Dani Bailey
BBC Local Live

Our rolling news for today has come to an end.

Here's a round-up of some of our top stories:

• Family of 10 told if they don't accept Luton home, the council will no longer help them
• World's longest aircraft, Airlander 10, could take three to four months to repair
• And, of course, our weekly Great British Bake Off fare about Bedfordshire contestant Candice Brown

We'll be back again from 08:00 tomorrow with all the latest news, sport, weather and travel for Beds, Herts and Bucks. See you then.

Tony Fisher
BBC Three Counties Radio

A major fire at an industrial estate in Bedfordshire that caused disruption for days was "not suspicious", police have said.

At its peak, more than 80 firefighters tackled the blaze at the Four Winds Industrial Estate in Haynes, near Clophill. 

The fire in May is believed to have been started by an electric hob in a caravan on the estate.  

Julie Reinger
BBC Look East weather

A sunny evening will lead to a dry night but temperatures expected to fall. 

A light to moderate south-westerly breeze should prevent any mist and fog forming. 

Minimum temperature: 14C (57F).

Tomorrow will be a day of sunny spells and scattered showers but it will be breezy. 

Maximum temperature: 23C (73F).

More details from BBC Weather.

Premiership Rugby announces the base level of the salary cap for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 campaigns will remain at £7m.

Dani Bailey
BBC Local Live

Now there seems to be a LOT of people caught in the grips of Bake Off fever, and even the animals at Whipsnade Zoo appear to have a sweet tooth...

Up went the bunting and on went the pinnies to make rhino calf Bali a cake for his first birthday.

Image source, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

The greater one-horned rhino demolished his scrumptious surprise, which is no great feat for a 100st (635kg) ungulate, external.

Bali's cake was made from his favourite foods - apple, carrot, parsnip, banana and grapes.

Image source, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

His mum Behan also got in on the action...  

Image source, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo

Do you think the dedicated keepers would get the Paul Hollywood handshake for their rhino masterpiece?

A man remains in hospital after a stabbing in Letchworth yesterday evening.

Police were called to Jarden a short while after 17:30 to reports that a 27-year-old man had been hurt.

Officers believe the assault was a result of an altercation between two groups of men at the nearby Jackmans Recreation Ground.

A man with a golden-coloured dog similar to a Staffordshire bull terrier tried to break up the altercation. Police say they are keen to speak with him.

Police investigating female genital mutilation have arrested a 33-year-old woman from Milton Keynes. 

An 11-year-old girl was taken into care and a man, 26, from London, was also arrested by officers at Heathrow Airport. 

The adults are being questioned on suspicion of child cruelty. The Met Police said the girl had been travelling with them at the time.

Jane Killick
BBC Three Counties Radio

A man from Luton has been cleared of causing death by dangerous driving after he crashed into the back of a stationary car on the M1 in Hertfordshire. 

The driver had stopped in the second lane after the bonnet of her car flew up and blocked her view.

Image source, SBNA

The prosecution had said CCTV showed 15 other vehicles avoided the stationary Renault Clio, but 44 seconds after it stopped, Okhaifo Egbaran's car ploughed into the back. Passenger Naftali Rebibo, from London, was killed.

Mr Egbaran told the court he was following a Jeep Cherokee on the southbound carriageway near Hemel Hempstead when it suddenly swerved into another lane. 

The 44-year-old from Cowridge Crescent in Luton said he braked hard and swerved, but was unable to avoid the car. 

A jury at St Albans Crown Court found him not guilty of causing death by dangerous driving.

Here's what some of the local newspapers in Beds, Herts and Bucks are reporting today:

The St Albans and Harpenden review writes, external that plans to part-privatise Network Rail could help "lower the burden" for taxpayers.

The Bedford Times and Citizen reminds readers, external that the M1 is to shut this weekend for bridge work, as work on the A5-M1 link road continues.

And on the quirky side of things, One MK reports on upcoming events celebrating the town's history and underpasses, external.

The world's longest aircraft will take about three to four months to repair and test after a "heavy landing" on a test flight, it is revealed.

Katy Lewis
BBC Local Live

The world's longest aircraft will take about three to four months to repair and test after a "heavy landing" on a test flight, it has been revealed.

Image source, South Beds News Agency

The £25m Airlander 10, which is 302ft (92m) long, "nosedived" during its second test flight in Bedfordshire.

Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) said repairs were confined to the hull and the front part of the cockpit, but specialist tools needed for some of the repairs had been scrapped by the US Army and needed replacing, which would "contribute significantly to the estimated overall time required".

HAV chief executive Steve McGlennan, said: "There are, however, no substantial repairs necessary to the other areas and systems of the aircraft which remain operational.

"In time we believe that the limited nature of these repairs will help us demonstrate to customers the robustness of Airlander when compared to other aircraft types."

An 11-year-old girl is taken into police protection and two adults are arrested on suspicion of child cruelty in a crackdown on female genital mutilation.

BBC Weather

This afternoon we'll continue to see bright, sunny spells with some cloud. Feeling a little fresher than it has recently, with a maximum temperature of 22C (72F).

Get the latest forecast at BBC Weather.

A family of 10 are told if they do not accept a house offered to them, the council will no longer help them.

BBC News England

A strike by workers on the Southern rail network has entered its second day, bringing more disruption to passengers through Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

Image source, Getty Images

The RMT union has walked out for 48 hours in a long-running dispute with parent company Govia Thameslink (GTR) over the role of guards on new trains.

The union said the strike is "solidly supported", but Southern said it would "achieve nothing".

Southern said it planned to run about 60% of its normal services today.

A horse has escaped injury after the box it was travelling in caught fire.

Image source, Bucks Fire and Rescue

Firefighters were called to the blaze on the A355 in Beaconsfield just before 09:00.

The horse had been taken out of the vehicle, uninjured, before fire crews arrived.

Dani Bailey
BBC Local Live

"Ta-ta everybody" - that's what Berkhamsted PE teacher Candice Brown said after her showstopper was judged in this week's Bake Off.

The contestant, who lives in Barton-le-Clay, made an Italian light and dark rye twist for this week's challenge, which had to consist of plaited loaves and three different flours.

Image source, BBC/Love Productions

After much kneading and proving, Candice's impressive bake was ready to be judged.

Paul Hollywood, ever the sympathetic arbiter, described the top loaf as "a mess", saying she just needed to "work the dough a bit more".

This seemed to be where it all began to crumble and Candice was convinced that had sealed her fate.

Image source, BBC/Love Productions

But - spoiler alert - she made it through to next week and promised to up her game.

Batter week, here Candice comes!

Dani Bailey
BBC Local Live

After being told her chocolate bread was too raw to eat by judge Paul Hollywood, Bedfordshire's Candice Brown had to up the ante in the technical challenge.

Have you ever heard of dampfnudel? We hadn't either...

They're steamed sweet rolls that are eaten as a dessert with plum sauce and custard - Mary Berry described them as tasting like "iced buns without the icing".

Apparently it's quite hard to work out how to divide up the dough...

Despite that, Candice aced the challenge and came third in the judges' votes.

Paul Hollywood said her bake was "quite well-domed and quite well-cooked".

Dani Bailey
BBC Local Live

It was bread week last night on the Great British Bake Off, and you knew it was going to be a good one when it started with Mel and Sue "on a roll"...

Bedfordshire's Candice Brown kneaded to prove (sorry) herself after winning the accolade of Star Baker last week, and the pressure did seem to get to her.

For the signature challenge, bakers were asked to make a chocolate bread and Candice opted to make a very luxurious-sounding chocolate, salted caramel and pecan brittle brioche.

"No-one likes a small, under-filled ball," Candice said as she packed her dough full of caramel. 

After that light-hearted beginning, the heat really was on and it was quite a tense finish...

Paul Scoins
BBC Three Counties Radio political reporter

The MP for Milton Keynes North is at the Ministry of Defence HQ today for Reserves Day, external.

Mark Lancaster, who is now the defence minister, tweeted he is "celebrating the professionalism and contribution" of Britain's reservists.

Army Reserves were known as the Territorial Army until 2014. It is the voluntary military service, which may be called on to support the British Army.