Murderer Mark Bridger who was jailed for killing five-year-old April Jones has launched an appeal bid, the schoolgirl’s parents have said.

Internet searches for child abuse images will be blocked for the first time by Microsoft and Google after months of mounting pressure.

Pink balloons and lanterns will be released this evening in memory of murdered schoolgirl April Jones.

The family of April Jones said a final farewell today as the Welsh town that shared their grief came to a standstill.

The Welsh hometown of April Jones was decorated with pink today as the community prepared to say goodbye to the murdered schoolgirl.

A funeral for murdered Welsh schoolgirl April Jones will finally take place this week just days before the first anniversary of her abduction.

The parents of April Jones can at last begin to plan their daughter’s funeral after an inquest into her death was concluded.

The parents of murdered April Jones can at last begin to plan their daughter's funeral after an inquest into her death was concluded.

The devastated parents of murdered April Jones are finally able to plan a funeral for their daughter, almost 12 months after the schoolgirl was murdered.

The devastated parents of murdered April Jones are finally able to plan a funeral for their daughter – almost 12 months after the schoolgirl was murdered.

Google is facing calls to do more against child pornography after Mark Bridger was found guilty of murdering April Jones.

Search engines are coming under fire for not doing enough to tackle child pornography.

Paedophile Mark Bridger has joined a group of notorious criminals who have been given whole life sentences for their horrific crimes.

Former slaughterhouse worker Mark Bridger has been found guilty of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones.

In the UK, prosecutors have finished cross-examining the man accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones.

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.

The man accused of murdering April Jones told police he had a “mental block” about what happened to her body, a jury has heard.

The man accused of murdering April Jones told police he had a “mental block” about what happened to her body, a jury heard today.

The jury at the trial of the man accused of murdering April Jones in Wales have been shown the bike the five-year-old was riding when she disappeared - and the defendant's car.

The man accused of murdering April Jones had viewed and downloaded Facebook photos of the five-year-old in the days before she disappeared, a jury heard today.

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.

The man accused of murdering April Jones asked a 10-year-old girl to “come for a sleepover with his daughter” shortly before he snatched April, a jury has heard.

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 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.

The former abattoir worker accused of murdering schoolgirl April Jones made up a “story” that he had killed her in a car accident in a bid to “explain away” his role in the killing, a court heard today.

Blood and bone were found at the home of a former abattoir worker accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones, a court has heard.

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.

Former lifeguard Mark Bridger today pleaded not guilty to the abduction and murder of five-year-old April Jones, who went missing in mid Wales last year.

Irish people are apparently looking to the internet to answer to that age-old question "What is love?".

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 are using heavy digging equipment in the continuing search for April Jones as locals vow to step up attempts to locate the body of the missing five-year-old.

It is important to reassure children of their safety. Informing them of danger is a balancing act.

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

Search teams looking for five-year-old April Jones have pledged to continue looking for the little girl while they still have "viable lines of inquiry".

The former lifeguard accused of the abduction and murder of five-year-old April Jones appeared in court via a video link today.