Pensioner held over Joanna Yeates murder

Police arrested the man at an address in Canynge Road, Clifton, Bristol – the road where Miss Yeates lived – at 7am today and took him into custody for questioning over the 25-year-old's death. An Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said: "Just after 7am this morning, police attended an address in Canynge Road and arrested a 65-year-old man on suspicion of murder.

"He has been taken into custody at a police station within the Avon and Somerset force area and detained for questioning."

Ms Yeates' body was discovered on Christmas Day, eight days after she disappeared.

A post-mortem examination discovered she had been strangled.

She was last seen alive on December 17 when she was seen on CCTV visiting two supermarkets and an off licence near her home.

Her boyfriend, Greg Reardon, with whom she lived, reported her missing two days later when he returned home from visiting family in Sheffield.