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Sadly it's time for us to go for another week.

But don't despair, we'll be back with more news, sport, travel and weather on Monday morning from 08:00. 

Whatever you're doing this weekend, we hope it's a good one. 

If it stays dry I might even mow the lawn! The drawbacks of spring ay...

See you again soon.

A mostly cloudy night, with some outbreaks of patchy rain and drizzle across the BBC East region.

Temperatures falling to 7C (45F).

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It's a mixed bag of weather for the region tomorrow.

Some parts will remain cloudy with further outbreak of patchy rain - and other areas could have a mainly dry day with sunny intervals.

Winds will ease, with temperatures reaching 14C (57F).

BBC Weather has more details for where you live.

A dog saved from a dog meat farm in Korea has found a new life in Buckinghamshire. 

Faith, the collie cross jindo, is being trained by Buckinghamshire-based charity  Medial Detection Dogs .

It uses dogs to sniff out conditions like cancer and is also helping people with diabetes. 

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The charity describes her as "beautiful and a whirlwind" and named her Faith, as despite all that has happened to her, she "has the most amazing faith in humans". 

The charity is hoping to take on another dog from South Korea in the coming months. 

The Spring Equinox marks the start of astronomical Spring - and that's on Monday.

But today's the Spring Equilux.

Confused? This tweet explains:

A Bedfordshire student has been jailed for a year after he was found guilty of assaulting a man on a late night train .

Sam Pearce, 24, of Rickmansworth Road, Pinner, north west London, hurled film-maker Benjamin Kerr, from Flitwick, out of the carriage after the train stopped at Luton's Parkway Station on 17 June 2015.

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Mr Kerr told St Albans Crown Court he was attacked when he woke up on the train and mistakenly told Pearce they had reached the "end of the line" at Bedford station, when in fact they were at St Albans.  

He said he realised moments later he had made a mistake, but not long afterwards Pearce found him in another carriage and attacked him, before violently ejecting him from the train at Luton.  

The student was found guilty on Monday of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

A beaming Pete Winkelman collected an honorary degree from The University of Buckingham today. 

The chairman of MK Dons was awarded a Doctor of Science at a graduation ceremony. 

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He was one of five to be given the special accolade, including the former governor of the Bank of England, Lord Mervyn King.

A mountain unicyclist who has competed in World Championships says he now does it "purely for fun".

Edd Hawkes, from Dunstable, Bedfordshire, started unicycling after his brother went to a juggling club.

That was 14 years ago, and just one year later he moved on to riding off-road.

Mountain unicyclist Edd Hawkes says most people associate his sport with "clowns".

The 30-year-old used to run a display team which travelled all over the UK and Europe, and he also made it into the elite downhill category in the Mountain Unicycling World Championships.

"There's not a living to be made... for me it's purely for fun" he said. 

While Thames Valley Police officers have been using an unmarked lorry to catch motorists using their mobiles, I've been out with Bedfordshire Police to see what it's doing. 

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In the two hours I was with the force, three people were pulled over and  I managed to talk to two of them . 

What I heard amazed me, as they didn't seem that bothered that they had received six points on their licence and a £200 fine. 

Michael told me he was his phone as his speaker was broken, and said "I know it's wrong but it was a necessity. If I have to take a call for work then I will take a call for work". 

When I challenged him on if he will do it again, he said he will "try". 

Marcus was caught syncing his phone to his bluetooth and said: "Yes, it's wrong in the eyes of the law. It's not that I don't think it's dangerous, but there's a lot of other things happening on the roads." 

Yes - Beds, Herts and Bucks has another link to the Great British Bake Off . 

Not content with having two winners from the area - Milton Keynes' Nadyia Hussain and Barton Le Clay's Candice Brown - we can now claim former Buckinghamshire New University graduate Noel Fielding as our very own.

The comedian and actor, best known for the surreal BBC sitcom The Mighty Boosh, has been announced as the show's new presenter, along with Sandi Toksvig. 

I also saw him at a gig at the Clock Inn in Milton Keynes years ago, so I hope this also counts?!

Earlier this week, you may remember we mentioned that you, humble taxpayers, are still paying for the regional fire control centre that never was .

The Waterbeach headquarters would have answered all emergency fire calls from Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Hertfordshire and north Essex.

However, the project was  abandoned in 2010  after the coalition government determined the "requirements of the project cannot be delivered to an acceptable timeframe".

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The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) initially refused to comment on why it had failed to let the building.

However, we've now finally got a breakdown of exactly how our money is being used to support this ongoing venture.

The total costs in 2015-16 were:

• Rent (net): £1,384,903.36
• Rates: £49,296.33
• Service charge: £17,268.76
• Water: £246.78
• Electricity: £25,605.73
• Fixed Maintenance: £200,227.33
• Reactive Maintenance: £1,166.57

Total: £1,678,714.86 = £4,599 a day

Yep, going on for £2m a year.

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We asked the DCLG to comment on the figures. We especially wanted to know why £26,000 of electricity was being used each year when no-one was there, but they wouldn't. 

With another 14 years left on the lease, the final spend will dwarf the millions spent so far on a service which has never been used. 

White elephant? You decide...

A woman in her 50s has been left in a critical condition after being hit by a car in Luton on Wednesday.

Police say she was hit by a grey Audi A3 Sport at about 21:20 on the Dunstable Road, by Wordsworth Road. 

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Her injuries are described as serious and she's currently in a stable condition in hospital. 

Police are appealing for witnesses. 

Sadly the bright skies of Wednesday are a dim and distant memory as it's gone rather cloudy over the three counties, as this picture by BBC Weather Watcher Steves Skies shows. 

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For the rest of the day it will be a dry but rather cloudy day although there will be some brighter spells, most likely in eastern areas. 

Maximum Temperature: 11C (52F). 

Police have been granted an extension to question a man who's been arrested on suspicion of murder.

It's after Bill Floyd, 57, was found dead in his flat on Harrow Court, in Stevenage, on Sunday. 

A man in his 30s was arrested on Wednesday and remains in police custody. 

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