Aircraft treat for woman's 90th birthdaypublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
Gwen Heggie is given a surprise tour of the world's longest aircraft for her 90th birthday.
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Aircraft treat for woman's 90th birthdaypublished at 18:45 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
Inmate took own life on return to jailpublished at 18:13 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
An inquest concludes Anthony Coughtrey who served 23 years for murder, committed suicide.
Read MoreWeather: Cloudy overnight, brighter tomorrowpublished at 17:35 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
This evening will stay cloudy, mild and mostly dry with a few spots of rain possible in the west of the BBC East region later.
Temperatures falling to 13C (55F).
Tomorrow will start with a few outbreaks of rain, but it'll become brighter, with some sunny spells.
Temperatures reaching a high of 18C (64F).
You can find further details on BBC Weather.
Labour criticises Gauke's debate absencepublished at 16:14 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
Labour questions why Work and Pensions Secretary David Gauke is not in the Commons for an emergency debate on universal credit.
Read MoreFrank Bruno: 'Boxing brought me happiness, joy, money, success and sadness'published at 16:08 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local LiveFormer world heavyweight champion Frank Bruno is one of the most famous British boxers of all time.
Today, Bruno, who lives in the Leighton Buzzard area, spoke to Nick Coffer on BBC Three Counties Radio about his new book Let Me Be Frank, where he reveals details about his boxing career, mental health and family life.
Describing where it all began, in the ring, Frank said boxing brought him "happiness, joy, money, success and sadness".
He said throughout his sporting career, the aim was to always "get in the ring, and get out as quick as possible...because a boxer doesn't get paid overtime, it's the same pay cheque no matter how long the fight is."
Image source, Getty ImagesAfter retiring from boxing in 1996, Frank kept busy with other jobs in and out of the limelight, including panto, appearing in TV shows and charity work.
But his battle with mental health was perhaps the toughest fight of his life.
Speaking of the three times he was sectioned, Frank said it was "very, very hard".
On one of those occasions, Frank was at home with his girlfriend when the doorbell rang and he was greeted by doctors, police and a psychiatrist.
An ambulance later turned up and he was told he needed to be sectioned.
"When I got there I thought 'what am I doing here?'," he said.
"People in there are suffering from eating disorders, schizophrenia, depression, bipolar - it was a horrible place to be.
"You've got to line up three times a day and take all this medication, it just takes you to a different world.
"The side effects are terrible."
Despite these tough times, Frank said his book is "not to get sympathy, it's to talk about life".
His main focus is now his charity, The Frank Bruno Foundation, external, which aims to help people struggling with the distress due to mental health issues by providing non-contact boxing sessions.
He signs off with a reassuring phrase about how he is doing now.
"I'm in a good place, I'm very happy. I've been through some hard times, but now I'm just chill."
Why Watford chaos theory is misplacedpublished at 13:44 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
Not so much a monument to instability, more the product of five years of planning - why Watford's good form this season is no accident.
Read MoreWoman admits 'brutally' murdering sisterpublished at 12:46 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
Sabah Khan admitted the murder of her sister at the beginning of what was due to be her trial.
Read MoreGirl, 9, dies after being hit by vanpublished at 11:57 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
The youngster died on Sunday night, 11 days after the collision near Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire.
Read MorePrickly predicament as hedgehog becomes wedged hogpublished at 11:26 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
Helen Burchell
BBC NewsA hedgehog got himself into a tight squeeze after underestimating his own girth.
It's thought the not-so-little little fellow was snuffling for food on the other side of some metal railings in Back Lane, Great Missenden, in Buckinghamshire, when he became "completely wedged" between the bars.
Image source, RSPCAImage caption, "This is not how I planned it."
Luckily his prickly predicament was spotted and the RSPCA was called in to rescue him.
"[He] was struggling to get free - it was clearly distressing him," Grace Mead, from the charity, said.
She had to use metal cutters to slice through the thin bars in order to release the wedged hog.
"It is hard to imagine how this little thing got himself into such a tight squeeze.
"I can only imagine he was tempted by some tasty bit of food on the other side of the bars and got stuck trying to get through."
Image source, RSPCAImage caption, "No, this was definitely not the plan."
Since being rescued earlier this month, the hedgehog has been checked over at an animal hospital and released back to the wild, where hopefully he will have learned he is not as thin as he thought he was.
Woman pleads guilty to murdering her sisterpublished at 11:18 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
BreakingSabha Khan, 27, has pleaded guilty to murdering her sister Saima Khan at their Overstone Road home in Luton in May last year.
She is due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey on Thursday.
More detail to follow later...
Uninsured driver crackdown in Lutonpublished at 10:14 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local LiveThe Beds, Cambs and Herts Roads Policing Unit has had a busy few hours in Luton.
From their Twitter, external page we can see they've stopped four uninsured drivers in the past 12 hours - one at Luton Airport who, the police said, claimed he couldn't afford insurance.
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End of twitter post 4Beds MP calls for change in law regarding travellerspublished at 08:52 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
Sarah Jenkins
BBC Local LiveThe Conservative MP for Mid Bedfordshire is calling for a change in the law when it comes to dealing with traveller encampments.
Nadine Dorries is due to lead a debate in Westminster today highlighting the issue which affects her constituency and the surrounding area.
There are currently about 40 caravans encamped by the Woodside Link in Houghton Regis, some of which had recently been moved on from Dunstable by police.
Image source, PAExecutive member for community services at Central Bedfordshire Council, Conservative Ian Delgarno, said he welcomed the debate.
"The issue of travellers moving around Bedfordshire has become more prevalent and the powers that the council has to deal with this issue aren't strong enough," he said.
"Currently, If the gypsy and traveller community turn up we have to do heath and safety checks and then serve a Section 77 notice, which is a direction to leave.
"If they don't go, we have to go to court and get a Section 78 notice, which orders their removal.
"We would like the criminal justice act to give local authorities the power to give a section 78 notice without going to to court."
The debate is due to take place in Westmisnter Hall at 11:00.
Tuesday's weather: Mild and turning drierpublished at 08:08 British Summer Time 24 October 2017
Georgina Burnett
BBC WeatherOutbreaks of rain at first will gradually become patchier through the day across the BBC East region.
Many places will be dry through the afternoon - with bright spells possible - especially towards the east and south of the region.
A top temperature of 18C (64F).
Here is the full forecast:
Overnight weather: Clear at first, with showers laterpublished at 17:34 British Summer Time 23 October 2017
Dan Holley
BBC Look East weatherPatchy rain or drizzle soon easing this evening across the BBC East region, leaving a few clear intervals for a time, before thickening cloud brings some showery rain from the south later in the night.
Staying generally mild with temperatures falling to 10C (50F) in a light southwesterly breeze.
Rather cloudy with some showery rain on Tuesday morning, some locally heavy bursts, but becoming drier by the afternoon with a few bright or sunny intervals.
Quite breezy, but feeling very mild and humid with temperatures peaking at 19C (66F) in the best of any sunny breaks.
Charges follow East Anglian derbypublished at 17:32 British Summer Time 23 October 2017
Earlier, Suffolk Police said there had been a "small amount" of disorder at yesterday's Ipswich v Norwich derby...
Two men have now been charged with offences...
A 28-year-old man from Biggleswade is accused of using threatening behaviour, and a 22 year-old man from Chelmsford has been charged with using threatening behaviour to provoke unlawful violence and possession of cannabis.
Three men have been cautioned - an 18-year-old on suspicion of possessing a flare, and an 18-year-old and a 21-year-old arrested on suspicion of using threatening behaviour.
A 16-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of affray has been released under investigation.
Two people were issued with fixed penalty notices.
Driver in Kings Cross buffer crash was 'fatigued'published at 16:48 British Summer Time 23 October 2017
Image source, PAThe worker was coming to the end of a "relatively demanding night shift" when the collision happened at 06:23 on 15 August.
Five people reported minor injuries in the 4mph crash, which pushed the buffers back more than one metre.
The train involved was the 05:13 Great Northern service from Royston.
M1 disruption expected because of emergency roadworkspublished at 14:30 British Summer Time 23 October 2017
Stuart Bailey
BBC NewsTwo southbound lanes of the M1 through Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire will be closed overnight this week for emergency gantry construction.
It affects the stretch between J14 and J12 between 22:00 and 06:00 starting on Monday night and ending on Saturday morning.
Highways England has warned, external drivers to "expect disruption".
Image source, GoogleFireworks mark final MK50 festivitiespublished at 13:47 British Summer Time 23 October 2017
It concludes a year of celebrations in the new town, and coincides with a religious festival of lights.
Read MoreHertfordshire's 'largest ever' cannabis factory found at housepublished at 13:43 British Summer Time 23 October 2017
Stuart Bailey
BBC NewsHertfordshire Police says a cannabis factory in Potters Bar is the largest ever found in the county.
About 1,000 plants with a street value of £700,000 were found inside a house in Hatfield Road on Tuesday, 17 October.
The discovery followed an anonymous call to police by a member of the public and it took officers two days to dismantle the set up.
Image source, Hertfordshire PoliceA 23-year-old man from Barnet was arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis, abstracting electricity and criminal damage.
He has been released under investigation while inquiries continue.
Ch Insp Steve O’Keeffe said: "The cultivation of cannabis can put surrounding residents at risk as unlawful electrical wiring used to power the systems to grow the crops creates a fire hazard.
"This case demonstrates the key part members of the public play in reporting anything suspicious in their local area so that officers can act on intelligence and take action to disrupt the supply of drugs across the county."
Image source, Hertfordshire PoliceMan seriously injured in 'racially motivated' attackpublished at 13:27 British Summer Time 23 October 2017
Stuart Bailey
BBC NewsThree black men have been assaulted by a group of white men in Bedford in a "racially motivated incident," police have said.
One of the men is in a serious condition in hospital while the two others received minor injuries.
It happened in Queen Street at about 04:00 on Sunday and officers are appealing for witnesses.
Det Sgt Mark Stewart said: "I'd like to reassure the public that this kind of incident is rare, but in response we have deployed extra patrols to the area."
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