karen hadaway and nicola fellows lived less than half a mile away from the park.hey were both nine years old, and had been strangled and sexually assaulted. the jury members were taken

today he was back in court again, accused of the murder of karen hadaway and nicola fellows.ce, much of it dna—based. the prosecution told the jury that the bodies were discovered in undergrowth in wild park, and that russell bishop told the police details about the scene that only the killer himself could have known. this is a key location that the jury will see for themselves. all 12 jurors will be brought here from london to view a number of areas that are significant in the case. the families face a trial of up to eight weeks. the case remains the largest and longest—running inquiry ever undertaken by sussex police. daniella relph, bbc news. there has been a significant rise in religious—based hate crime in england and wales, according to new figures released by the home office. it has gone up by 40% in a year, from just under 6,000 reports to more than 8,000. more than half of all the offences were aimed at muslims. scottish power will be the first of the biggest utility companies to generate all of its electricity from wind power. the company plans to invest more than £

karen hadaway was nine yea rs old the evidence., described in court as a sensible girl who knew right from wrong. nicola fellows was also nine and was said to be the stronger of the two, outgoing and speaking her mind. the girls were neighbours, their bodies were found on october nine, 1986. they had both been strangled and sexually assaulted. they were discovered together in a park in brighton, just half a mile from their homes. they had both disappeared after going out to play. back then, russell bishop was arrested and tried for their murders but he was acquitted and released. three years later, he assaulted and attempted to kill a seven—year—old girl. she survived and identified him. he was found guilty at trial. today he was back in court again, accused of the murder of nicola fellows and karen hadaway. jurors were told there was new evidence, much of its dna —based. the prosecution told the jury —based. the prosecution told the jury that the bodies were discovered in undergrowth in the park. and that russell bishop told the p

karen hadaway and nicola fellows lived less than half a mile away from the park.y assaulted. the jury members were taken on a route which passed this permanent memorial to the two girls. the judge had warned them yesterday that they wouldn‘t stop here — not out of disrespect to the victims, but because it isn‘t relevant to the trial. here‘s the area of land, just beyond the fence... the site visit was a chance for the jurors to get to know the geography of this area, seeing for themselves the locations they will hear about throughout the course of this trial. the defendant, russell bishop, who is being tried for the second time for the girls‘ killings, chose not to attend the site visit. we‘ll go ahead. tomorrow, the judge and jury will be back in the more familiar surrounds of the central criminal court, as the case continues. sarah campbell, bbc news, brighton. the scottish government has confirmed a case of bse, or so called mad cow disease, at a farm in aberdeenshire. movement restrictions have been put in place at the farm while further investigations take pl

today he was back in court again, accused of the murder of nicola fellows and karen hadaway. prosecution told the jury that the bodies were discovered in undergrowth in wild park. and that russell bishop told the police details about the scene that only the killer himself could have known. this is a key location the jury will see for themselves. all 12 jurors will be brought here from london to view a number of areas that are significant in the case. the families face a trial of up to eight weeks. the case remains the largest and longest—running enquiry ever undertaken by sussex police. daniella relph, bbc news. a brief look at some of the day's other news. there has been a significant rise in religious—based hate crime in england and wales, according to new figures released by the home office. it's gone up by 40% in a year, from just under 6,000 reports to more than 8,000. more than half of all the offences were aimed at muslims. scottishpower will be the first of the biggest utility companies to generate all of its electricity from wind power. the company plans to invest mo

today he was back in court again, accused of the murder of karen hadaway and nicola fellows.he prosecution told the jury that the bodies were discovered in undergrowth in wild park. and that russell bishop told the police details about the scene that only the killer himself could have known. this is a key location the jury will see for themselves. all 12 jurors will be brought here from london to view a number of areas that are significant in the case. the families face a trial of up to eight weeks. the case remains the largest and longest—running enquiry ever undertaken by sussex police. daniella relph, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news: president trump says the saudi crown prince has assured him that the investigation into the disappearance of the journalist jamal khashoggi will lead to answers. the cabinet meets before tomorrow's crucial eu summit on brexit, as brussels tells theresa may she needs to come up with concrete proposals to break the deadlock. a further delay to the rollout of the government's flagship welfare reform, it says to prevent claimants suffering har

the 432 years the murder of karen hadaway and nicola fellows has been an open case.en in wild park in brighton in october 1986. they were good friends, living just three doors away from each other on the nearby estate. russell bishop is the accused, on trial for their murders. but today the defence said the police had been building a case around the wrong man. the qc explained to the jury that there was someone else close to the girls who had no alibi. he told the court... barry fellows is not on trial here and thejury barry fellows is not on trial here and the jury was told they could not be asked to find him guilty or not guilty. nicola fellows mother, susan, was one of the first witnesses to give evidence at the trial today. she described her daughter as a funny and happy child. but she was asked by the defence if she knew of an allegation that her daughter had been in a sexually explicit video. she told the court she had not been aware of it until the police had told her in 1986. it will ultimately be for the jury of six men and six women to look at the evidence

russell bishop was among the first to find the bodies of nicola fellows and karen hadaway in brightonela relph is at the old bailey. what more is the court being told today? it has been a difficult and distressing morning" this morning especially for a mothers of nicola fellows a nd especially for a mothers of nicola fellows and karen hadaway who were sitting alongside each other in court how holding hands with other members of their families. the prosecution has focused on the discovery of their bodies in october 1986. the court heard that they were found huddled together in undergrowth in wild bar in brighton and that russian ship, the man accused of murdering them, was part of one of the first search parties to find the bodies. the court heard that he was prevented from getting too close by other members of the search party but later that day in what misstatement to the police he gave a great amount of detail about what he had found at the scene. prosecution saved there is no way he could have known that level of details the the prosecutor told the jurors that he was able to descri

for 32 years, the murder of karen hadaway and nicola fellows has been an open case.e found hidden in wild park in brighton in 0ctober1986. they were good friends, living just three doors away from each other on the nearby moulsecoomb estate. russell bishop is the accused on trial for their murders. but today, the defence said the police had been building a case against the wrong man. joel bannathan qc explained to the jury that there was someone else close to the girls who had no alibi. he told the court... barrie fellows is not on trial here, and the jury was told they couldn't be asked to find him guilty or not guilty. nicola fellows‘ mother susan was one of the first witnesses to give evidence at the trial today. she described her daughter as a funny and happy child. but she was asked by the defence if she knew of an allegation that her daughter had been in a sexually explicit video. she told the court that she hadn't been aware of it until the police had told her in 1986. it will ultimately be for the jury of six men and six women to look at the evidence and the

karen hadaway and nicola fellows lived less than half a mile away from the park.ulted. the jury members were taken on a route which passed this permanent memorial to the two girls. the judge had warned them yesterday that they wouldn't stop here — not out of disrespect to the victims, but because it isn't relevant to the trial. here's the area of land just beyond the fence... the site visit was a chance for the jurors to get to know the geography of this area, seeing for themselves the location they will hear about throughout the course of this trial. the defendant, russell bishop, who's being tried for the second time for the girls‘ killings, chose not to attend the site visit. we'll go ahead. tomorrow, the judge and jury will be back in the more familiar surrounds of the central criminal court, as the case continues. sarah campbell, bbc news, brighton. our top story this evening. the prime minister is heavily criticised for suggesting we could remain tied to the eu for longer than planned. the eu summit ends with no sign of a breakthrough. and how bands like u2

this is where the two girls, karen hadaway and nicola fellows, both nine years old, went missing on the after school. they didn't return home that evening and it was the following day when their bodies were found, not far from here in the park in a den. now today, the jury has been brought here really, to get a sense of the geography and the area where the girls were found. they were brought here from the old bailey by coach. they have been accompanied by the judge, mrjustice sweeney and also the barristers, who are not wearing their traditional clothes today, instead wearing suits and ties. and they have been taken around those key locations. they've already seen this morning, the den, the area where the two girls were discovered on the 10th of october 32 years ago. they also walked past a memorial, a long—standing memorial to the girls, but they didn't stop at that location. the judge had told them yesterday they didn't need to, it wasn't part of their considerations and there was no disrespect. they have also had pointed out to them, a fish and chip shop not too far away from here wh

today, he was back in court again, accused of the murder of nicola fellows and karen hadaway.at russell bishop told the police details about the scene that only the killer himself could have known. this is a key location the jury will see for themselves. all 12 jurors will be brought here from london to view a number of areas that are significant in the case. the families face a trial of up to eight weeks. the case remains the largest and longest—running enquiry ever undertaken by sussex police. every year, hundreds of children are born in the uk with parts missing from their oesophagus, the tube that connects your mouth to your stomach. repairing it requires complex surgery and causes many of them problems for life. but now, scientists in london have managed to grow one that is capable of the muscle contractions needed to move food down into the stomach. 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh has been talking to the scientists at great 0rmond street hospital, and the francis crick institure who are behind it. suspended in the middle of this glass jar is a laboratory—grown oes

in particular for the mothers of karen hadaway and nicola fellows.ren's younger sister listening to the detail of the evidence today which has been difficult to hear at times. they have been tearful as they heard some of the detail. the court has been dealing with the discovery of the girls bodies on october ten, 1986. thejury the girls bodies on october ten, 1986. the jury have the girls bodies on october ten, 1986. thejury have been the girls bodies on october ten, 1986. the jury have been told the girls bodies on october ten, 1986. thejury have been told by the girls bodies on october ten, 1986. the jury have been told by the prosecution that russell bishop, the man accused of murdering the girls, was part of the initial search party who found the bodies. the court has heard that apparently he'd try to get closer to the bodies but was prevented from doing so. the girls we re prevented from doing so. the girls were described as being found in undergrowth in a park in brighton and they were huddled together. over the next few days, russell bishop wa

karen hadaway and nicola fellows lived less than half a mile away from the park.saulted. the jury members were taken on a route which passed this permanent memorial to the two girls. the judge had warned them yesterday that they wouldn't stop here. not out of disrespect to the victims, but because it isn't relevant to the trial. here's the area of land just beyond the fence... the site visit was a chance for the jurors to get to know the geography of this area, seeing for themselves the location they will hear about throughout the course of this trial. the defendant, russell bishop, who's being tried for the second time for the girls‘ killings, chose not to attend the site visit. we'll go ahead. tomorrow, the judge and jury will be back in the more familiar surrounds of the central criminal court, as the case continues. sarah campbell, bbc news, brighton. the scottish government has confirmed a case of bse, or so—called mad cow disease, at a farm in aberdeenshire. movement restrictions have been put in place at the farm while further investigations take place. the

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former roofer russell bishop is on trial for the second time for the 1986 murders of karen hadaway and richard? sophie, the qc spent some time this morning telling thejury sophie, the qc spent some time this morning telling the jury about how he would defend russell bishop over the course of the trial, making clear there is only one person on trial for these clear there is only one person on trialfor these murders, russell bishop. but he said the law allows him to point out any facts which might implicate someone else, and he said he would bring in witnesses to show that at the time the girls went missing there was someone, you said, very close to them who has no alibi, someone, he said, had made comments after the killing which he said were far more incriminating than anything russell bishop said and someone, he went on to say, had a guilty secret that he had been complicit in the sexual abuse of nicola fellows. he told the jury abuse of nicola fellows. he told the jury that person, i'm afraid, is her father, barry ferllows. —— barry fellows. barry fellows is not on trial but the qc s

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remind us about this case. 32 years almost to the day when karen hadaway and nicola fellows, both nineollowing day in the woods near their home half a mile from where they live near brighton. they had been sexually assaulted and strangled —— where they lived. the prosecution opens the case and the jury prosecution opens the case and the jui’y were prosecution opens the case and the jury were told the defendant russell bishop had already been tried and acquitted for their murders the following year in 1987. they were also told that the court of appeal quashed those acquittals because of new evidence and the prosecutor said new evidence and the prosecutor said new evidence and the prosecutor said new evidence had emerged and there had been advances in dna testing and so had been advances in dna testing and so he is now facing a second trial. thejury so he is now facing a second trial. the jury was told that the defendant had also attempted to murder and kidnapping indecently assaulted a seven—year—old girl in brighton in 1994 which he was convicted. the prosecutor brian altman qc told th

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with that, he sat down crying karen hadaway bullseye mother stood up to be the first witness. that her daughter wasn't where she should been. she talked about increasing frantic efforts to find the two girls once it became clear they were missing, talking to neighbours, going to local parks and so on. enlisting the local cb radio clu b to so on. enlisting the local cb radio club to see if they could call out and find out if anybody has seen them. these are the days before mobile phones have been introduced. she became tearful once so far today when she described the moment of the police search intensified with the discovery of her daughter's body. it seemed russell bishop in the dark became emotional. he denies both cou nts became emotional. he denies both counts of murder and the trial continues. it's the biggest serial killing case in germany's post war history. 0n the first day of his trial, a 41—year—old male nurse has admitted killing 100 patients in his care. detectives say his motive was to impress colleagues by trying to resuscitate the very patients he had given overd

that is the park where 32 years ago almost to the day that nicola fellows and karen hadaway, both nine jury has been brought here to the scene to retrace their steps. they were brought by coach from the old bailey in london accompanied by the judge mrjustice sweeney and the barristers, who are not wearing their traditional clothing today but are in suits and ties. they were brought here with a police escort. there are uniformed officers around this area today as the jurors are taken around. that is so that no members of the public can disrupt their viewing in any way today and the juror 's are going to be taken around various landmarks in this area, in particular into the park behind us at the scene at the den in the area where the girls were filed. they will also walk past a long standing memorial which is in the park which is dedicated to the two girls. the judge told them that they won't be stopping at that more real. that is because it is not relevant to their considerations in the case and it is not disrespectful. today russell bishop the defendant is not here. he has decided not

russell bishop is on trial — for the second time — accused of the murders of nine—year—olds karen hadawayghton. today, the jurors today, thejurors and today, the jurors and judge today, thejurors and judge and also the barristers and court staff were brought from court 16 at the old bailey to hear on the outskirts of brighton, i coach with a police escort this morning. they looked around this area and saw uniformed police officers who were here on standby, so they wouldn't be disturbed as they carried out their jury disturbed as they carried out their jury visit. we are standing in a place called wild park and you maybe will to make at the pavilion behind us. will to make at the pavilion behind us. that is the pavilion where the jury us. that is the pavilion where the jury stopped as they went around to see various landmarks in the area. what the barrister said to them, as they stopped about pavilion, he said, behind the grass bank, leading into the woods, is where the two girls, nine years old, were found dead. they said that they had been found huddled together as if they we re found hu

former roofer russell bishop is on trial for the second time for the 1986 murders of karen hadaway and outlining to the jury this morning how he would defend russell bishop. he made the point that russell bishop is the only one on trial here but he said that the law allowed him to point out any evidence which might implicate someone else in this crime. he said he would bring in witnesses to show that at the time the girls went missing, there was someone very close the girls went missing, there was someone very close to them who had no alibi. someone he said who made comments after the girls‘ murder, which in his words with far more incriminating them anything russell bishop said at the time. someone he told the jury had a guilty secret because he had been complicit in the sexual abuse of nicola fellows, and he said that person was her father. he is not on trial here and he has not yet had the opportunity to a nswer not yet had the opportunity to answer these allegations in court, but thejudge said answer these allegations in court, but the judge said to the jury that once they had seen

this is where the two girls, karen hadaway and nicola fellows, both nine years old, went missing on theol. they didn't return home that evening and it was the following day when their bodies were found, not far from here in the park in a den. now today, the jury has been brought here really, to get a sense of the geography and the area where the girls were found. they were brought here from the old bailey by coach. they have been accompanied by the judge, mrjustice sweeney and also the barristers, who are not wearing their traditional clothes today, instead wearing suits and ties. and they have been taken around those key locations. they've already seen this morning, the den, the area where the two girls were discovered on the 10th of october 32 years ago. they also walked past a memorial, a long—standing memorial to the girls, but they didn't stop at that location. the judge had told them yesterday they didn't need to, it wasn't part of their considerations and there was no disrespect. they have also had pointed out to them a fish and chip shop not too far away from here, where some wi

russell bishop was among the first to find the bodies of nicola fellows and karen hadaway in brightone court heard they were found huddled together in undergrowth in wild park in brighton on that russell bishop, the man accused here of murdering them, was on the first search parties to find the bodies. the court heard that he was actually prevented from getting too close to the bodies by other members of that search party. but later that day in a witness statement given to the police, he gave a great amount of detail about what he had found at the scene. the prosecution say there is no way he could have known that level of detail. the prosecutor, brian altman qc, told jurors, "he was able thejury the jury have been thejury have been hearing more details about russell bishop‘s conviction. they were told yesterday in 1990 he was found guilty of the attempted murder and sexual assault ofa attempted murder and sexual assault of a seven—year—old girl. today, the jury of a seven—year—old girl. today, the jury have been given more details about that, about how russell bishop abducted the gir

karen hadaway and nicola fellows were sexually abused and strangled on the south downs on the outskirts made comments after the killings that are more incriminating anything russell bishop said and he said that same someone is a person who may have been able to order nicola fellows to meet him at the place where she was later found dead along with her friend karen and he said that someone has a guilty secret, and he said it could be a secret he could not let nicola fellows tell the world, about what has happened to her. he said that person, i am afraid, is barry fellows, and barry fellows is the father of nicola. barry fellows, he stressed to the jury, is not on trial here, he has not even called as a witness but the qc made clear that what he said to thejury should qc made clear that what he said to the jury should not be relied qc made clear that what he said to thejury should not be relied on qc made clear that what he said to the jury should not be relied on as evidence, he was simply outlining the evidence he would seek to get from witnesses he called but he summed up by saying onc