'Substantial phase of activity' in search for missing girl could begin as early as Monday if technicalities permit, sources say Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are expected next week to begin searching on the ground in the Portuguese holiday resort where she went missing seven years ago. Officers from the British investigative team could begin examining areas in Praia...
Which nations bucked the trend in the Euro elections and surged towards leftwing parties? The headline gains were for nationalist and Eurosceptic parties witness all those pictures of "evil" Nigel Farage smiling into his pint glass, or of Marine Le Pen, whose Front National party triumphed in France , throwing back her head and cackling. But some member nations bucked the trend in the Euro...
Officers from UK investigative team will be in Praia da Luz with Portuguese counterparts in next few weeks, Met says Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are to begin searching on the ground in Portugal in the next few weeks. Continue reading... ...
Country to become second in eurozone to leave EU/IMF rescue programme despite sporadic growth and high unemployment On Saturday Portugal willbecome the second eurozone state to exit its international financial bailout, after Ireland, having stuck to the European Union's austerity demands to beat the eurozone crisis. The 78bn (£64.5bn) rescue programme assembled by the EU and the International...
Youth unemployment and the need for more democracy are among the hot topics at three-day European Youth Event It is not everyone's idea of a weekend Euro-break: a conference in the sprawling maze of parliamentary buildings in Strasbourg to debate the virtues of European democracy. Yet they came in their thousands more than 8,000 young people from 28 member states to celebrate the European Union and...
Is the Press Complaints Commission going to find itself dealing with one last controversial complaint or will it become the first headache for the new Independent Press Standards Organisation? I refer to the concerns aired about current media coverage of the renewed search for Madeleine McCann by both her parents and the police. "We are dismayed with the way the media has behaved over the last...
Portuguese authorities give permission for sites to be searched in Praia da Luz after request from British detectives Search teams are expected to start excavating sites in Portugal as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Portuguese authorities are understood to have given permission for the search of several sites in Praia da Luz, where Madeleine went missing aged...
Ground-penetrating radar will be used as investigation into her disappearance moves into increased activity on ground British police and forensic experts are to use ground-penetrating radar in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz as the investigation into the disappearance seven years ago of Madeleine McCann moves into increased activity on the ground. The team the first from the UK to work alongside...
Report says forensics team plan to use radar equipment to look underground for clues to child's disappearance seven years ago The search for missing child Madeleine McCann is set to enter a new phase as British police prepare to travel to Portugal to oversee excavations in the Portuguese resort where she went missing seven years ago, according to a report. A team of forensic officers will use radar...
EU praises Athens for budget surplus while Lisbon's return to bond market boosts hopes of avoiding second bailout Europe's recovery from its debt crisis took two significant steps forward on Wednesday as Greece posted a primary budget surplus and Portugal made a successful return to the bond markets for the first time in three years. The European commission paved the way for Greece to begin debt relief...
New cases, including one in Praia da Luz resort, come to light following fresh appeal for information last month Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal nearly seven years ago say they now know of nine sexual assaults and three "near misses" on British girls between the ages of six and 12 who were on holiday in the Algarve between 2004 and 2006. One of the assaults,...
Survey shows increase in the number of new poor in seven countries and challenges the official European Union discourse Far from being over Europe's economic crisis is getting worse with disturbing levels of poverty and deprivation being noted among children and youth, says a report compiled by the Catholic charity Caritas. The survey, conducted over the course of the past year, not only challenges...
Revelation by source close to investigators comes day after new appeal for information on British girl's disappearance in Portugal A suspect in Madeleine McCann case who may have sexually assaulted five British girls in the Algarve up to 10 years ago died in 2009, according to a source close to Portuguese investigators into the disappearance of the three year-old. The source also said there had been...
Detective says police want to speak to a man they say committed a series of sex offences on children in Portugal ...
Reaction follows new appeal about man who assaulted five British girls in Portugal's Algarve before Madeleine vanished UK police hoping to identify a sexual predator who assaulted five British girls aged seven to 10 in Portugal's Algarve before Madeleine McCann disappeared said they had received 250 calls and emails in response to the latest appeal on Wednesday. "We are reviewing this information...
Identifying a series of attacks has proved the key to similar cases. But it could mean an end to hopes that Madeleine is alive There is no doubt that the breakthrough announced by the Metropolitan police in the Madeleine McCann inquiry is significant. Identifying a potentially linked series of sex attacks, as detectives on the inquiry have done, has been the key to solving similarly high-profile cases...
Academic who drafted plan for support from former slaving nations says ‘Our aim is to open a dialogue with European states’ Ed Pilkington ...
Torvosaurus gurneyi was up to 10m long and had 10cm blade-shaped teeth, say scientists who found fossils in Portugal Fossilised remains of what scientists believe was the largest terrestrial predator ever to have roamed Europe have been found in Portugal. The dinosaur, a new species named Torvosaurus gurneyi , was up to 10m (33ft) long and weighed between four and five tonnes. Its head measured 1.15m...
Scotland Yard said to be seeking Portuguese police help to interview three men over girl's disappearance in 2007 ...
s disappearance in Portugal, says parents' spokesman British police are reportedly preparing the ground to make the first arrests in their investigations into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. A spokesman for Madeleine's parents told the Daily Mirror that police were ready to arrest and interview "key suspects". Scotland Yard confirmed that it had sent an international letter of request to the...