Mark Bridger made a confession to a Catholic priest while on remand in Strangeways prison in Manchester, it can be reported for the first time today.

The former slaughterhouse worker accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones in a “sexually motivated” attack today admitted to a jury that he lied about having a military past.

A forensic scientist said evidence found in the home of Mark Bridger indicated that schoolgirl April Jones may have been lying on his living room floor “shedding blood”, a court heard today.

April Jones's desperate mother told police “She’s been taken”, a court heard today.

A young friend of April Jones has described seeing the missing schoolgirl “get into a grey Land Rover”.

A jury has heard of the frantic moments when the parents of April Jones learned their five-year-old daughter was missing.

A jury has heard of the frantic moments when the parents of April Jones learned that their five-year-old daughter was missing.

Photographs showing the inside of a house where traces of schoolgirl April Jones’ blood were found were released today as a jury visited the key locations in the case.

Jurors in the April Jones murder trial have started their visit to the five-year-old's home town of Machynlleth.

The former abattoir worker accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones had "a clear interest in child pornography and in child murder cases", a British court heard today.

The former lifeguard accused of killing schoolgirl April Jones has appeared in court at the start of his trial for murder.

The family of five-year-old April Jones will have to wait another two months before the man accused of her murder goes on trial, a court heard today.

Former lifeguard Mark Bridger is "probably responsible" for the death of five-year-old April Jones but denies her abduction and murder, a court heard today.

A sales adviser in the UK who made a series of sexual comments about five-year-old April Jones on Facebook has been given a suspended prison sentence today.

The continued intensive hunt for the body of missing girl April Jones in Wales is still targeting more than 300 separate search locations, police have revealed.

The massive search for missing Welsh girl April Jones could well continue into Christmas and beyond, British police have said today.

Police looking for five-year-old April Jones have almost completed their search in the Welsh town where she went missing 12 days ago.

A man has been charged with posting offensive comments on Facebook about missing youngster April Jones.

Superintendent Ian John has insisted that police still hope to find missing five-year-old April Jones alive.

Hundreds of people turned out to pay their respects today as an emotional service took place for missing five-year-old April Jones.

Former lifeguard Mark Bridger was charged today with the abduction and murder of April Jones – but the five-year-old Welsh schoolgirl remains missing despite an intensive, ongoing search.

Mark Bridger has been charged with the abduction and murder of missing mid Wales schoolgirl April Jones.

The hunt for missing Welsh girl April Jones resumed today after searchers were stood down overnight due to atrocious weather.

Murder suspect Mark Bridger attended the same school parents’ evening as April Jones’s mother and father just hours before the five-year-old disappeared.

The man being held by British police searching for missing five-year-old April Jones is now being questioned about her murder, it was announced today.

Mark Bridger has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of missing five-year-old April Jones, police said today.

British officers investigating the disappearance of April Jones have until this afternoon to question abduction suspect Mark Bridger.

British police looking for April Jones said they are trying to “piece together” Mark Bridger’s movements around the time the five-year-old disappeared after they were given until 5pm tomorrow to question him.

The family of missing Welsh schoolgirl April Jones have launched a pink ribbon campaign.

British schoolgirl April Jones remained missing today despite a third night of extensive police searches and a desperate plea from the five-year-old’s distraught mother.

Coral Jones, the mother of April Jones has made an emotional appeal for help in finding her missing five-year-old daughter.