
The campaign to find Madeleine received a a massive boost today from JK Rowling. The author of the massive selling Harry Potter books has asked all retailers to display a specially designed poster of Madeleine when the sixth and final book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows goes on sale on Saturday 21st July. Ms [...]
July 16, 2007 | Posted in
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Travelled back to Portugal today on an early morning flight. It was heartening to see various posters of Madeleine up at all the check-in desks especially with the busy holiday season underway. The flight itself was quiet for Kate and I as the twins fell asleep shortly after take-off. My mum and sister have also [...]
July 15, 2007 | Posted in
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Kate, the twins and myself attended a family baptism today in Yorkshire where we stood as Godparents. At the end of the short service, which was lovely, prayers were said for Madeleine. It is the first time Kate has been to the UK since Madeleine disappeared but we wanted to support our family the same [...]
July 14, 2007 | Posted in
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Spent a large part of the day at the Child Exploitation and Online Protecetion (CEOP) headquarters in London. The work they are doing in the prevention and detection of child exploitation is fantastic and I have no doubt they are world leaders in many aspects of their work. The statistics of child abduction in the [...]
July 13, 2007 | Posted in
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It is ten weeks since Madeleine was abducted and every day has been incredibly hard for our family. No child should be separated from their family in such circumstances. The overwhelming messages of support, thoughts and prayers really help us stay strong. Somebody, somewhere knows where Madeleine is and it may take a single phone [...]
July 12, 2007 | Posted in
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This morning got off to a bad start when we were called, even before the twins were awake, by a reputable press agency saying that a body had been found and asking if it was true. It is very disappointing that this person did not check out the source of this rumour before contacting our [...]
July 11, 2007 | Posted in
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ITV1, 9PM 11/07/2007 WHILE EastEnders and Coronation Street both opted to drop their planned storylines featuring the abduction of a young girl out of sensitivity to the family of Madeleine McCann, Wire In The Blood presses on regardless. The new series starts with an eye-witness report of a young girl being bundled, screaming, into a [...]

Kate and I both managed early morning runs today- it is definitely the time of day to it with the high temperatures in the middle of summer. Getting some aerobic exercise certainly helps us feel better physically and psychologically which helps maintain our positive attitude. The investigation into Madelienes disapperance remains very active and we [...]
July 10, 2007 | Posted in
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By Mirror.co.uk 10/07/2007 BRITISH expatriate Robert Murat – the only formal suspect in the case of missing Madeleine McCann - was today being questioned again by police in Portugal. The 33-year-old attended a police station in Portugal’s Algarve this morning and was questioned by detectives, a spokesman for the McCann family said. Justine McGuinness said the issue was [...]

No major news today but it was heartening to see both the British and Portuguese Prime Ministers, Gordon Brown and Jose Socrates, publicly pledge they would continue to do everything to help find Madeleine.
July 9, 2007 | Posted in
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