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The lunchtime news from across Beds, Herts and Bucks.

Official figures out this morning show an increase in the number of people out of work. In our region nearly 200,000 people are without a job. Jessica Cooper has been finding out whether apprenticeships really do lead to work.

A landlord has been told to pay more than 拢9,000 for operating an unlicensed HIMO in Milton Keynes. Jane Reed, the assistant housing director at Milton Keynes Council, is on the programme.

A farmer from Hertfordshire has reached the final four in a national competition and could be crowned "the most wildlife friendly farmer in the UK." Robert Law, who farms at Royston, was up against hundreds of entrants.