Alex Pope
BBC Local Live
That's it from all of us here at Local Live for Beds, Herts and Bucks for this week.
If anything happens between now and Monday morning, it will appear here on this stream.
We'll be back on Monday at 08:00 with more news, sport, travel weather and lots of reports to mark 50 years of Milton Keynes - the town famous for having the first multiplex cinema and some rather famous bovine artwork.
Image source, Rude Health/GeographLive updates have now finished for Northamptonshire.
If you want to follow Northampton Town against MK Dons tomorrow head to the BBC Sport website.
There's also coverage of Northampton Saints' trip to Montpellier on BBC Radio Northampton.
We'll see you on Monday. Have a great weekend.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Live updates have now finished for today and indeed this week. Thanks for your company.
We'll be back from 08:00 on Monday.
Scroll back through today's feed to catch up on anything you may have missed, including shocking pictures of the aftermath of an explosion at a house in Eye, north Cambridgeshire.
Have a great weekend.
On what's been a beautiful day weather-wise, we thought it only apt to show you some of the best pictures taken by our BBC Weather Watchers from across the county...
Tony Fisher
BBC Three Counties Radio
What a day it's been for Peaky, the Ohbot robot, external, who was set into the stratosphere just before midday from Roysia Middle School in Royston.
He went for a bit of a journey into near space and this afternoon he landed near the shore of The Wash close to Boston in Lincolnshire.
Image source, Ohbot RobotThe Ohbot team quickly set about trying to find him and luckily they did, announcing on Twitter "he's alive, external" just a short while ago.
Image source, Ohbot Robot
BBC Politics
Iain Stewart, MP for Milton Keynes South, has told the the House of Commons he feared he would not be able to pursue a career in politics because he was gay.
He said he was worried he would be "cast aside and prevented from doing it, exposed, whatever, because of who I was".
The MP was speaking during a debate about repealing defunct laws which suggested it was possible to dismiss a seafarer for being gay.
He warned the law could create a fear in young people that they could not pursue a vocation they wanted, because they were different.
Iain Stewart: I feared being gay would stop me being MP
Alex Pope
BBC Local Live
On Monday Milton Keynes will be officially 50, so events are being held across the city, external this weekend to mark the event.
Some won't cost you anything, but only if you're an MK resident.
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Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
It seems there were many tears shed for one of the "most photographed trees in the world", which had to be chopped down yesterday.
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The iconic cherry tree, thought to be 70 years old, stood at the front of Old Court at Clare College in Cambridge.
It had to be felled after it was discovered to have bracket fungus.
Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live
Tomorrow Northampton Town will be making the short trip down the M1 (or A5) to MK Dons, with new striker Keshi Anderson in the squad for the match.
Northampton Town sit 16th in League, with the Dons two points and three places below them.
It's also just over a year since the Cobblers faced MK Dons at Stadium MK in an FA Cup third round reply, taking more than 7,000 fans to the game.
Image source, Getty ImagesThat day MK Dons won 3-0, but Justin Edinburgh will be hoping for better in his first game in charge of the Cobblers.
The jury in the trial of a man accused of concealing the truth about the death of Natalia Wilanowska in Luton has retired to consider its verdict.
Joseph Doherty, 73, from Glasgow, denies one charge of perverting the course of justice, one of obstructing the coroner by giving a false account of Ms Wilkanowska's death and one charge of preventing her lawful burial.
Image source, Bedfordshire PoliceLuton Crown Court was told Gerald Doherty killed Natalia, who was his ex-wife, in 2003 and went on to kill himself. Her body was found in a garden in Luton years later.
Another brother, Daniel Doherty, 67, from Luton, was cleared of all charges yesterday.
The court has adjourned for the day and the jury will return to consider its verdict on Monday morning.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Two men made off with the contents of a till and some cigarettes in an armed robbery in Cambridge.
The pair entered a shop in Barnwell Road at about 20:05 yesterday armed with a knife and a wheel brace, police said.
They demanded the tills were opened before one of the men hit the cashier in the face with the back of his hand.
The pair made off on foot towards Newmarket Road.
One man was white, wearing a dark coat with white toggles, dark jeans, black trainers, a balaclava and gloves.
The other was also white, wearing a cream jacket, blue jeans, black trainers with a white sole, black gloves and a balaclava.
Police are searching for witnesses.
Hannah Olsson
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire political reporter
Councillors have voted to go ahead with a consultation over the number of advertising boards cluttering up Cambridge's streets.
The city council is proposing to bring in new rules, external to ensure signs are limited to one per business.
Councillors discussed the matter yesterday after a review found street clutter made it difficult for pedestrians and wheelchair users to move around the city's streets.
Labour councillor Gerri Bird, a wheelchair user, says she is happy the public will now have their say.
"I'm really pleased this has happened. Hopefully this will clear some of the street furniture," she said.
The consultation will be put to the public in February.
Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton politics reporter
Northamptonshire County Council says it is going to invest more in adult social care.
A care home boss told the BBC she wouldn't consider opening a new home in the county because local authority pay rates are too low.
In a statement the council said: "We work very closely with care home providers and are fully aware of the issues facing the market today."
The authority says it has increased the fees it pays providers for the last three years running and is proposing to put an extra £1.8m towards the cost of residential and nursing care in the next financial year.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
The Duke of Cambridge has confirmed he will be leaving his job as an air ambulance helicopter pilot in the summer.
Sam Read
BBC Radio Northampton politics reporter
The owner of a care home chain says she wouldn't consider opening a new home in Northamptonshire because of the low rates paid by the county council.
Blanchworth Care runs nine homes but is in the process of closing its only Northamptonshire home, Culworth House.
Image source, GoogleOwner Sally Roberts says the main reason for the closure is the state of the building, but says running the home has been "extremely difficult" financially because of the low rates paid for places by Northamptonshire County Council.
She said "fee levels are not sufficient to meet the true cost of care" and are lower in Northamptonshire than in Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, where her other homes are based.
Ms Roberts said it had two residents who were assessed to receive the same level of support, one in Oxfordshire and one in Northamptonshire. The Oxfordshire resident was "paid £42 more per week than the resident in Northamptonshire", she said.
The county council says it's aware of the issues and is looking to invest extra money.
Jane Killick
BBC Three Counties Radio
Bedfordshire Police has detained 10 suspected illegal immigrants found inside a lorry on the M1.
It was stopped at Toddington Services after it headed northbound into Bedfordshire at about 14:30 this afternoon.
Two people have been taken to hospital as a precaution.
Kate Bradbrook
BBC Look East
This afternoon at the murder trial over the death of Helen Bailey we've heard from Det Con Hollie Daines.
She went to the author's home in Royston to carry out a video recorded interview with Ian Stewart following Ms Bailey's disappearance.
Ms Dains told St Albans Crown Court Ian Stewart, 56, who's on trial for Ms Bailey's murder, "did not appear as if he wanted to be interviewed".
"He didn't see the point. He seemed quite blasé and non-committal," she said.
Image source, South Beds News AgencyShe explained it took a few days to carry out the interview due to him saying he was "not well".
She added he "was prepared to do it" but "he was really not happy" and said, "I do not like this".
Mr Stewart denies all charges against him.
Tony Fisher
BBC Three Counties Radio
There was much excitement at Roysia Middle School in Royston this morning...
Pupils were getting ready to launch a robot into near space.
The Ohbot is an easy-to-program robot head used by school children...
and it was let into the stratosphere using an expanding balloon just before midday.
Named "Peaky", he's programmed to react to the flight and could be chattering his teeth!
He's expected to stay in the sky for a few hours and could travel as far as The Wash.
Pete Cooper
BBC Local Live
The emergency services have been dealing with a fire at the Fox and Quill pub on St Giles Terrace in Northampton.
Several fire engines and an ambulance are at the scene and the area around the premises has been cordoned off.
The building was evacuated just after 13:00 after a fire broke out in the kitchen.
No-one has been injured, but a firefighter has been taken to hospital as a precaution.
St Giles Terrace, Dychurch Lane and Fish Street are all closed to vehicles and pedestrians.
Adam Jinkerson
BBC Local Live
Nothing to see here...
Just some headless mannequins tied to a flagpole in the Fens.
It's probably safe to say this is one of the more unusual pictures sent in by our BBC Weather Watchers, but we could not resist sharing this snap of the Manea sunrise by "Wednesday's Pumpkins".
Captions on a postcard...
