media reaction and "restraint" following latest SY statement

russiandoll wrote:taking up part of front page, Express 22 July, story inside.

    [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

I know the Express front page layouts have been discussed - and let's face it they are open to interpretation - but I do love the bootlace at the bottom - 'Get Ruth Rendell's 'Not in the Flesh' at WHSmith for £1'

It seems that every Express article recently about Madeleine has such a 'subtle' juxtaposed headline!

deafoldbat wrote:It seems that every Express article recently about Madeleine has such a 'subtle' juxtaposed headline!

It certainly looks that way.
Perhaps we should start a new thread dedicated to examining it.
The only problem is . . . I don't know how or where to find the front page like that. The on-line edition doesn't give that layout. Anyone ?

PeterMac wrote:

deafoldbat wrote:It seems that every Express article recently about Madeleine has such a 'subtle' juxtaposed headline!

It certainly looks that way.
Perhaps we should start a new thread dedicated to examining it.
The only problem is  . . .   I don't know how or where to find the front page like that.   The on-line edition doesn't give that layout. Anyone ?

 Try this link Peter

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

front pages are on Sky news site at 10.30 p.m. Even after midnight however it is always difficult to find the online version of the paper in order to read the full story, there now though  :




  British police go-ahead to start search in Portugal
SCOTLAND Yard detectives could begin work in Portugal within weeks as they step up the hunt for Madeleine McCann.
By: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Published: Mon, July 22, 2013



[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]


[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Scotland Yard detectives believe Madeleine McCann may still be alive

The Crown Prosecution Service has written to Portuguese judges asking for permission for a team to gather evidence, with the help of local police.

A CPS spokesman said: “We can confirm that a Letter of Request has now been sent to the Portuguese authorities.”

It is hoped this will ease the way for officers from the UK to be based in Portugal to interview witnesses and suspects, search properties and be present should any arrests need to be made.

Portugal will now have to reply to the UK authorities and agree to the request to gather evidence over there. However there is no reason to suggest they will refuse. The Metropolitan Police has identified 38 “persons of interest” – 12 of them UK citizens.

Senior Metropolitan Police officers from Operation Grange, the inquiry into Madeleine’s disappearance, remain optimistic of making progress in the case. Announcing the full-blown investigation, Detective Chief Inspector Andy Redwood said: “It is a positive step in our hunt for Madeleine that our understanding of the evidence has enabled us to shift from review to investigation. We, and the Portuguese authorities, remain completely committed to finding out what happened to Madeleine, and everything we do is utterly focused on her best interests. We continue to believe that there is a possibility that Madeleine is alive.”

International criminal investigations in Europe are governed by two treaties – the 1959 European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, and the Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between EU States of 2000.

Madeleine – who would now be 10 – went missing from her holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in the Algarve on May 3, 2007, as her parents dined with friends.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]Kate and Gerry McCan have 'absolute faith' in Scotland Yard

The Metropolitan Police has identified 38 persons of interest

Neither Kate nor Gerry McCann, both 45, nor the friends who were eating with them that night are among the 38 people identified, police said. None of the 38 is known to the McCanns. But Kate and Gerry have said they “have absolute faith in the work Scotland Yard are doing”.

The Portuguese investigation is officially closed but authorities there are backing the new Scotland Yard inquiry and officers from both countries will work together in pursuing new leads.

A team of 37 Met police officers and staff is now working on the case. The 12 British “persons of interest” were in Portugal at the time Madeleine vanished, and are currently thought to be in Portugal or the UK. The other 26 are believed to be in these countries or three other unnamed European nations. So far the inquiry team has gathered 30,500 documents and generated 3,800 actions that they need to tackle.

Operation Grange was launched in 2011 after the McCanns, from Rothley, Leics, appealed directly to David Cameron for help from Scotland Yard.

The new full-blown investigation is being funded by the Home Office. The cost of the review so far has been put at around ­£5million.

GET the COST of £5 MILLION in at all times.
Just to remind all the other parents of 'missing' children, that recieved no help, "WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER"

Where does the cost of investigating ONE 'missing' child that the mother of has said 'we don't know what happened to her' stop?
£10 MILLION, £20 MILLION £100 MILLION?
The parents of other missing children, and believe it or not there are some, would be quiet happy to have 38 exclusively dedicated police officers and unlimited resources, time and money, from their government to find their child.