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McCanns: Don’t forget Madeleine

McCanns: Don’t forget Madeleine

Paul Byrne in Praia Da Luz 31/12/07
Kate and Gerry McCann were devastated when they were told posters featuring their daughter Madeleine were being taken down from shop windows in Praia da Luz.
The story has also dropped out of Portuguese newspapers and is rarely featured on television.
Now the couple say they are prepared to go back [...]

Sisters saw Murat at McCann flat

Sisters saw Murat at McCann flat

By Paul Byrne and Will Payne 29/12/07
Sisters Jayne Jensen and Annie Wiltshire say they are 100 per cent sure they saw Robert Murat nearby minutes after Madeleine McCann vanished.
A friend said last night: “Jayne and Annie know what they saw and that is that.”
Annie, 58, and Jayne, 54, holidayed at the same resort complex and [...]

McCanns battle for secret file

McCanns battle for secret file

28/12/07
Kate and Gerry McCann face a six-month wait before being told why they are suspects in the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine.
They hoped Portuguese police would be forced to open their file on January 3 in accordance with normal procedure.
Under Portuguese law a police file should be made public after eight months – but detectives [...]

Madeleine’s poster blitz

Madeleine’s poster blitz

Search volunteers target Morocco
Paul Byrne In Praia Da Luz 27/12/07
A massive new poster campaign has been launched in Morocco to find missing Madeleine McCann.
Schools, supermarkets and medical centres are being blitzed with thousands of photos of the four-year-old.
And letters written in French and Arabic are being sent to towns and villages in the most remote [...]

Hundreds call hotline after Madeleine TV appeal

Hundreds call hotline after Madeleine TV appeal

By Rod Chaytor And Paul Byrne 26/12/07
Kate and Gerry McCann have been given a massive boost by significant new leads emerging from a Christmas appeal for information, a friend revealed yesterday.
The friend said: “There is always hope while there is new information to investigate. There has been a flood of calls following the release of [...]

Hunt for Gerry’s missing tennis bag which ‘could have been used to carry Madeleine away’

Hunt for Gerry’s missing tennis bag which ‘could have been used to carry Madeleine away’

By VANESSA ALLEN – Last updated at 19:03pm on 25th December 2007
Police want to trace a tennis bag allegedly taken from Kate and Gerry McCann’s apartment on the night Madeleine went missing, it was claimed yesterday.
Detectives think the blue holdall could have been used to carry Madeleine away, or even to transport her body.
It belonged [...]

Presents from Madeleine with love

Presents from Madeleine with love

EXCLUSIVE: Well-wishers’ toys are sent to orphans The McCanns: We want Madeleine’s toys to go to the little boys and girls who need them most
By Martin Fricker And Paul Byrne In Praia Da Luz 24/12/07
Thousands of toys left for Madeleine McCann have been donated to orphans for Christmas by her brave parents.
The toys, placed on [...]

A time for believing with all your heart

A time for believing with all your heart

Tony Parsons 24/12/07
Be brave, sweetheart,” says Kate McCann to her missing daughter Madeleine – and it would be hard to imagine a more heartbreaking Christmas message.
Be brave, sweetheart. It is the kind of thing a parent says to a four-year-old when they fall and scrape their knee, or when they are afraid of their first [...]

Kate and Gerry McCann: We can’t face giving each other Christmas presents

Kate and Gerry McCann: We can’t face giving each other Christmas presents

By DANIEL BOFFEY – Last updated at 00:23am on 24th December 2007
Kate and Gerry McCann will not be giving each other presents on Christmas Day.
They have agreed it would be inappropriate to celebrate between themselves when they spend the day at Kate’s parents in Liverpool.
They have told friends they cannot face Christmas at home in [...]

Day 234 – 23/12/2007

Day 234 – 23/12/2007

As most of you will know by now Kate and I did an appeal for broadcast on TV yesterday. This was a desperate attempt to get someone who knows what happened to Madeleine to come forward and end our misery and the dreadful situation for everyone. Madeleine should not be spending Christmas away from her [...]