there are a few hotspots, royston in hertfordshire.se they say one third of rush—hour services are being taken out of circulation. the train operator says, well, that is only between certain hours. if you look more widely at the morning rush hour you will see there are probably roughly about the same. north of that, in wellingborough, and impact of the new thameslink service in the station, which is beyond the thames link area, is affected because the nutrient patterns. if you commute from wellingborough to bedford, instead of getting a 30 minute train service you will be put on a bus because there will be no rush—hour trains south to bedford. in sussex, lewis is not doing well. they might have the average dreamtime to london of 68 minutes. i have seen timetables from 1912 for the fastest trains are significantly faster than that! simon, thank you so much about. to speak to you. more residents have been rescued from their homes in hawaii as molten lava continues to pour from the ground following the eruption of the kilauea volcano. the

there are a huge sorts —— a few hot spots, and angus mentioned why stone in hertfordshire, and harpendeny say that one third of rush—hour services are being taken out of circulation. the train manager says that is only between certain hours, if you look more widely at morning rush hour, it will be roughly the same. north of that, in wellingborough, and the impact of the new thames league service, means that this patient, which is beyond the thames lake area, is affected because of the new train pattern, so if you've commute from wellingborough to bedford, instead of getting your 30 minute train service, you will be put on a bus, because there will be no rush—hour train at south to bedford. and sussex, while brighton is doing well, lewis isn't. they now have the average train times to london the 68 minutes, andi average train times to london the 68 minutes, and i have seen timetables from 1912, when the fastest trains are significantly quicker than that. simon calder, the travel editor of the independent. more residents have been rescued from their homes in hawaii as molten lava continues

party winning control of four councils from the tories, richmond—upon—thames, three rivers in hertfordshiredgeshire and kingston—upon—thames, marked the start of the party's fightback. but it was a near wipeout for ukip. they won on average just over 6% of the vote for the council seats that they fought — losing 123 councillors. on councillors, the tally a short time ago, looks like this — labour gained 59, conservatives lost 31, lib dems gained 75, and the greens up 8. the bbc analysis of the votes suggests that in a general election the two main parties would be neck and neck on a projected vote share of 35% each — with the liberal democrats on 16%. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. there had been a lot of tory nerves, but they held them, for the most part. congratulations, councillor. here, in a famous tory council, wandsworth, they clung on. but only just. they thought they could take control. this was one of their top targets, and they threw everything at it, but they failed. cheering. the prime minister and her party are relieved to have held on in areas like this, rather

boreham wood are going to wembley. going to wembley. latest to their hertfordshire town for the very the very first time. take the name of the neighbouring village of elstree. village of elstree. it is the local football team that has star billing. has star billing. boreham wood usually play in front of 700 people. of 700 people. will cheering them on against tranmere. tranmere. it is newers for any club going to wembley. going to wembley. got big desired to push on and it is huge for us. they deliver again. to get out this league which outshine that 100 times over. outshine that 100 times over. fans aren't used to occasions like this. this. next stop, they hope, the football league. that's all the sport for now. on the bbc sport website. out—of—town superstores have changed that tradition. has been finding out. and homes and getting emptier by the year. look at it. are occupied at the moment. is part of a group of locals leading the charge. to dumfries town centre. and you are from dumfries, aren't you ? so this must be something you really care about. absolutely, lifelong from here

knife crime in hertfordshire upward 100 and 50%. 229 incidents up to 550.e up to 86%. those are worrying statistics. particularly for people that live in those errors. apparently a lot of it is funnelled from big cities like london and manchester and liverpool and a lot of it is drug—related, too. this is it. i think we are not going to solve the knife crime issue unless we really now work on a more sensible rational drug policy for this country. it has been a political football for far too long. if it was decriminalised. i never thought i would say that, i was against it probably for most of my life. i think i can now see, once it isa crime, life. i think i can now see, once it is a crime, that's when you get the underground activity and the violence. another chance for donald trump... let's go to a donald trump story and back to the observer. complicated headline. trump team hired dirty operations. his aides hired dirty operations. his aides hired israeli private intelligence agents to dig up dirt on the obama administration who were doing a deal with aro

a 19—year—old man has been arrested in hertfordshire on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism.ys it's linked to the arrest of an 18—year—old in north london on friday. an exhibition which captures the lives of the first generation of caribbeans to have settled in london goes on display from today. the photos were taken by award—winning photographer jim grover for the collection called windrush: portrait of a generation. they'll be on display at london's south bank until the 10th ofjune. the elizabeth line has taken another significant step towards completion with its 200—metre—long trains being tested on the tracks beneath east london. the construction of the new line is the biggest infrastructure project in europe, and is due to open in central london this december. let's have a look at the travel situation now. there are severe delays on the picadilly line this morning. a good service on all other lines. 0n the roads there is northbound traffic on the blackwall tunnel. southern approach is slow from the woolwich road flyover. heading out of acton towards park royal, traffic o

one of our most successful. .and the legacy of the london 2012 olympics held at lee valley in hertfordshire with kind of a sport that is kind of reactive. it is quite windy here today so the poles move a little bit. you've got surges in the water, it is not consistent most of the time. you don't get to practice the course before the race. so you just get to see it, visualise it, that is all mental so you do that with your psychologists. and then you get out there and just do it. at the last 0lympics team gb had a few tricks up their sleeves. their buoyancy design a cut above the rest. traditionally you would have a buoyancy aid which is quite thick with a separate spray deck. and the technology is actually to put both in one combined. what you see is the bottom here is, it would have been in the top half but has actually been placed in the bottom half. and for our sport it is really important for the athletes that they can get really close around the poles.

in hertfordshire, an astonishing 88% increase. similar issues. i think the keyless technology is the single biggest contributor to car theft. suddenly we've seen here in the west midlands a neardoubling in the number of thefts. i have a real concern now that many vehicles are so easily stolen by simple devices that can be bought on the internet. there are 32 million cars on the road, and researchers at thatcham think around 350,000 of those are using keyless technology. here we see some footage from a security camera from a drive at a house in birmingham. you can see the guy on the left trying to pick up the signal from the car key that's been left inside, probably in the hall. the flash goes off and he's ready to drive. that's taken around 20 seconds to steal that vehicle. david jamieson wants manufacturers be more accountable and to invest more in better security. manufacturers have said things like cars are safer than ever, well, tell that to the people who have had their cars stolen. we've had a doubling of thefts in our area

we have had quite a bit of sunshine across england, some high cloud in the sky, moving across hertfordshirest has been bringing a little rain, mainly showers across western scotland, a few for north—west england, the north—west of wales and one to the north—west of wales and one to the north west midlands, but otherwise quite dry. as those showers move through we had a lot of cloud,. looking overnight the showers will tend to fade away but we will be left with increasingly cloudy skies pushing right across england overnight. temperature is not as low as recently, loads of around seven to nine celsius and a few showers coming and going towards the end of the night in western scotland. those showers are all tied in with these weather fronts running close to the north—east of the country on friday. 0verall there will be quite a lot of cloud around on friday, maybe the odd bit of drizzle through the bristol channel and a few showers coming and going, breezy in the of scotland. aside from that there will be quite a lot of cloud around, some bright sunny spells around, and temperatures high at ar

this looks like a tornado in hertfordshire but it did not develop into anything more serious, lightningn parts of the uk and continuing into this evening. the headlines on bbc news: after celebrations in dublin — calls for change in the north — where abortion remains largely illegal. a teenage girl — and a 20—year—old man — die at a music festival in portsmouth. no end to the political deadlock on italy, as the man designated as the country‘s prime minister gives up his bid to form a government. history has been made in rome today as chris froome has become the first british man to win the giro d‘italia. he also becomesjust british man to win the giro d‘italia. he also becomes just the seventh man to compete a grand tour hat—trick after adding italian success hat—trick after adding italian success to the 2017 veldt and four tour de france‘s victories. success to the 2017 veldt and four tour de france's victories. to have w011 tour de france's victories. to have won three grand jurors in a row now, there is just no won three grand jurors in a row now, there isjust no bigger goalfor a pro

here at this research centre in hertfordshire, they have been measuring how spreading fertiliser in the and livestock adds even more. and ammonia, like many forms of pollution can have serious impact on our health. when mixed with other chemicals in the atmosphere and formed these tiny particles we were are causing health problems, we breed them in and they can damage the lungs. whether it is pollution from agriculture or wood—burning stoves, the government's new strategy aims to clean up the air with a set of new targets and they are more ambitious than those of the european union. but critics are pointing out it isn't clear how we will meet them. one worry is a gas called nitrogen dioxide. diesel engines area called nitrogen dioxide. diesel engines are a major source it is linked to a range of breathing problems and although the government says it is spending billions supporting cleaner vehicles, campaigners say not enough is being done. this strategy is missing clear actions for road transport. road transport is contributing to dirty air around the country. we have challenged the gov

rain has added to the scene. has added to the scene. in hertfordshire, a place where i grew up, we have spiralling around this area of low pressure. around this area of low pressure. ireland and eventually the rain will spread its way further eastward. spread its way further eastward. ahead of fact, the cloud increasing across england and wales. across england and wales. england, hold onto brighter skies and some sunshine. and some sunshine. where we will eventually see rain pushing into the west of scotland. pushing into the west of scotland. afternoon and temperatures 11, 13 degrees and feeling chilly. degrees and feeling chilly. but the further east, dry and bright. still warm in london. temperatures about 20 celsius. moving further eastward overnight into saturday. into saturday. there could be rain first thing across the far north. across the far north. lincolnshire and a cool to 18 degrees. degrees. 10 celsius below what the temperatures where last weekend. temperatures where last weekend. could be further east, it could be further west. further west. and wet and it will eventuall

andy hill, who's 54 and from hertfordshire, was flying a hawker hunterjet which came down on a busy road been set forjanuary. inspectors have expressed concern about what they've described as excessive use of restraints on asylum seekers who were being removed from the uk on a charter flight. immigration staff had been warned about possible disruption during an operation injanuary, so all but one of the asylum seekers were made to wear arm restraints, but the inspectors said most of the detainees had not presented a risk. the home office described the report as troubling. police forces are being urged to stop using facial recognition technology. a report by the civil liberties group big brother watch claims the technology is inaccurate in more than 90% of cases, though police forces say it is improving. rory cellan—jones reports. champions league final in cardiff last year and south wales police are trying out a new way of monitoring the crowd, but the facial recognition technology isn't a great success. it ends up wrongly identifying people as being on a police database 93% of the time.

party winning control of four councils from the tories — richmond—upon—thames, three rivers in hertfordshirehire and kingston—upon—thames — marked the start of the party's fightback. but it was a near wipeout for ukip. they won on average just over 6% of the vote for the council seats that they fought — losing 123 councillors. on councillors, the tally a short time ago, looks like this — labour gained 59, conservatives lost 31, lib dems gained 75, and the greens up 8. the bbc analysis of the votes suggests that in a general election the two main parties would be neck and neck on a projected vote share of 35 per cent each — with the liberal democrats on 16. here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. there had been a lot of tory nerves, but they held them, for the most part. here, in a famous tory council, wandsworth, they clung on. but only just. they thought they could take control. this was one of their top targets and they threw everything at it, but they failed. cheering and applause. the prime minister and her party are relieved to have held on in areas like this, rather than being ov

seeing notjust problems on the so—called thameslink call, but also at moorgate, going up into hertfordshireambridge, and to ealing and king‘s lynn, and these are lines which are supposed to be relieved by the new trains, and the fact that things are going wrong is not particularly encouraging. really interesting following social media. great northern is saying, this is happening because of an operational incident. people are saying, tell us what that incident is. they are saying that they are not privy to the nature of the operational incident. that will be a lot of worried commuters and a lot of people who will be furious anyway, because their service has changed for the worse. it is simon calder, let mejust bring for the worse. it is simon calder, let me just bring you some confirmation on the statement that we have got from govia thameslink. they are up apologising for the problems today. any inconvenience caused during the initial stage of the change. they say that improvements will be causing a 30% increase in services. these changes affect more than 3000 daily services, but they do pu

the lib dems won richmond—upon—thames, kingston—upon—thames, three rivers in hertfordshire and southgeshire, with the leader vince cable saying his party was "on the way back." on councillors, the tally a short time ago, looks like this, labour gained 59, conservatives lost 21, lib dems gained 68, the greens 5, but it was a near wipeout for ukip. now last night's results would mean in a general election, that the conservatives and labour would be neck—and—neck on 35%, the lib dems on 16% and the rest on 14%. with her analysis of the night, here's our political editor laura kuenssberg. her report contains some flashing images. there had been a lot of torino ‘s, but they held them for the most part. congratulations, counsellor. here, ina part. congratulations, counsellor. here, in a famous tory council, wandsworth, they clung on. but only just. they thought they could take control. this was one of their top targets and they threw everything at it but they failed. cheering the prime minister and her party are relieved to have held on in areas like this, rather than being overjoyed to be

players from boreham wood are nowjust 90 minutes away from bringing football league status to their hertfordshireios its best known for take the name of the neighbouring village of elstree. indiana jones and star wars were produced here, but tomorrow it is the local football team that has star billing. at their meadow park ground, boreham wood usually play in front of 700 people, the smallest crowd in their division. but around 5000 will be cheering them on against tranmere tomorrow. it's huge for any club, going to wembley, isn't it? for us, we are a small team from borehamwood, but we've got big desires to push on and stuff, and i think its huge for us. commentator: boreham wood deliver again, right across, and turned in! in november boreham wood beat football league opponents for the first time, knocking blackpool out of the fa cup. and they've been promoted four times in ten years, but for manager luke garrard, victory tomorrow would top it all. the fa cup was brilliant, to finally beat a league side for the first time in our 70 year history. to get out of this league will outshine that 100 t

hertfordshire, 160%, hampshire, 120%. whatever, you don't know. -- six. butl from the 60 whatever, you don't know. -- six. but i looked around the country for incidences and there we re the country for incidences and there were cases all over the country. and one in your home city only this morning. and it's because young people feel they have to go out. it is notjust a fashion people feel they have to go out. it is not just a fashion accessory, they feel they are safer with a knife and have to get the message through that it is not safe, it's far more dangerous to carry a knife. i personally think you have to be a bit careful with these stories because officer there has been a spike in knife crime, no one is denying those statistics, in london and the shires according to this data. i don't think the uk is an incredibly dangerous place to live, london or the shires, and this is the date of the danger with how it gets filtered through. we are so donald trump was seeing, he is implying londoners who was on, which isa implyi

wendy says, adoptive parents of two adults —— we are hertfordshire supported. 0ne adults —— we are hertfordshiree blamed by social services, no one wanted to listen, this will impact on our grandchildren too. we still need help, no one cares, huge affect on our lives. incredibly frustrated, wendy. this e—mail says, iaman frustrated, wendy. this e—mail says, i am an adoptive parent with a child i adopted at two who has attachment disorder, no help from the schools or social services. because of her behaviours, my marriage has broken down. amanda says, thank you for raising the problem of attachment issues, having worked in a pupil referral unit, i saw first—hand the damage caused and a lack of support, social services is so under resourced and overloaded, staff of work which led to inconsistency for the very few people who needed a consistent support system. letting innocent children down and fostering behaviour that leads them further into a pit of despair and violence and withdrawal from mainstream society. for anyone watching right now feeling desperate and frustrated, like wendy, what should

democrats. control of richmond and three rivers in hertfordshire. in hertfordshire.o have paid off for them this time. and we'll ask them for the initial reaction. reaction. that we haven't managed to discuss so far. so far. the tally of councillors in england so far and have a look at these. so far and have a look at these. this is where we are. some of those independents are former ukip people. lots to talk about. about. let's catch up with the news with jane. good afternoon. a summary of the news. the news. significant breakthroughs in the local elections in england. local elections in england. despite both parties claiming success. success. london, while the tories lost control of trafford after 14 years. control of trafford after 14 years. here is chris mason. barnet, a smiling prime minister facing a question. facing a question. are you going to call a snap general election? call a snap general election? laughter i think we'lljust enjoy... i think that is a no. 0nce bitten, twice shy. twice shy. in wandsworth, a council the tories have run for decades. they clu

he was arrested last night in bishop's stortford in hertfordshire, where a property has been searchedtizens who had settled in the uk were at risk of losing their right to stay in the country, with more than 5000 of those being identified as windrush cases. the details were revealed as the home secretary announced that last month it emerged that many migrants from commonwealth countries who were legally in the country but could not prove their status were unable to return to the uk and in some cases were deported following a policy by the home office to create a hostile environment for illegal immigrants. the details revealed today as the home secretary revealed that legislation has been introduced to bring forward a package of measures to help those caught up in the situation. customised by the home secretary and i have made it clear how personally sorry we are that this has happened to the windrush generation to whom we owe so much. it's important we get their status settles. we are also opening a compensation scheme for those for whom there have been wrong is done and we have point

blue sky and some high cloud in hertfordshire there.n and drizzle falling. tonight we will see a little more about damp weather in these western areas of scotland, england and wales. through the night, this weather is slightly going to tend to cloud over. clearer skies in east anglia and south—east england. 7—9d the most. a milder kind of night. the exception probably east anglia and south—east england, whose temperature could dip a little further and clearer skies. friday, breakfast south—westerly winds. it is here where we will see the biggest cloud, outbreaks of rain coming into the north west of scotland. quite a bit of cloud elsewhere. i think we will see some big gaps opening in the cloud at times, so some bright sunny spells. the cloud tending to come and go through the day. temperatures up to 90 degrees in london, not bad at, we can do better than that. as we had through the weekend and into bank holiday monday itself, the weather will be and it is going to become increasingly warm. the reason for that change of fortunes is we h