BBC Weather

It's due to be dry and sunny for most of the day, but there's a chance of it becoming cloudier later this afternoon with some patchy rain coming in from the west.

Maximum temperature: 22C (72F).

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

Image source, Wesley Stankiewicz

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

Welcome back to Local Live - we'll be here until 18:00 with the latest news, sport, weather and travel updates for your area.

Today is due to be mostly dry and sunny for most of the day but a regional weather forecast will be with you shortly.

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Last season's beaten finalists Southampton will host Wolves in the second round of the EFL Cup.

A group of sixth-formers on a school trek to Ecuador return home after the death of a fellow students.

A report into the Watford train crash says Network Rail works had not addressed drainage problems.

That's it for our live updates today, thank you for your company.

Scroll down to catch up on the stories we've been covering.

We'll be back again from 08:00 tomorrow.

Meanwhile, any breaking news will still appear here overnight.

Have a great evening.

Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather

Staying dry this evening - any cloud in the BBC East region will thin and break to bring clear spells and some chilly temperatures overnight as it dips to 8C (46F) in light westerly or south westerly winds.

There will be a chilly start to Friday, with sunny spells and highs of 22C (72F).

It will gradually turn cloudier during the afternoon with patchy rain by the evening, spreading across the region overnight in light to moderate south westerly winds.

For a more detailed forecast of where you are, visit BBC Weather.

Earlier we bought you a photo of the moment a heron speared a fish on the River Flit in Bedfordshire... and now you can watch the perfect catch of the day!

Woburn's Ian Poulter is off to a poor start at the US PGA championship in North Carolina.

He made a double bogey on his first hole, the 10th, and was +3 after the 11th hole.

Image source, Getty Images

Follow live text coverage on the BBC Sport website.

TV coverage begins on the BBC Red Button at 18:00.

A Conservation Officer with the Beds, Camb and Northants Wildlife Trust has caught the perfect photo on the River Flit in Bedfordshire.

It was taken at the Flitwick Moor Nature Reserve.

Chelsea Blackwell exchanged more than 850 texts and 115 phone calls with a young inmate.

Alex Pope
BBC Local Live

A police officer has been injured after an incident in Stanstead Abbotts near Hertford yesterday afternoon.

Police were called at 16:27 to New River Avenue, when they tried to detain a man, but he produced what they suspect was a gun, before driving away.

Then at about 17:45 they stopped a Vauxhall Astra on Cheshunt High Street.

A 36-year-old man from Hertford, the only person in the car, has been arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and is in custody.

In total, 20 officers were involved and one of them suffered a minor injury.

A Haverhill man, whose baby daughter was born with three holes in her heart, is raising money for the charity which provided support during her treatment.

Image source, The Sick Children's Trust

The Sick Children's Trust, external helped Luke Darvill, 24, and his partner Robyn, 21, when baby Daisy was admitted to Addenbrooke's Hospital as she was struggling to breathe a couple of weeks after she was born in 2015.

They provided free "Home from Home" accommodation just minutes away from their daughter's bedside.

"To know we had somewhere to stay, completely free of charge, right next to our baby was such a comfort when it felt like our whole world was falling apart," said her father.

Image source, The Sick Children's Trust

Two months later Daisy's condition deteriorated, and she was transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital, where she had open heart surgery, and the charity provided accommodation for the couple once more.

Until Daisy was born, the couple had no idea Robyn was pregnant, mistaking her labour pains for appendicitis.

She's now doing "really well" says the family, and she's started nursery.

Mr Darvill is raising money for the Trust by taking part in the Bedford Half Marathon, external in September.

BBC News Travel

The A41 is closed in both directions while the police deal with a driver who's trapped under a vehicle.

Traffic is very slow in the area.

Justin Dealey
BBC Three Counties Radio

I spent several hours with Steve this morning, seeing what can be done to find him somewhere to live, after he spent his first night on the streets of Milton Keynes last night.

He told me he's never been in this position before, and just wants to get back on his feet, get a job and pay for a place to live.

He says he's always worked and is finding his current situation very difficult.

This is what happened after he went to Milton Keynes Council for help.

Justin Dealey
BBC Three Counties Radio

Milton Keynes Council is extending its night shelter scheme to accommodate more rough sleepers, external.

It means the number of people who can sleep in the old bus station near the railway station will increase from 15 to 30.

The council will also aim to offer support all year round, giving advice and training.

The news comes as I met Steve this morning. He slept rough for the first time last night, after his relationship broke down.

As he has nowhere to go, we went to see how Milton Keynes Council could help him.

Carol Abercrombie
BBC Three Counties Radio

A report into the landslip and collision on a railway line in Hertfordshire last September, says Network Rail failed to identify a risk despite a previous incident many years before.

Image source, South Beds News Agency

The landslip, following torrential rain, caused a train to derail at the Hunton Bridge tunnel north of Watford Junction at about 07:00 on 16 September.

The train from Milton Keynes to Euston was partially derailed after hitting the landslip - it was then clipped by a train going in the opposite direction.

Hundreds of commuters had to be rescued, but no-one was seriously injured.

Today's official report from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch, external (RAIB) says a landslip had occurred at the same location in 1940, also causing a derailment.

Engineers carrying out a slope protection project at the time of last year's accident were not aware of this.

Drawings from the 1940s, relating to a structure constructed to repair the slope were held in a Network Rail archive, but were not available to either Network Rail’s asset management team or the designers of a slope protection project which was ongoing at the time of the accident.

As a consequence, this project made no provision for drainage.

The report praises the swift action of staff, whilst urging Network Rail to improve drainage at this and similar sites.

The pair discovered their win after reading about an unclaimed prize in their local newspaper.

Alex Pope
BBC Local Live

A teenager remains in hospital after suffering serious head injuries after being involved in a "disorder" in High Wycombe on Tuesday night.

Thames Valley Police says a 19-year-old man was assaulted by a group of males, possibly with bats and metal poles, on Totteridge Road at about 23:50.

He was then driven by someone to Stoke Mandeville Hospital in a dark vehicle.

Police want to talk to anyone who may have seen anything, external, including the man being driven away.

A 17-year-old on a school trip to Ecuador has died while white water rafting.