our correspondent ben ando is at st albans crown court. at the start of the prosecution opening their case, the jury was warned that they needed to be ready to see some quite distressing images amongst the photographs that they would be shown jarring the trial. helen bailey was 51 years old when she died and was successful and a well—regarded author of teenage fiction. she created the character electro— brown and had been living with her partner ian stuart, who is 55. last year injuly he reported her missing. there was a campaign and friends of hers searched woodland nearby where she was known to walk with her the love that pets dash and called colin. following a tip—off, police went back to the home and followed a hatch that went down to a 100—year—old well, which

from st. albans, west virginia, please welcome back bill matheny. [cheers and applause] hi, buddy. >> [chuckles] ♪ >> bill, you've tried to get on this show for 17 years. you've auditioned once or twice every year. you almost didn't do it this year. you had to be convinced by a friend. and now you stand here on the precipice of $1 million. >> mm-hmm, yes. yes. i can't believe it. i just can't believe it. >> this is rarified air. i mean, i doubt i have to tell you, because you're also a fan of the show. you've watched for years. you know how few people have gotten to this point. >> i'm speechless right now. i'm sorry, i just can't say anything--i'm shocked. >> i understand. no, the emotion that must be going through you...

from st. albans, west virginia, please welcome bill matheny. [cheers and applause] how you doing? >> i'm doing well. thank you. can't believe it. >> has it really been 17 years you've been working to get on this show? >> since the show first aired with regis in august 1999. never panned out and i wasn't even gonna try this year, but one of my friends insisted that i try out. and i'm glad i did. [cheers and applause] >> this is it. do you believe in karma? i believe in karma as well. i think there's some good karma in the air about this. you're meant to be here today. we're gonna do some really good things. let me tell you what you're up against: 14 questions. the money values going $500 all the way up to that

our correspondent ben ando has been following the case at st albans crown court. what is the latest that the court has heard? the lady is 88 years old now and has given evidence via video link from her home. she told the jury that she and her daughter spoke often on the phone and in the weeks before she disappeared in april last year helen bailey had said to her mother that she was worried about her state of mind. she said she felt spaced out and had suffered from memory lapses. she described to in particular, one where she went to the supermarket and found after she left that she was still holding the scanner she had used to check prices, and another where she went for the four award on the beach with her dog and got home to find she had left him out there. her partner went out to retrieve him. mrs bailey said her daughter was traumatised by this. she said she kept repeating, you know, ma'am, iwould never do this. she was devoted to the dog. she described another time when her daughter said she had slept for five hours in the morning after a full nights sleep. co

albans abbey. onto the roads now, and in limehouse there's a lane blocked westbound, which is causing delays at limehouse link tunnel. let's have a check on the weather now with. good morning. it's a very cold start to the day with temperatures in some spots overnight down at —5. so a widespread frost this morning. it's feeling cold but we have plenty of sunshine. there is the risk of maybe some mist and freezing fog patches out there but they shouldn't last for too long. plenty of blue sky day. the wind is light. a bit more cloud the further north you are but the temperature against ruggles, feeling chilly, between three and five celsius the maximum temperature. overnight tonight, clear in the most part, temperatures falling away fairly quickly when the sun sets, not as cold as last night, we see a little bit more cloud starting to feed in. towns and cities should hover above zero, between one and three celsius. still the chance of frost tomorrow morning, though. for the next couple of days high