A father accused of killing his six children was overheard on the phone saying someone being interviewed by police was going to "drop us in it", a court has heard.

The former mistress of a man accused of the manslaughter of his six children in the UK has denied threatening to kill him.

The former mistress of a man accused of killing his children in a house fire has told a court how she and his wife used to alternate the nights they would sleep with him.

A father accused of killing his six children in a house fire started the blaze as part of a “plan” to frame his ex-girlfriend after becoming locked in a custody battle with her, a court has heard.

A father was the “prime mover and dominant player” in scheme to start a blaze which killed his six children as part of a plan to frame his ex-girlfriend after becoming locked in a custody battle with her, a court heard today.

Virgin Atlantic blew the whistle on an alleged price-fixing cartel with British Airways because it wanted to win the race for immunity and save itself millions of pounds, a British court heard today.

Four British Airways executives fixed the price of fuel surcharges in a secret deal with Virgin Atlantic, a court heard today.

A jury trying six men accused of raping and murdering teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan retraced her final steps today.

ONE of six men accused of murdering teenager Mary-Ann Leneghan and attempting to murder another girl has admitted kidnapping the pair.

A teenager was told her final memory before death would be the sight of her friend being “butchered” in front her, a court heard today.

Mary-Ann has family in Mount Jubilee, Bangor Erris. Her father Bertie emigrated to England in 1972.

The British Independent Police Complaints Commission will complete its report into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes by Christmas, a coroner’s court heard today.

The lawyer for Soham accused Maxine Carr began his closing speech at her Old Bailey trial today as the case reached its final stages.

THERE is evidence to convict Soham accused Ian Huntley of the manslaughter of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman and he is “worthy of punishment”, his lawyer conceded yesterday.

Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman “had to die” after Ian Huntley’s sexual motive for taking them into his home went “plainly wrong”, the Old Bailey heard today.

Ian Huntley murdered Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman then set about covering his tracks in a “ruthless” manner, the jury trying him was told today.

The Soham trial resumed today as the prosecution summed up its case against Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr at the Old Bailey.

Maxine Carr wept in the witness box at the Old Bailey today, saying she “would not be blamed” for what her ex-lover Ian Huntley did to Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

Maxine Carr returned to the witness box at the Old Bailey murder trial of her ex-lover Ian Huntley today to face questions over her lies to protect him.

Soham accused Ian Huntley was “laughing” at police hunting for Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman while he told “a pack of lies”, it was suggested to him today.

Alleged double murderer Ian Huntley was facing another grilling from the prosecution at his Old Bailey trial today over the deaths of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

IAN HUNTLEY was "cold and ruthless" as he disposed of the bodies of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, he admitted to his Old Bailey murder trial yesterday.

Soham accused Ian Huntley is changing his story even as his murder trial is going on, the Old Bailey heard today.

Soham accused Ian Huntley killed Jessica Chapman, he admitted today at his Old Bailey trial.

Ian Huntley conducted a “cold blooded analysis” of the prosecution case and invented a story to fit the facts, his Old Bailey murder trial was told today.

Ian Huntley “lured” schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman into his home, the Old Bailey heard today.

Ian Huntley lost his temper in the witness box at his Old Bailey murder trial today as he was accused of holding Holly Wells under the water and watching her drown in his bath.

Ian Huntley had a nervous breakdown in the months after being arrested on suspicion of the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, the Old Bailey heard today.

The Soham murder trial has heard a tape of Maxine Carr sobbing as she told Ian Huntley's mother: "I don't understand why this had to happen."

ALLEGED double child murderer Ian Huntley claimed in court yesterday that Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman died in a series of accidents in his bathroom.

School caretaker Ian Huntley admits disposing of the bodies of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman after they died in his house, the jury trying him for murder heard today.

Ian Huntley’s lawyers were expected to make a series of “admissions” today as the forensic case against the alleged Soham murderer continued at London's Old Bailey.

SOHAM-ACCUSED Ian Huntley cut off Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman’s clothes as their bodies lay in a remote ditch, his lawyer said yesterday in the first of a series of “admissions”.

Soham accused Ian Huntley cut off Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman’s clothes as their bodies lay in a remote ditch, his lawyer admitted today.

Ian Huntley replaced the tyres on his car the day after Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman disappeared despite the fact they were in “surprisingly good condition”, the Old Bailey heard today.

SOHAM-ACCUSED Ian Huntley told a journalist 24 hours after Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman disappeared that police had searched his house “and they think I did it”, his Old Bailey murder trial heard yesterday.

The home of Soham accused Ian Huntley and Maxine Carr was “very clean” with little sign of smells such as dog or cigarettes, the court heard today.

Soham murder accused Ian Huntley told a journalist on the day after Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman went missing that police had searched his home and thought “he did it”, the Old Bailey heard today.

The murder trial of Soham accused Ian Huntley today heard from journalists who interviewed him during the hunt for schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

Soham accused Ian Huntley had a secret “quiet area” where he went plane-spotting at Lakenheath – near the remote ditch where his alleged victims were found, his Old Bailey murder trial heard today.

Statements from the families of murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were read today to the jury trying their alleged killer Ian Huntley.

The jury in the Soham murder trial huddled today around the remote ditch where the bodies of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were found.

Jurors in the Soham murder trial were today due to see the remote ditch where the bodies of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were found.

TOTAL silence fell on the streets of Soham yesterday as a murder trial jury retraced the final steps of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.