BBC Weather

Today will be mostly dry and bright with variable amounts of cloud, allowing some sunny spells at times - especially during the afternoon. 

There's a chance of rain this morning in places and it'll feel pleasantly warm by afternoon, with south-westerly winds freshening things later.

Maximum temperature 16C (61F).

Here's my latest forecast...

For more, head to BBC Weather .

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Good morning and welcome to another day of live updates from Beds, Herts and Bucks. We'll be here from now until 18:00 bringing you the very latest news, sport, weather and travel.

This morning we'll be looking at how the former boss of the man responsible for last week's terror attack in London has said he could not believe his ex-colleague was a killer .

Plus, as Britain formally serves notice on Brussels that it's leaving the European Union, we'll be keeping an eye on the local reaction.

As always, if you want to get in touch, you can do it by  email ,  Facebook, external  or  Twitter, external .    

A past colleague of Westminster killer says he was the "last man I thought would do a heinous crime".

Leinster senior coach Stuart Lancaster says Johnny Sexton's game time will be managed in advance of the Lions tour.

Live updates for Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire have now finished.

Any breaking news will appear here through the evening and overnight.

We'll be back tomorrow from 08:00 with all the news, weather, sport and travel you need.

We'll see you then.

Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather

It will turn cloudy with some patchy rain across the BBC East region, but it'll be mainly dry this evening and overnight .. and much milder than last night with lows of 9C (48F) in light south-westerly winds.

Tomorrow will start mild with one or two showers first thing. It will be generally dry and bright later with sunny spells. Winds will be light to moderate south-westerly. Highs of 16C (60F).

For a full forecast visit BBC Weather . 

Helen Burchell
BBC News

Not a good idea.

Especially if your one of your tyres is a bit iffy...

Image source, @roadpoliceBCH

It was a bit foggy this morning, you might remember. But that didn't stop one driver haring down the A1(M) near Biggleswade in Bedfordshire at a staggering 110mph (177 km/h)

What did stop him, though, was the traffic cops.

Roads police pulled him over, and he was reported not only for speeding, but for having a defective tyre to boot.

BBC Weather Watchers

It may have been a rather foggy start this morning but the mist has cleared and our BBC Weather Watchers have been out and about getting snappy.

Here are a few of our favourite photos from today...

Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

The prison officer who was headbutted by an inmate at The Mount jail in Bovingdon "required surgery and still suffers from blurred vision", St Albans Crown Court heard today.

Prison officer Russell Marton was attacked by Bradley Doherty after the inmate was told he had to wait to receive medication for a broken arm.

Doherty pleaded guilty to unlawfully wounding the officer.

Judge John Plumstead told Doherty: "You have caused serious injury to a public servant doing his duty."

The judge said he had been warned to "calm down," but chose not to.

"I find you to be a dangerous man," he told the prisoner.

Doherty was serving a sentence for burglary and was due to be released later this year.

Today his prison sentence was extended by three years. Once released, he will be on licence until 2022.

Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

An inmate at The Mount prison in Hertfordshire has been sentenced to an extra three years in jail after headbutting a prison officer.

Bradley Doherty, 24, launched the attack on prison officer Russell Marton after being told he had to wait to receive medication for a broken arm.

Image source, Google

Prosecutor Peter Shaw said the attack happened at around 08:40 on 31 May last year.  

St Albans Crown Court was told Doherty was "anxious" to get to the medical area of the jail, in Bovingdon, that morning.

But in order to receive the medication, he needed to get an "ID confirmation".

Doherty was then told a roll call had to take place first and he would have to wait.

At this point, he headbutted Mr Marton full in the face, breaking his nose.

Today, Doherty received an "extended prison sentence" of five years - three behind bars and the remaining two on licence.

Bedford RUFC club take on the British Army tonight in the annual Mobbs Memorial Game at Goldington Road. 

Tonight's match marks 100 years since Edgar Mobbs was killed in World War One. 

First played in 1921, the game honours Lt Col Edgar Mobbs DSO, who was killed in the third Battle of Ypres in 1917. 

He was born in Northampton, went to Bedford Modern, external , and went on to play for England.

Bedford and Northampton stage the fixture on alternate years. 

Kick-off tonight is at 19:45 and the band of the Parachute Regiment will march through the Goldington Road gates at 17:00.

The march will pass the Bedford Cenotaph on the Embankment where a wreath-laying ceremony will be performed between 16:00 and 16:30.

Simon Oxley
BBC Three Counties Radio

A total of nine people, including three teenage boys, have been charged with drugs offences following a series of raids in the High Town area of Luton last Thursday. 

Six men aged between 20 and 34 appeared at Luton Crown Court charged with supplying heroin and were remanded in custody. 

Four are from Luton, and one is from Houghton Regis. The other is from Wolverhampton. 

A 17-year-old boy and two 16-year-old boys, from Luton, were also charged with charged with conspiracy to supply.

BBC Weather

After some patchy morning fog, sunny spells will follow this afternoon, helping it to feel pleasantly warm with the temperature peaking at 16C (61F). 

However, isolated heavy showers may arrive from the west later today.

For the full forecast where you are, visit BBC Weather .

Mia Mascarinas-Green was shot 28 times while her three children sat in the back of her car.

The original lead singer of The Foundations, Clem Curtis, said working with the band was "paradise".

Curtis, from Olney in Buckinghamshire, was speaking in an interview recorded with BBC Three Counties Radio's Justin Dealey two days before he died on Monday, aged 76.

The star, who sang on the band's 1967 number one hit Baby, Now That I've Found You, said: "The Foundations came along at a time when music was going downhill.

"We made music that made people happy."

Alex Pope
BBC Local Live

It was a sad morning for some Bedford residents today, as a popular play park was torn down by Bedford Borough Council, external .

Locals had started a campaign, external to save Russell Park after the council announced the wooden castle structure would be taken down and it had no plans to replace it.

This morning council workers arrived with chainsaws to demolish the wooden features.

The council said the structure was rotting and needed to be removed for health and safety reasons.  

Parents started a campaign to save the park as they believed there was nowhere else for older children to play.

Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local Live

The police dog who was stabbed while attending an incident in Stevenage last year is set to take the stage at the Eastern Regional Police Dog Trials which kick-off today.

PD Finn was stabbed in the head and chest in October. His handler PC Dave Wardell was also injured in the incident.

Finn had life-saving surgery followed by 10 weeks of recuperation and returned to work in December.

Image source, BCH Police Dogs

PD Finn is one of the dogs representing the  Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire (BCH) Dog Unit , external  at Kempston near Bedford.

Four regional dog units have each selected two dogs to take part in the two-day trials.

The winner will represent the eastern region in the National Police Dog Trials later on in the year.

The dogs will be tested on their tracking, searching, obedience, agility and criminal work.

Most of the action will be taking place tomorrow, but we wanted to wish the dynamic duo PD Finn and PC Dave Wardell the best of luck.

A 16-year-old boy from Lewisham, south-east London, has been charged with assaulting an officer and with criminal damage.

Nicola Haseler
BBC Three Counties

As we mentioned earlier , there are concerns for residents of a care home in Milton Keynes as it's due to close down this Friday.

Last November, the owner of Five Acres in Simpson decided he could no longer run the care home at a profit and so decided to sell it, but there were no buyers. 

None of the six large care home providers were interested in buying the home.

Then Milton Keynes Council, external stepped in and planned to buy it and operate it directly. 

The council wanted to extend the building into the garden and build a specialist dementia centre.

But late last week the council decided buying the care home was no longer financially viable.

The Liberal Democrat councillor for Campbell Park and Old Woughton, Ric Brackenbury, said the council "should not be seen as the fall guys".

"The issue here is how the home was run. It would've closed some time ago if it wasn't for the council expressing an interest," he said.

"What about all these chains of major companies who own many care homes. 

"Why were none of them interested in taking it over when they've got a lot more experience and they've got the economy and scale to do so because they run many other centres?"

Nicola Haseler
BBC Three Counties

Staff at a care home in Milton Keynes are rushing to find new homes for residents ahead of its closure this Friday. 

Many of the residents at the Five Acres home in Simpson (pictured) have severe dementia.

The home was due to be bought by Milton Keynes Council, but late last week the council decided it was no longer financially viable.  

Image source, Google

Sheila Forman's 91-year-old mother has advanced Alzheimers and lives there.

She told  Andy Collins on BBC Three Counties Radio : "The shock will have a big impact upon her and it's very likely she could die within a few weeks.

"One of the staff members warned us a few days ago that this might happen."