The man accused of killing the television presenter Jill Dando will not be giving evidence in his own defence, the Old Bailey heard yesterday.

The man accused of killing Jill Dando was an obsessive fantasist who kept photos of other television presenters including Anthea Turner and Emma Freud in his flat, a court heard.

'I would be a skinny Viking'

Kirsty Young is becoming the face (and the voice) of the BBC. She already presents a national institution in 'Desert Island Discs'. And from next week, she's taking on another

At the very least, the studio shot and CCTV footage invite us to dwell on Ms Bowman's youth and beauty

This Sunday, BBC1 screens a drama that is sure to alarm the public and government alike. And so it should, the makers tell James Rampton

FIVE MONTHS after Jill Dando was gunned down on the doorstep of her London home, friends and colleagues yesterday held a memorial service for the television presenter.

IN A second-storey office where the breeze was blowing through a balcony window, a dozen men and women were busy at their desks yesterday trying to solve what has become one of Britain's most notorious murders.

JILL DANDO made an eerie appeal to the public to solve her own murder on the BBC's Crimewatch programme which last night staged a reconstruction of her death.

Sir: You report today (17 May) that the BBC "will be setting up a victim support line for those who want to talk about their grief" having watched the Crimewatch UK broadcast which would have been presented by Jill Dando. By what distortion of even the vocabulary of recreational grief can television viewers be regarded as "victims" of Jill Dando's murder? Who precisely are the "victims" who will take part in the "brief and simple tribute" to the murdered presenter?

AS THE junior Antiques Roadshow proves, kids have got into this collecting lark big time. What's mind-boggling is that the latest must- have item - stuffed toys called Beanie Babies - have no TV or film tie- ins, and have been seen changing hands for up to pounds 2,000.

ALAN FARTHING, the fiance of Jill Dando, spoke of his disbelief and devastation yesterday over the murder of the BBC television presenter.

`The silly sentiment that makes television viewers feel that they knew Jill Dando is not so different from the corrupted obsession that ended in blame and hate and murder'

JILL DANDO was shot dead by someone using a hollow-point bullet fired from a 9mm handgun fitted with a silencer - details that point overwhelmingly to the work of a hitman.