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The lunchtime news from across Beds, Herts and Bucks.

Fighting is continuing in Tripoli a day after it appeared that the rebels had seized control of much of the city. Nabila Ramdani, a journalist who has met Colonel Gadaffi and his son on several occasions, talks to Jessica Cooper.

Volunteers who helped search for a missing man from St Albans have said they always hoped he would be found alive. The body of 73-year-old Alan Spray, who had dementia, was found yesterday morning. The Alzheimer's Society discuss using electronic devices to trace people with dementia.

Scientists say the effects of long-term obesity are far worse than previously calculated. Robin Trevellyan from NHS Hertfordshire explains how they help people who are overweight.