, and we can shell all around and her lungs, and we can also see there is some gas which is black and that is outside her lungs, so it is free gas, potentially responsible for her buoyancy problem. staff caring for her on anglesey noticed she was unable to keep below the water. she may be struggling to dive, but the tea m may be struggling to dive, but the team are delighted by her appetite which is helping her regain weight. she is a real character. we have got to know her. she is starting to eat really well, demolishing a couple of kilos of calamari at the end she is a real personality, she likes to see us, she seems to recognise people, she knows what is going o

it was certainly a sunny start in hitching in hertfordshire with temperatures below freezing. hills. as the rain arrives in the midlands, it will be quite chilly. for degrees in birmingham, some brightness to be had across the ba rca brightness to be had across the barca southeast at times. even here, the rain will arrive as we go on previous evening. as the main body of the rain clears through, it leaves behind a lot of cloud but most of us avoiding a frost. maybe just a touch of frost for sheltered glens of scotland. into tomorrow, it isa glens of scotland. into tomorrow, it is a cloudy day for the most part with most places holding onto that cloud. the odd outbreak of patchy light rain in some parts. fairly chilly still in aberdeen. 5 degrees, but mild across the far south—west. as we go on three saturday night, we stick with the cloudy perplexing —— complexion to the weather, with stag na nt complexion to the weather, with stagnantairand light complexion to the weather, with stagnant air and light winds and meaning we do not shift much of the cloud as we go through sunday.

the mother of a writer who was found dead in a septic tank at her home in hertfordshire has told a courtown court. what is the latest that the court has heard? the lady is 88 years old now and has given evidence via video link from her home. she told the jury that she and her daughter spoke often on the phone and in the weeks before she disappeared in april last year helen bailey had said to her mother that she was worried about her state of mind. she said she felt spaced out and had suffered from memory lapses. she described to in particular, one where she went to the supermarket and found after she left that she was still holding the scanner she had used to check prices, and another where she went for the four award on the beach with her dog and got home to find she had left him out there. her partner went out to retrieve him. mrs bailey said her daughter was traumatised by this. she said she kept repeating, you know, ma'am, iwould never do this. she was devoted to the dog. she described another time when her daughter said she had slept for five hours in the morning after a full nights

she was driven all the way from anglesey, where she was found last november, to hertfordshire.the first to be spotted in british waters since records began, almost 250 years ago. getting a sea turtle into the scanning machine is no easy task, but experts need to check her lungs for damage. you can see her shell, all around, for damage. you can see her shell, allaround, and we for damage. you can see her shell, all around, and we can see her lungs, and we can see also that there is some gas, which is black, and that is outside her lungs. so it is free gas, and that is potentially responsible for her buoyancy problem. staff caring for her on anglesey had noticed that menai was unable to keep below the water. she may be struggling to dive, but the tea m may be struggling to dive, but the team are delighted by her appetite, which is helping her regain weight. she is starting to eat really, really well now. she is demolishing a couple of kilos of calamari a day, and she is a real personality. she likes to see us, she seems to recognise people, she knows what is going on. olive ridle

islamophobic hate crimes across luton, hertfordshire and essex have risen by almost 50% in a year — towho hasn't reported it to police. i was iwas in i was in town. this man came up to me and he picked up my niqab. ijust garston. it really, through me. —— gasped. for a long time i did not go to town by myself. a number of developers building high rise properties in london are paying—off councils to get out—of including ‘affordable homes' in their plans. there are dozens of tower blocks currently under construction with hundreds more in the pipeline — and many of them include little or no affordable homes. developers are instead offering tens of millions of pounds in cash to local authorities — so they can build cheaper homes elsewhere. it's already causing anger among those who say it's going to make the current housing problem, worse. the biggest problem with developments like this is that their stated aim is to increase the value of property in the area. and that's not a good thing goes people already struggle to find somewhere they can afford to buy around here. it's going to make i