Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather

It will be a dry day across the Eastern region with variable amounts of cloud, light winds, and some sunny spells. 

Any morning mist or fog should disperse reasonably quickly. Feeling rather mild for late October with the temperature peaking at 16C (61F).

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Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Good morning and welcome to another day of regular live updates of news, sport, weather, travel and more.

Today we'll look at how a new report into Woodhill prison in Milton Keynes has uncovered problems, plus bring you more from the trial of Paul Hemming, who's accused of murdering his partner Natalie at their home in Milton Keynes.

We'll also see what the weather has in store with a full forecast.

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We'll be back with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates tomorrow from 08:00. But of course, any breaking news will be posted here overnight.

Before we go today, here's a short video of Candice's Bake Off highlights after the Bedfordshire baker was crowned the show's 2016 winner last night.

Enough to make you want to get the icing and self-raising out, isn't it...

See you tomorrow.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Last night's final of The Great British Bake Off gave the show its highest overnight audience ever.

An average of 14m people tuned into BBC One to watch Bedfordshire's Candice Brown crowned the winner.

Told about the ratings by BBC News, Ms Brown from Barton-le-Clay said: "That sounds amazing... I think it was a really good episode."

Sporting a shiny pink lipstick today, she spoke about the next season of the show, which will air on Channel 4, saying: "I can't wait for the next series to see what they do with it."

Hertfordshire Paralympian and 7/7 bombings survivor, Martine Wiltshere, has today received an MBE for her services to sport.

Image source, PA

The 44-year-old received the award from the Princess Royal at Buckingham Palace, 11 years after she lost both her legs in the London bombings.  

The sitting volleyball player was one of the last people to be pulled from the wreckage of the Tube at Aldgate in the 2005 attack. She went on to represent Team GB in the 2012 London Paralympic Games.

The mother-of-one said she was determined to stand to receive her MBE, so her parents and seven-year-old son Oscar could see her in the crowd of people being honoured.

Image source, PA

Speaking after she received her MBE, Mrs Wiltshere said: "I truly believe that I was meant to be on that train that day and if you ever said to me 12 years ago that I was going to come to the palace and pick up an MBE, you were absolutely off your rocker."  

Jane Killick
BBC Three Counties Radio

The Conservative MP for South West Bedfordshire, Andrew Selous, has been elected to the Health Select Committee in the House of Commons.

Mr Selous says he's spent a lot of time working on health matters in recent years and is looking forward to helping the NHS prosper.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

A man accused of killing his partner told police she had been raped and had gone away to "clear her head", Luton Crown Court has heard.

Image source, South Beds News Agency

Paul Hemming, 43, has denied the murder of Natalie Hemming, 31, at their Milton Keynes home last May, but admits manslaughter.

She was reported missing by her mother on 3 May and when a police officer visited the pair's home in Alderney Avenue on the same day, Mr Hemming said he had been trying to contact Miss Hemming but she had not responded to his calls and her phone was switched off.

When constable Nazia Hussain told Mr Hemming the force wanted to speak to Miss Hemming to establish where she was, he said he last had contact with her on 1 May and believed she was with a friend in order to "clear her head".

Mr Hemming told the constable he thought Miss Hemming had been out with colleagues on 30 April and when she came home told him she had been raped by one of them. He said he had been "upset" and went to bed leaving her downstairs, but she left the house during the night.

He said she had not reported the rape because she believed she "was partly responsible" and the rape conviction rate was not high.

The trial continues.

Want a sneaky peak at Greg Rutherford and Natalie Lowe's Halloween week dance, which is promised to be "an epic Rumba"?

Milton Keynes' Rutherford said he's "actually loving" the dance and while he's "not saying it looks good yet", he's "really enjoying it".

Luton Town manager Nathan Jones labels striker Danny Hylton as one of League Two's best forwards.

A man accused of killing his partner told police she had been raped and had gone away to "clear her head" in order to explain her disappearance, a court hears.

Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

Two chicks have been found dumped by bins in a sealed air-tight container in Luton.

The chicks, thought to be two to three-weeks-old, have been named Magenta and Columbia in tribute to The Rocky Horror Picture Show characters.

Image source, RSPCA

RSPCA inspector Helen Mead said: "These poor birds had no water and the box was sealed tightly, meaning they had limited air. They could have easily been taken away with the bins and would have undoubtedly suffocated if they hadn't been spotted and rescued."

Luckily, the chicks appear to be in good health with just a few feathers missing.

The RSPCA, external is appealing for anyone with information to contact them.

A man and a woman are arrested by counter-terrorism police on suspicion of planning to travel to Syria.

Kate Bradbrook
BBC Look East

I've been to the opening of a police car factory in Luton which is thought to be the largest of its kind in Europe.

The factory at Vauxhall's manufacturing plant will convert 2,500 vehicles a year for use by police, fire and ambulance services.

Fifty new jobs have been created after moving production in-house from its previous location in Millbrook.

Vehicles being converted include the Corsa, Astra, Insignia and Mokka cars and Combo, Vivaro and Movano vans.

Better put those earplugs in before you hit play...

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

A statue of singer David Bowie in Aylesbury, a town the star considered his musical home, will sing "on the hour every hour" for 100 years.

Image source, Diane Sinclair

A crowdfunding appeal to raise £100,000 in 40 days to create the bronze-coloured statue, which is due to stand under the arches in Market Square, has just been launched.

Statue campaign leader David Stopps has revealed that state-of-the-art speakers above it will play one of 2,000 tracks every hour.

He said the sculpture by Andrew Sinclair (pictured) was going to be a "stunning work of art" and it was "great to have the audio element because it brings it to life".

"We'll have 2,000 tracks, but you just don't know what you'll get, you might get an obscure B side from 1972 or you might get one of the big hits," he said.

"It's going to be a really immersive experience."   

Bowie unveiled two albums and his Ziggy Stardust persona during gigs at the Friars music venue in the early 1970s.

The One Show's Rickshaw Challenge is back - setting off on its 470 mile journey from Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders on Friday, 11 November, travelling south to London.

A new team of riders is taking to the saddle to raise pounds for Pudsey. Presenter Matt Baker will cycle alongside the rickshaw, ridden by six young riders who've all been supported by BBC Children in Need projects.

Day six will see the team cycle 60 miles from Skegness, ending in King's Lynn.

The next day, they face another 60 mile ride - via Downham Market and Ely before arriving in Duxford.

The team of fundraisers hope to cross the finish line on Friday, 18 November - in time for the BBC Children in Need Show.

Last year the challenge raised £4,123,634 for BBC Children in Need.   

Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

The couple arrested by counter terrorism officers at Luton Airport yesterday are from Luton.

The couple, who are both 35, live with their children in a semi-detached house close to the town's Central Mosque.

Image source, South Beds News Agency

Officers from the Met and Bedfordshire Police raided the home at about 16:00 yesterday, having arrested them at Luton airport.

Neighbours saw officers in forensic clothing remove computers from the building. 

Police were still in the property today and officers are on duty outside.

Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

Two people were arrested at Luton Airport yesterday by officers from the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.

Image source, PA

The man and woman, both aged 35, were arrested on suspicion of the preparation of terrorist acts.

The man remains in custody while the woman has been bailed pending further enquiries. 

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson confirmed the arrests are related to suspected travel to Syria.

Central Bedfordshire Council has apologised for the traffic disruption that drivers are experiencing this week in Dunstable and the surrounding area. 

Image source, Google

The Porz Avenue roundabout between the town and Houghton Regis is closed so the Woodside Link road can be completed. 

It's coincided with work at Chaul End road in Caddington, which has made the disruption worse.

Paul Mason, the assistant director of highways at the council, says the work is "a minimum amount of inconvenience now for prosperity in the future".

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

A four-year old critically endangered tiger named Elton has been given his very own Halloween pumpkin to play with - stuffed full of his favourite meat - yum!

The pumpkin was strung up on a tree byWoburn Safari Park keepers in the Amur tiger's nine-acre woodland home in the Road Safari. 

This video shows how the rare tiger sniffed out the treat within seconds, external, heading straight in for the kill and grabbing it.

Keeper Heather Greenaway said: "Once he'd finished eating the contents, he even rolled about in the remains of the pumpkin to savour the smell of it."

As you do.

Olympic double gold medallist Max Whitlock has returned to his hometown of Hemel Hempstead to celebrate his success at the Rio Games.