yet detectives in luton believe a majority of cases still go unreported.he 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

it really has brought luton back on the map. the attraction is high.tion compared to surrounding areas and proving to be a popular choice. we used to live in enfield, lived with my parents for quite some years, but not quite afford within the m25, so we decided to look further afield, and we brought this house about two years ago. —— bought. it has amazing transport links to london and also the m1 and the train station not too far away. we have a nice and great airport, it means that i can fly home to hungary any day, that is the most important thing to me, living in luton. luton airport is undergoing £110 million redevelopment work, a tube style link cutting journey times from the airport to london is also in the pipeline, and there are plans to build hundreds of new homes in the town. if you want a place that is going on the up, going upwards, and you want a place with a lot of community spirit and things to do, then come to luton, we will be pleased to see you. if prices continue to rise, one fear is that luton could end up closing the door on first

to london cost £387, which is 1496 luton to london cost £387, which is 1a% of average monthly earningsis 3% or france where it is 2% of average earnings. the rail delivery group which represents train operating companies, says 97 p in every pound goes into running and delivering services and it says the government is delivering the biggest rail improvement programme for more than a century. thank you very much, daniel. the latest headlines: police have shot a man dead during what they're describing as a pre—planned operation to stop a car on the m62 in huddersfield. they say it's not connected with terrorism. a british man is said to have been killed in syria fighting with kurdish forces against islamic state militants. ryan lock had told his family he was going to turkey on holiday. turkish police launch raids in istanbul as they continue their hunt for the gunman who killed 39 people at a nightclub and in sport: arsene wenger says his arsenal side just have to hang on to keep on the coattails of premier league leaders chelsea. arsenal are away at bournemouth this evening. johanna kon

if gloria had lived in luton, her wait could have been as little as 15 days. a postcode lottery?. it's not about clinical need. it's about some places in england having poor systems, having budgetary pressures and deprioritising cataract surgery. that doesn't feel national to me. gloria expects her operation later this month. it really makes me angry because i think that it's almost like the survival of the fittest. clinical commissioning groups or ckgs control health budgets. it's claimed some are delaying treatments like cataract surgery by slowing down referrals. others are requiring patients to lose wait before getting operations, like hip replacements. postponing an operation in these circumstances can save money in the short—term. whilst the ccg says it can be clinically justified the royal college of surgeons say it can't. there's very good evidence that people are now got getting elective operations, which they desperately require simply because of financial restriction. it is up to the clinicians to decide who should have what treatments. a bureaucratic system which prod

house prices rose again, luton saw the highest hike, 19 points up with —— with 19.4%.orecasts, after they were hit by customer football and horse racing results. in event, too many people winning bets. they were £20 million below their optimistic forecast. quick look at the markets. one to watch, the pound sterling against the dollar. that dropped 1% after theresa may's comments yesterday. that is it for me, for this hour. plenty more business to come through the afternoon. a leading pet charities told us, they are working to work out what to do pets if they cannot be taken into a home. two years ago, bob's wife died. while grieving, the bond has deepened. he has been everything to me, that dog. everything. he's my life, you know. home for bob, margaret and their pet schnauzer was this retirement village near lockerbie where he still lives. but the owners have told him that his dog can no longer stay. we met at a nearby hotel. they don't like the dog. i want to kick the dog out and i will have to shift. i will have to be on my way. he is my life. here's my comfort. my

it takes into account london to luton monthly rail ticket of £317. 14% of monthly rail ticket of £317ticket with kotze 3% of salary and in france, 2%. the government says it is delivering what it says is that biggest male modernisation —— rail modernisation infrastructure in a century. and every pound passengers pay goes back to running and improving services. it says the government said the increases in the season tickets. thank you. our top story this lunchtime. a man has died in a police shooting on the m62 in huddersfield. five men have been arrested. coming up, an uphill struggle. residents of baldwin street become an unlikely tourist attraction. coming up in sport at half past, david warner becomes only the fifth batsman to score a century in the very first session of a test match as his australia side dominate pakistan in the third test. it was one of the bloodiest battles of the first world war with more than 325,000 allied troops and 260,000 german soldiers killed in the three months of fighting. well, to honour those who fell at passchendaele, and to mark the 100th anniversa

can i be clear, in 2020, i come back from my holiday in spain, i come back and i arrive i arrive at lutonrt control, one is going to say, uk citizens go this way, the other is going to say, europe, india china, america, you go that way, will that be how it is? i suspect the former, america has a situation where it is american citizens and their different types of these, excel rated access if you have the right type of these, we make grants the right type of visa to some workers and like that. philip hammond set out a plan b, if you give us a tough time, we will have to make ourselves competitive. something of a threat to your economy, changing the model if necessary. do you think that was a good tactic, was it a good vision for what britain could be post "brexit"? i think that it was wise and it was a nuanced position, the eu 27 have all the cards, that is the assumption, three things have happened in the last few weeks that show that is not that sensible, the first, ee forehand eu negotiator made it clear that access to the city of london and capital markets is important for the eu 27. w

house prices in the uk rose 6.5% last year, the fastest rises occurring, not in london but luton whichver £222,000 according to the halifax. bookmaker william hill has said profits will be at the low end of forecasts after it was hit by "customer friendly" football and horse racing results, which in effect means too many punters were winning bets. it said last year's operating profit was £260 million, about £20 million below the most optimistic forecasts. a quick look at the markets before we go. the main story of the day is sterling, down on the dollar after those comments by theresa may yesterday. plenty more business news for the rest of the afternoon. when the attack against the berlin christmas market happened, one of the first people to be killed was the polish driver, whose lorry was used by the attacker. a british lorry driver was so moved by what happened, that he launched an appeal to help the polish man's family. so far it's raised nearly £200,000, and today he's being thanked by the polish ambassador in london, and kasia madera is at the polish embassy. dave duncan had neve

it takes into account london to luton monthly rail ticket of £317.would cost is 3% of salary and in france, 2%. the government says it is delivering what it says is that biggest rail modernisation programme for more than a century. they say 97p in every pound passengers pay goes back to running and improving services. it says the government said the increases in the season tickets. now, music lovers have been in a spin this year, pushing vinyl sales to the highest they've been in 25 years. more than 3.2 million records were sold last year, the 9th year in a row that sales have gone up. the industry says it's thanks to artists like david bowie and prince. music streaming was also up by two—thirds, while sales of cds fell again. 0ur arts correspondent david sillito has more. led zep ii. classic album. why is this better on vinyl? well, it was made to be on vinyl. the actual format of the record, the gate fold sleeve. the artwork. so it was made for vinyl. it was never made to be a cd, it was certainly never to be a download. for phil barton of sister r

first to the m1 near luton and our correspondent ben ando. bring us up—to—date on conditions there.ou might be able to see snow settling on my staff, —— on my scarf, it is not settling on the motorway behind me yet. traffic is flowing reasonably well. this is the southbound carriageway heading towards london. the reason for that is that it is not yet that cold. as the ground gets colder, that will assist things. also, the movement of the vehicles themselves manages to stop the snow from settling. nonetheless they are controlling the speed of vehicles here with a variable limit. that is to prevent the surging and bunching that can cause accidents, especially when grip is compromised and the cars and lorries start to slip. at the moment, the vehicles are still moving because the snow is not settling. thank you very much. let's go to frankie at heathrow. what is going on there? this morning, we we re going on there? this morning, we were told that at heathrow airport 80 flights had been cancelled. the court say that they wanted to give passengers time to be able to move on to other fli

yet detectives in luton believe a majority of cases still go unreported. 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 it even worse. there's more on that story on inside out london, tonight at 7.30 on bbc one

action for rail gives as an example a ticket from luton to london, a monthly season—ticket, it costsquivalent route would cost £85, 3% of a salary. in france, six to £1, 2% of a monthly salary. commuters in britain say they are paying more than in other countries. the rail delivery group says that the increases in season tickets set by the government, it says 97% in eve ryo ne the government, it says 97% in everyone pound paid by passengers goes into running and improving services, and the government says it is delivering what it calls the biggest modernisation programme for more than a century. it says it has a lwa ys more than a century. it says it has always fairly balanced the cost between taxpayers and passengers. lots to pick up on. well, let's talk now to kate bell, the head of economics at action for rail, lianna etkind, a public—transport campaigner at campaign for better transport, peter izzard, who commutes to london from burgess hill on southern, spending more than £a,000 on his annual season ticket, and jo rossi, who commutes to london from ashford, paying for a weekly s