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Mark Bridger questioned over April Jones account

Elwen Evans QC, prosecuting, has asked Mark Bridger about April Jones' parents, Paul and Coral.

Mr Bridger said: "I can't even start to understand what they were going through. It was through speaking to [my boss] and the postman that I knew there was a huge search going on."

Miss Evans: "You had killed an unknown little girl."

Mr Bridger: "Yes."

Miss Evans: "You didn't even bother to find out who that little girl was."

Mr Bridger: "What was I supposed to do? Knock on people's doors?"

He said he 'didn't recognise' April that night because it was 'dark'.

He told the court: "My instinct was to go to the police station."

Miss Evans: "Did you go?"

Mr Bridger: "No."

Wales

Mark Bridger 'distraught' day after April vanished

Mark Bridger is back in the witness box at Mold Crown Court this morning, being cross-examined by the prosecution.

He has been questioned about his movements on October 2nd - the day after April went missing.

Elwen Evans QC, for the prosecution, asked him what sort of state he was in at around 8.30am that morning.

Mr Bridger replied: "I was in a completely different state to normal... the realisation of me killing a child is with me. I'm distraught, I'm upset, I've had a drink. It's slightly different to a normal morning."

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Cheesemaker warned by police

Competitors at last year's cheese rolling event on Cooper's Hill Credit: Tim Ireland/PA Archive/Press Association Images

The 86 year-old cheesemaker who supplies a wheel of Double Gloucester for the annual cheese rolling event has been warned by police that she could be liable for legal action if anybody is injured. Diana Smart has supplied the 7lb cheese for the race near Brockworth for the past 25 years.

Cheese rolling has taken place at Cooper's Hill on the spring bank holiday since at least the turn of the 19th century. The last official event was held in 2010, when 15,000 people turned up.

Health and safety concerns led to the contest being cancelled, but unofficial competitions have run since. More details here.

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