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The extension, ripped down in 25 minutes by a JCB yesterday, is attached to a farmhouse that Eddie was renovating on the day Ben vanished, July 24, 1991.
The grandad said while he is “nervous” about returning to the site, he is desperate to help solve the 25-year mystery that has plagued his family.
Eddie told the Daily Mirror: “I feel apprehensive because this feels different from the search in 2012.
Ben Needham's grandad makes "distressing" return to Kos farmhouse where toddler grandson disappeared 25 years ago
07:45, 5 OCT 2016 UPDATED 11:55, 5 OCT 2016
BY LUCY THORNTON , ANDY LINES
Eddie Needham, 68, is travelling to the Greek island to 'walk around' the site and meet the British police officers searching for his missing grandson
BEN Needham's grandad is on site with police looking at the farmhouse extension that was demolished yesterday.
Eddie Needham spent a minute with officers at the area the Kos farmhouse where his grandson disappeared 25 years ago.
He looked nervous as he was accompanied by Detective Inspector Jon Cousins but said good morning to waiting reporters.
Daily Mirror / Andy StenningEddie Needham, grandfather of missing Ben back at the farmhouse on Kos where he went missing 26 years agoEddie Needham, grandfather of missing Ben back at the farmhouse on Kos
It was the first time he had been here - where Ben vanished in 1991 - for four years.
Eddie is travelled to the Greek island to 'walk around' the site and meet the British police officers searching for the missing toddler.
The 68-year-old is making the emotional visit to the farmhouse - where Ben was playing when he vanished in July 1991 - at the "request of the police".
However, he is also doing so for "personal reasons".
This morning, Detective Inspector Jon Cousins said he hoped Eddie would be able to explain more about how and when the extension to the farmhouse was constructed.
Andy Stenning/Daily MirrorBen Needham's grandad will today make a "difficult" return to the Kos farmhouseBen Needham's grandad will today make a "difficult" return to the Kos farmhouse
PAHe will 'walk around' the site and meet the British police officers searching for his missing grandson, Ben (pictured)He will 'walk around' the site and meet the British police officers searching for his missing grandson, Ben (pictured)
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He said: "Ben's grandfather, Eddie Needham, will be attending later this morning. He is coming as a result of a request from myself
"I want the experts to be here and I want, for myself as well, to have a good understanding of his recollection of the activities around the day and the days after Ben's disapperance.
"It's also important to say it's an extremely difficult time for anyone else who's going to be here. Very distressing and very probably upsetting.
"He is also here for his own personal reasons... It is going to be hard, he will be walking round and meeting everybody, he'll be looking at everything we're doing."
Speaking at a press conference, Det Insp Cousins, who is leading the investigation, added that he believes Eddie last visited the site during a search in 2012.
PeriscopeDetective Inspector Jon Cousins (above) said he believes Eddie last visited the site during a search in 2012Detective Inspector Jon Cousins (above) said he believes Eddie last visited the site during a search in 2012
Daily MirrorThe farmhouse extension was ripped down in 25 minutes by a JCB yesterdayThe farmhouse extension was ripped down in 25 minutes by a JCB yesterday
Phillip Coburn / Daily MirrorPOLICE demolish a section of the farmhouse in the search for Ben NeedhamInvestigations have centred on the area for the last few days
"I'm not aware that he has been back since that time," he said.
Eddie, a former builder from Lincolnshire, had previously told the Daily Mirror that he wants "answers" about his grandson's disappearance "before I got to my grave".
He said he wants to look at the concrete foundations under the torn-down building to see if they’re the same ones he worked on a few weeks after Ben went missing.
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The extension, ripped down in 25 minutes by a JCB yesterday, is attached to a farmhouse that Eddie was renovating on the day Ben vanished, July 24, 1991.
The grandad said while he is “nervous” about returning to the site, he is desperate to help solve the 25-year mystery that has plagued his family.
Eddie told the Daily Mirror: “I feel apprehensive because this feels different from the search in 2012.
Daily MirrorOn the day Ben vanished, Eddie’s wife had brought the toddler to visit his grandad at work at the farmhouseOn the day Ben vanished, Eddie’s wife had brought the toddler to visit his grandad at work at the farmhouse
Phillip Coburn / Daily MirrorPOLICE demolish a section of the farmhouse in the search for Ben NeedhamAngle grinders were used to cut into the walls and ceilings
Police start demolishing farmhouse in Ben Needham search
"The police definitely think that Ben is no longer alive. I just think there are things we don’t know.
"I want to look them in the eyes. I believe they have a strong indication that something is amiss.
“They have told us to prepare for the worst, they have told us gruesomely how he could have been crushed by a digger.
“But if they do find Ben, it is the end of one nightmare and the beginning of another. It’s a horrible feeling living with this never-ending pain of guilt.
"This police theory of an accident makes that even worse.”
On the day Ben vanished, Eddie’s wife Christine, 64, had brought the toddler to visit his grandad at work at the farmhouse.
Eddie has found coping with the guilt of being in charge of Ben, then just 21 months old, when he disappeared almost unbearable.
He said: “At the end of the day he was with me and his grandma and he went missing in our care.
