Live updates for Friday, 28 October 2016
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It may be rather grey outside but it'll stay dry through today, with variable amounts of cloud. Some brighter or sunny periods are expected. Highs of 14C (57F).
For the full forecast where you are, visit BBC Weather.
Dani Bailey
BBC Local Live
Olympic double gold medallist Max Whitlock returned to his hometown of Hemel Hempstead yesterday for celebrations of his success.
Whitlock won two gold medals and a bronze at Rio 2016, adding to the two bronzes he won at London 2012.
The town came together to pay tribute to local boy Max and he treated them to a display of his impressive skills.
Olympic gymnast Max Whitlock returns to hometown
Candice Brown has given her first interview since winning The Great British Bake Off 2016.
The Bedfordshire baker spoke to Andy Collins on BBC Three Counties Radio about her plans for the future and the speculation that she will present the programme alongside Paul Hollywood when it moves to Channel 4.
Bedfordshire baker Candice gives her first interview since winning GBBO to Andy Collins
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The BBC's legal correspondent, Clive Coleman, said the ruling on Watford journalist Anthony France provided an "end point" to Operation Elveden and meant no journalist had been convicted by a jury under Elveden.
Only one journalist, Dan Evans, from the News of the World, pleaded guilty. He received a suspended 10-month sentence in July 2014 after admitting phone hacking and making illegal payments to public officials.
"I am delighted that this serious miscarriage of justice has ended today," said Mr France outside the Court of Appeal in London.
BBC News UK
Sun crime reporter Anthony France has won an appeal against his conviction for paying for tip-offs from an anti-terrorism officer.
Image source, Getty ImagesHe was the only journalist to be successfully tried under Operation Elveden, the police probe into payments to public officials.
Mr France, 42, from Watford, was given an 18-month sentence in May 2015, suspended for two years.
He said he could now rebuild his life "after 1,379 days of sheer hell."
The Crown Prosecution Service has said there will be no re-trial.
Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live
Born in north London, 31-year-old Candice grew up in the pubs her parents ran.
She would always chip in when needed, be it pulling pints or mopping floors. This obviously inspired the gingerbread pub she made in Biscuit Week. It included a pool table, a darts board and even a sticky ginger floor!
Image source, BBC/LOVE PRODUCTIONSShe now lives in Barton-le-Clay in Bedfordshire with boyfriend Liam, her pug Dennis and the newest addition to the family, bulldog Harry.
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Since achieving a degree in Sport, PE and Community Studies, Candice has now settled into pastoral care and teaching PE at Ashlyns School in Berkhamsted.
She was taught to bake by her beloved nan and strives to emulate her bakes aiming to be "even half the lady she was".
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As well as the glamorous lipstick, she also loves everything vintage. Though she usually bakes in her PJs, she has been known to break in a new pair of heels while baking too.
Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live
Forget talk of the technicality of jaffa cakes or the shortness of pastry - the question literally on the lips of many Bake Off watchers this series was what shade of lipstick would Candice wear?
Here are just a few of the shades she sported.
Image source, BBC/Love ProductionsA plum shade for cake week
Image source, BBC/Love ProductionsElectric pink for pink biscuit week
Image source, BBC/Love ProductionsRed for bread week
Image source, BBC/Love ProductionsBack to pink for batter week
Image source, BBC/Love ProductionsNearly nude in botanical week
Image source, BBC/Love ProductionsA paler pink for tudor week
Image source, BBC/Love ProductionsAnd it had to be red for royal week
Candice Brown was crowned the GBBO winner after going back to her Cockney family roots with a picnic fit for a "pearly king and queen".
Her winning recipes included pig-shaped sausage rolls complete with peppercorn eyes and curly tails made from crackling, which she said were an old family favourite.
Here she is reflecting on her win:
The Bedfordshire PE teacher beat off competition from 25-year-old aerospace engineer Andrew Smyth, and 61-year-old garden designer Jane Beedle to be declared the winner of The Great British Bake Off 2016.
Look how delighted she is!
Elizabeth Rizzini
BBC Look East weather
A misty and foggy start to the day - so take care on the roads.
Becoming brighter, with sunny spells and a mainly dry and mild day, with temperatures reaching 15C (59F) in coastal areas.
Watch my full regional forecast:
Early mist and fog will clear
BBC Weather has more details for where you live.
Jodie Halford
BBC News
Hello and welcome to our live updates for Thursday, or as we're thinking of renaming it, "Candice Brown Appreciation Day".
If you haven't heard - and apologies for the spoiler - the Bedfordshire baker has won the latest series of The Great British Bake Off.
Image source, PACandice Brown, a 31-year-old PE teacher, said she was in "complete and utter disbelief" at being crowned champion of the 2016 series.
We'll bring you more shortly, as well as look at the other news, sport and weather updates from across the three counties.
A man killed his partner in a "calculated, murderous attack", before dragging her body from their house and dumping it in woods, a court hears.
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Olympic champion gymnast Max Whitlock has been in Hemel Hempstead town centre today to meet his fans.
And look what he brought along with him...
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Click the link above to listen to Max as he spoke to BBC Three Counties earlier.
Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather
It will be a fine and dry end to the day, with any cloud dispersing as we head into the evening.
Temperatures down to about 7C (45F).
Any mist and fog will clear tomorrow morning to leave a bright day with sunny spells.
Maximum temperature: 15C (59F).
You can get your local forecast from BBC Weather.
Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live
Bookmakers have been taking bets on who might win the Great British Bake Off tonight and apparently different parts of the country have adopted different Bake Off contestants.
According to William Hill, London wants Candice Brown of Barton-le-Clay to win, the Home Counties favour Jane Beedle, while the North of England and Scotland are putting their money on Andrew Smyth to take the title - we'll just "knead" to watch to find out.
The final show will see them create a signature challenge involving meringues and take part in a technical challenge set by Mary Berry, asking them to make a British classic with just one instruction.
They will then have to produce a showstopper, said to be the most complex ever set in Bake Off history, with the most bakes ever requested for a challenge.
The result will then be revealed in front of the trio's family, friends and the former nine Bake Off colleagues, who talked about who they thought would win before the result was known.
The Bakers of 2016 return to the tent and place their predictions for who will win
Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live
The oven gloves are off - tonight's the night the three remaining bakers in BBC One's Great British Bake Off turn up the heat to battle it out in a bid to be crowned champion.
Barton-le-Clay baker Candice Brown, 31, who teaches PE at Ashlyns School in Berkhamsted, is in the mix - along with Jane Beedle and Andrew Smyth.
During the show she has been Star Baker three times and gained a reputation for complicated bakes and varying shades of lipstick.
But no-one is calling the winner yet. Tonight has a royal theme, with a "meringue crown" signature bake up first.
Judge Mary Berry said before the recording: "I haven't any idea who's going to win, it's an open field, I'm looking forward to it."
It’s the final! Who will be crowned winner of The Great British Bake Off 2016?
Nic Rigby
BBC News
Seventy seven years ago this month the Night Scot passenger train collided with a locomotive at Bletchley railway station in Buckinghamshire.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) train passed a signal at danger, collided with a shunting engine, derailed and hit the station platform.
Four people were killed in the accident, and 40 injured. Excessive speed and wartime blackout restrictions were blamed for the crash.
A rare gold coin is expected to fetch a whopping £250,000 when it goes under the hammer in Epping next month.
Image source, BoningtonsThe Queen Anne "Vigo" five guinea is said to be one of only 20 made, and was cast from gold seized from a Spanish treasure ship by the British in 1702.
Auctioneer Greg Tong told us the lucky owner from Hertfordshire, who has chosen to remain anonymous, was heard "screaming and shouting from his car" when he was told its staggering value.
Mr Tong, who is no stranger to expensive coins after recently auctioning a 1837 Proof Crown for £2,000, said he expected interest from private buyers from Russia and China.
If you have a bit of spare cash and fancy owning a piece of British history, the auction takes place on 16 November.
Looks like Hollywood hardman and former footballer Vinnie Jones has gained a fondness for frieze and a soft spot for shag pile.
He's gone into the carpet business, according to Hemel Today and the Gazette, external.
Image source, Getty ImagesIt says he has joined up with childhood friend Danny Deacon to launch Deacon Jones, which will be based on the Saracens Estate in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
Mr Deacon told the newspaper: "He just said 'let's go into business 50-50'.
"Vinnie's just as you would expect, hard but fair, absolutely no-nonsense, but very generous."
