And the hearing opens with the kind of vitriol everyone has anticipated.

The hearing opened on April 25, but was immediately adjourned until May 1.

The hearing was inconclusive, but opened the door to a more serious look at police procedure.

Woodward's legal team filed post-conviction motions to the trial court, and the hearing opened on 4 November.

The long-awaited hearing opened with the reading of the names of those that died, followed by a minute's silence.

I said something to Rickman just before the hearing opened, and he got it wrong, that's all.

"I'm here," she announced as the hearing opened.

The public hearings opened on 1 December 2009.

When hearings opened the following April it was as if monarchy itself was in the dock.

I eased to my left, toward the kitchen, my hearing opened to the full.