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.

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

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.

Former slaughterhouse worker Mark Bridger has been found guilty 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 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.

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

Poignant tributes were paid to missing five-year-old April Jones last night as Chinese lanterns were released into the night sky.

A former lifeguard wept as he appeared in court today accused of the abduction and murder of five-year-old April Jones.

A former lifeguard accused of abducting and killing five-year-old schoolgirl April Jones is due to appear in a Welsh court today charged with her murder.

Former lifeguard Mark Bridger was due to appear in court this morning after he was charged with the abduction and murder of 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.

Private prayers for April Jones were being said last night as the desperate search for the schoolgirl continued.

Police have been given extra time to question Mark Bridger after revealing he is now being held on suspicion of murdering five-year-old April Jones.

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.