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Sunday, 15 April 2007 (about 8pm) ... We had an eventful journey back from ADM and one which was typically tired and fraught with conflicting emotion.

As there was some debate about when ADM might finish, our flight back was the last of the day (8.35pm) - and at a cost of less than £50 we shouldn't really complain that it was delayed. But tired and drawn, the last thing you want is a jokey pilot .... Apparently, the flight was almost scrapped due to a dodgy light bulb .... The helpful and oh, ever so hilarious pilot, told us that because it was hanging 30ft in the air, he couldn't "change it himself" ...

But none of us were laughing as we heard various reports that our colleagues Alan Johnston, the BBC Correspondent abducted in Gaza, may have been murdered by an extremist Palastinian group.

After very emotional calls for his immediate release at ADM it came as something of a blow to recieve distressing text messages. We all checked e-mails and news for updates, but as has been much the case since Alan's abduction, verifying facts is next to impossible.

With no confirmation, the only thing to do was wait and hope ...