Peter Swan
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport

As the transfer window drew to a close late last night, Peterborough United were putting pen to paper to sign Port Vale midfielder Anthony Grant for a "six-figure fee".

Grant, 29, made 24 appearances for Vale this season, but moves to the ABAX Stadium on a two-and-a-half-year deal.

He joins a list of five players who made their way to Posh over January.

Here's a round-up of all the transfer activity for the League One club...

BBC Weather

Today it'll be cloudy and misty with outbreaks of rain and drizzle through the morning. 

Gradually it'll turn drier and brighter from the west during the afternoon, although rain may linger near the east coast. 

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

Pinch, punch, first day of the month.

Welcome to live updates on Wednesday, 1 February. We'll be here until 18:00 to keep you abreast of the latest news from around Cambridgeshire.

We'll have a quick recap of local football activity in the January transfer market shortly.

First up though, a regional weather forcast for the day.

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Peterborough sign Port Vale's Anthony Grant for an undisclosed fee and re-sign Luton's Craig Mackail-Smith on loan.

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

Live updates for the day have now finished. We'll be back tomorrow from 08:00.

Scroll back through today's feed for anything you may have missed, including the latest on our local football teams' signings on transfer deadline day.

There's also more on a cyber hacker, who has been jailed for spying on victims, plus the unusual place police found a Cambridge man hiding when they went to an address.

Have a great weekend.

Peter Swan
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport

Cambridge United looked through the January transfer window with a view to "building for the future".

With that in mind, Jake Carroll, Liam O'Neill (pictured) and Paul Lewis have each arrived for undisclosed fees from Hartlepool, Chesterfield and Macclesfield respectively. 

Image source, Getty Images

All three players are aged 25 or under. Defender Scott Wharton and Gerry McDonagh have also arrived on loan as cover options.

The U's remain light up front, but January is traditionally a difficult time to sign strikers.

Heading through the exit door. Keith Keane, Blair Adams and Elliot Omozusi had their contracts torn up. Joe Pigott joined Maidstone on loan having failed to make an impact following his summer move from Charlton.

The U's currently sit 11th in League One, three points outside of the play-off places. They host Plymouth on Saturday.

Alex Dolan
BBC Look East weather

Staying cloudy across the BBC East region overnight with outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards. 

Temperatures by the end of the night may be higher than those recorded today with lows of 5C (41F).

A cloudy, misty start to Wednesday with some outbreaks of rain. Gradually clearing eastwards with western counties brightening up. 

Eastern counties may stay cloudy until after dark and it'll be a much milder day with highs of 11C (52F).

There are more details on the BBC Weather website.

Mousumi Bakshi
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

New figures from Cambridge University show the number of its students and staff that will be directly affected by President Trump's "travel ban" - an executive order that restricts travel into the United States for citizens from these seven countries for 90 days: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

In total, 103 people who attend the university, either to study or in a staff role, will be affected.

That number breaks down to...

• 56 students
• 28 staff
• 19 post-doctorates

Cambridge sign Chesterfield defender Liam O'Neil for an undisclosed fee on a three-and-a-half-year contract.

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

It's fair to say this wall wasn't designed to withstand the force of a car hitting it...

Image source, Cambridgeshire Police

It was knocked down in Park Road, Wisbech around 14:10 by a driver who was found by police to have no insurance.

The driver was reported and the vehicle was seized.

Ben Stevenson
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

Concerns have been raised for the safety of cyclists and pedestrians in Peterborough if a key bridge is demolished.

Rhubarb Bridge dissects the A47 and A15, next to the Brotherhoods Retail Park.

Image source, Google

A £5.5m investment to improve the junction has been included in the city council's latest budget, but it could see the bridge removed.

Head of Highways in Peterborough, Andy Tatt, told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire that replacing it with a new structure is "unlikely."    

Image source, Google

"The current proposal is to take away the structure there. I must stress that it is very much at the end of its life," said Mr Tatt.

"We have to be conscious of funds as well. We'd love to do something iconic but it has to be functional. It has to be serviceable.

"We also have to be able to build it."

After a 40-year gap, a slate mine is back in production and the first stone will be used at one of the country's oldest universities.

Police post a photo on Twitter - after arresting a 34-year-old found in a chest of drawers.

Peter Swan
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire sport

Peterborough entered the transfer window with manager Grant McCann only looking to tweak his squad.

A collapse in form over the past month has since seen his priorities change.

Posh were thwarted in a late deal for a striker and also failed to land Port Vale midfielder Anthony Grant. 

However, in a surprise move, former striker Craig Mackail-Smith has arrived from Luton on a loan deal until the end of the season. He'll add experience and know-how up front, but has only recently recovered from a broken leg.

Image source, Getty Images

Earlier in the window, defender Dominic Ball joined on loan from Rotherham, while West Ham midfielder Martin Samuelsen is back on loan for a second time. They'll provide competition for places. Striker Junior Morias signed from National League South side St Albans.

Heading the other way. Shaq Coulthirst and Hayden White both joined Mansfield on loan with a view to permanent moves. Posh cashed in on defender Ricardo Santos, who moved to Barnet in a £100,000 deal.

The transfer window closes at 23:00 in England, and 00:00 in Scotland.

Jane Killick
BBC Three Counties Radio

A court's heard how the man accused of killing Hertfordshire author Helen Bailey was due to inherit more than £3m in the event of her death. 

The 51-year-old's body was found in a cesspit at the home she shared with fiance Ian Stewart in Royston, Hertfordshire, in July.

Solicitor Amanda King-Jones said that Ms Bailey changed her will in July 2014 so that her fiance, Ian Stewart, would get her share of her property and money to ensure he had a very comfortable lifestyle in the event of her death. 

St Albans Crown Court also heard that if she died after the couple married, Mr Stewart would be saved from paying around £1m in tax.   

The prosecution alleges Mr Stewart murdered Ms Bailey, who he was due to marry last September, for her money.

Mr Stewart, who's 56 and from Royston, denies murder, preventing a lawful burial, fraud and three counts of perverting the course of justice.

The trial continues.

Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live

A man who used malicious computer software to spy on unknowing victims by using their personal webcams has been jailed for three years at Peterborough Crown Court.

Shaun Turner, 29, from Cottenham was able to download all files held on his victims' computers including personal pictures, videos and identity documents.

Image source, Cambridgeshire Police

In addition, he secretly installed software on victims' computers that streamed live images taken by their webcam to his own computer to view.

A number of victims were identified, who Turner had never met.

Turner pleaded guilty to five offences including voyeurism, possession of indecent images of a child and a series of crimes under the Computer Misuse Act, including refusing to provide his encryption key for his computer files.

He was also given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years restricting his future access to children and the internet. 

Records were discovered that showed Turner has also acted as a "salesman" for the distribution of malware, and offered technical assistance to aspiring cyber-criminals over chat applications.    

Author Helen Bailey had made the man accused of her murder her main beneficiary, a court hears.

Martin Borley
BBC Radio Northampton

Russell Osborn, a consultant for King's College, Cambridge which will be the first to use the newly excavated slate, told me that they will start using the stone in June 2018.

King's have helped finance the mine, in Collyweston, to ensure they were able to have access to the first supply.

Mr Osborn said that heritage buildings such as King's College need heritage materials when repairs are made.

Previously, they would use reclaimed slate from demolition projects but he explained "that is finite so a new source was needed".

BBC Weather Watchers

There's a common theme to today's BBC Weather Watchers pictures for Cambridgeshire.

One word... grey!

Here's are some of the best pictures from the day so far.

Martin Borley
BBC Radio Northampton

A mine is has produced its first slate after a 40-year wait, which its owner described as "fantastic".

Nigel Smith, pictured with a newly excavated piece of Collyweston Slate, told me that he was rather emotional and that it was a "momentous day".

Collyweston slate, named after the Northamptonshire village in which it is produced, has been used on illustrious buildings for more than 600 years - and the first fruits of the new supply will be heading to Cambridge.

Mr Smith said: "You wouldn't believe what hard work has gone in to get to this point."

After mining, the slate will be used in historic buildings.