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The lunchtime news from across Beds, Herts and Bucks.

A Bedfordshire man has been shot dead while on holiday in Venezuela. Thomas Ossel, from Cople, died on Monday, and his brother was wounded. A friend of the family explains how she first heard the news.

A travel company, based near the Hertfordshire border, has ceased trading with immediate effect. The Civil Aviation Authority has stepped in to protect holidaymakers who'd booked with Dream Holidays Limited.

It's the last day of term for students at a Bedfordshire primary school which is to become two-tier. Putnoe Lower School will be the first in the borough to swap to the different system and will replace Woodside Middle school.