the made on behalf of the family of bobbi-anne mcleod. the “ustice s stem bobbi-anne mcleod.system can impose that h bobbi-anne mcleod. the justice system can impose that will- bobbi-anne mcleod. the justice | system can impose that will ever come close to what he deserves. we do want to say thank you to everyone. there is no piece of paper, bulletin board, flyer or anything big enough out there on which we can say thank you. the help and support from everyone, notjust friends and family, but everyone, everywhere, who helped with all the posters, posts and messages, to bring our baby home, thank you. to everyone in the police, the investigation team and all of the services, we thank you for everything that you have done and for finally getting justice for bobbi—anne mcleod. thank you. that was detective superintendent mike west from devon and cornwall police giving a statement behalf of the family of bobbi—anne mcleod. as we were reporting earlier, her killer, cody ackland, has been sentenced to life and to serve a minimum of 31 yearsjust in the last half hour or so. and that

today the full details of his random and prolonged attack on teenager bobbi—anne mcleod were revealedwhen she disappeared. her family see she lit up the lives of everyone she met. bobbi was a beautiful girl... their statement was read outside court today. the thoughts are continually going around in our minds. "why bobbi—anne?" "why make her suffer? " "to know her final hours were spent being tortured destroys us inside." at one point, the details laid out by the prosecution were so harrowing that a member of bobbi—anne's family left the court. cody ackland kidnapped her from this bus stop after hitting her repeatedly with a claw hammer. he then took her to this remote part of dartmoor where he murdered her in a frenzied attack. he later drove almost 30 miles to hide her naked body in this wooded area near the coast. the next day, he went out drinking and socialising with friends, appearing more joyful than usual. but three days after the murder he handed himself in. detectives found photos of serial killers and thousands of grisly images, many depicting dead bodies, on his phone. in

why bobbi—anne mcleod? why make her suffer? to know herfinal bobbi—anne mcleod?eod was so loved and had so many life plans. he cruelly ripped that life away from her and us. we cannot even contemplate a future without her in it. there will never be anything the justice system can impose that will ever come close to what he deserves. we do want to say thank you to everyone. there is no piece of paper, bulletin board, flyer or anything big enough out there on which we can say thank you. the help and support from everyone, notjust friends and family, but everyone everywhere, who helped with all the posters, posts and messages to bring our baby, bobbi—anne mcleod, home, thank you. to everyone in the police, the investigation team and all of the services, we thank you for everything that you have done and for finally getting justice for bobbi—anne mcleod. and for finally getting “ustice for bobbi-anne mcleod.i bobbi-anne mcleod. detective superintendent _ bobbi-anne mcleod. detective superintendent mike _ bobbi-anne mcleod. detective superintendent mike west i of devo

"why bobbi—anne?" "why make her suffer?nne's family left the court. cody ackland kidnapped her from this bus stop after hitting her repeatedly with a claw hammer. he then took her to this remote part of dartmoor, where he murdered her in a frenzied attack. he later drove almost 30 miles to hide her naked body in this wooded area near the coast. the next day, he went out drinking and socialising with friends, appearing more joyful than usual. but three days after the murder he handed himself in., detectives found photos of serial killers and thousands of grisly images, many depicting dead bodies, on his phone. in the days before the attack ackland had searched internet, for potential murder weapons and remote locations. when sentencing today, the judge said that bobbi—anne mcleod had her whole life ahead of her until it was brutally and savagely snuffed out. he told ackland that he was likely to remain a highly dangerous person and it was possible that he would never be released from jail. jenny kumar, bbc news. the national

bobbi anne's family say that she was kind, funny and loyal.ay wore blue ribbons, others wore pink wristbands with the words, "bobbi anne my heart is with you forever." it's more than 40 years since abba went on tour. now, from tonight after a big build up and a new album fans can see the scandinavian foursome performing some of their greatest hits at a new show in london all thanks to digital technology. colin paterson reports. music: dancing queen by abba. the band spent five weeks performing in front of a cameras so every movement could be captured, allowing them to be turned into avatars or as they have come to be known as avatars paying their greatest hits while looking exactly as they did in the 19705 heyday. they have given more than a thousand tickets to the longest—serving members of their fan club. i thought it was essentially a miss my time. i i thought it was essentially a miss m time. .., i thought it was essentially a miss m time. .. ., i thought it was essentially a miss m time. ., ., ., my time. i came from tasmania in australia

musician who was obsessed with serial killers is jailed for life for brutally murdering teenager bobbi—anned in november last year. police read out a statement on behalf of her family. everybody who knew bobbi loved her. we've been robbed of our beautiful girl in the worst possible way, and our lives will never be the same without her. ministers face calls to increase benefits and state pensions now to help those struggling with the surging cost of living. rebekah vardy has been described as a "highly unreliable witness" by coleen rooney's lawyer on the final day of the libel trial. we'll have all the latest from the high court. joe biden says the us is offering strong support to both finland and sweden — as they try to join nato in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine. and, meet the thwaites — britain's biggest ever euromillions winners, who've gone public after scooping £181; million. the metropolitan police have completed their investigation into breaches of covid regulations at downing street and whitehall. the force says a total of 126 fixed penalty notices have been issued, 28 peo

obsessed with serial killers has beenjailed for a minimum of 31 years for the murder of 18—year—old bobbi—anne who's 2a, pleaded guilty to murder at an earlier hearing. he was previously unknown to the police. those most at risk from covid should be given a booster dose this autumn — that's the advice of thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation. over—65s, care home residents, front line health and social care workers and clinically vulnerable adults would be eligible forjabs. the committee said this would top up levels of protection for the winter. natasha abrahart died in 2018, one of at least ten bristol university students to take their own lives over a two—year period. natasha's parents have now taken a civil case against the university, arguing that she was owed a legal duty of care. is natasha abrahart died in 2018, one of at least ten bristol university students to take their own lives over a two—year period. tomorrow a judge will give his decision, as our correspondent jon kay reports. here we are, natasha's room. very much untouched. it's been for might years since maggie an

mary ann elliott, the brilliant director of this concept of bobby being female, i never worked with heror. and this is probably my favorite interpretation of jo ann because she's funny. she gets to laugh, you know, and she's not dower. is it do-er or dower? >> stephen: you're the legend of broadway. ( laughter ) "company" was written by stephen sondheim. to honor him, there are special play bills for stephen sondheim for the lovers and the collectors out there. this is the man that i met and knew. ( cheers and applause ) and here he is as a very young man. and i'm curious, i was lucky enough to interview him a couple of times, to do that, shortly before he died, interviewed him rght there. >> i remember that interview. >> stephen: and it was deeply -- though i didn't go do much of his work, deeply influential to me. >> you did six. >> stephen: stephen sondheims. what did you learn from him? >> i re-created. it's always intimidating when someone you deeply respect and are deeply intimidated by shows up in the rehearsal room because i just wantpro w o my interpret, and he was a task maste