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Lady Meyer in pursuit of abducted children like Madeleine McCann

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Mandrake by Richard Eden, last Updated: 12:04AM BST 18/05/2008 Frustrated at not being able to offer more assistance to the parents of Madeleine McCann, Lady Meyer has set her sights on co-ordinating the search for abducted children. The wife of our former ambassador to Washington, Sir Christopher Meyer, tells me that she ...

Madeleine McCann: reconstruction may occur

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

By Caroline Gammell Last Updated: 7:29PM BST 14/05/2008 A reconstruction of the night Madeleine McCann went missing may still go ahead, her parents' Portuguese lawyer has said. Doubts were raised after Kate and Gerry McCann publicly questioned the value of such an exercise so long after their daughter vanished. But Rogerio Alves said there ...

Kate McCann: ‘Pray like mad for Madeleine’

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

By Patrick Sawer and Tom Chivers Last Updated: 5:21PM BST 03/05/2008 Madeleine McCann's mother has asked the community to "pray like mad" during a church service to mark the first anniversary of her daughter going missing. Mrs McCann also expressed her gratitude to the congregation during a 30-minute service at St Mary and ...

Madeleine McCann left alone as ‘last minute decision’

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

By Nick Britten and Caroline Gammell Last Updated: 6:59PM BST 30/04/2008 The parents of Madeleine McCann have told how it was only a last-minute change of plan that led them to leave their children alone on the night their daughter disappeared. Kate and Gerry McCann said that they had planned to take the ...

McCanns hit out at ghoulish Madeleine tours

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

By Caroline Gammell in Praia da Luz Last Updated: 5:29PM BST 30/04/2008 Kate and Gerry McCann are deeply hurt by the "disgraceful" way in which tourists are making tours to visit the spot where their daughter Madeleine disappeared, a friend has said.Locals in Praia da Luz are fed up with the grisly ...

Kate McCann’s mother ‘wanted to shake her’ for leaving Madeleine

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

By Caroline Gammell in Praia da Luz Last Updated: 3:36pm BST 29/04/2008 By Caroline Gammell in Praia da Luz Last Updated: 2:18AM BST 30/04/2008 (The photo of Kate and Gerry with Pyjamas was pulled from the original article and replaced with the one below). Kate McCann’s mother wanted to shake her daughter and ...

Madeleine McCann ’suspect’ Robert Murat sues British media for libel

Monday, April 28th, 2008

By Gary Cleland Last Updated: 2:27PM BST 28/04/2008 Robert Murat, the British expatriate made a formal suspect over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has begun one of the largest libel claims in the history of British media. The 34-year-old, who lived close to the Portugal apartment where the missing girl was last seen, ...

Madeleine McCann complained to mother Kate about being left crying alone

Monday, April 28th, 2008

By Caroline Gammell in Brussels Last Updated: 2:27PM BST 28/04/2008 Madeleine McCann complained to her mother after she was left crying and alone on the night before she disappeared, leaked police documents have disclosed. The little girl, then aged three, spoke to Kate McCann at breakfast the following morning and said: "Mummy, why ...

Madeleine McCann: the (almost) true story

Monday, April 28th, 2008

By Lionel Shriver Last Updated: 2:17am BST 28/04/2008 Novelist Lionel Shriver strongly believes that the media has covered the Madeleine McCann case as if it were a work of fiction, distorting facts and demonising characters. And a year on, the family is paying the price. Like any novelist, I'm a sucker for ...

Tender moment with Pope gives parents hope (2)

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

By Richard Edwards in Rome Last Updated: 3:43PM BST 24/04/2008 Holding his hand as they asked him to bless their daughter, Kate and Gerry McCann yesterday told how a "personal and tender" moment with the Pope had given them renewed strength in the search for Madeleine. One month after the four-year-old was abducted, ...