General discussion about the latest news (not search related)

[mercury]

I'm content to wait for official announcements rather than - a source said.

Yes  me too seeing as a source said always related to family or the spin doctor

[mercury]

The express has solved it, madeleine was stolen from a hospital as a baby and lovingly reared for 18 years


http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/700198/Woman-kidnapped-South-Africas-Madeleine-McMcann-Zephanie-jailed-10-years

[mercury]

Oh dear
Linking to MM is sometimes a bad idea
http://metro.co.uk/2011/06/13/murderers-of-madeleine-mccann-of-israel-jailed-for-life-42706/

[pathfinder73]

Madeleine McCann's parents dump a key member of their team in a bid to slash spiralling costs

BY TRACEY KANDOHLA

Kate and Gerry axed PR expert Clarence Mitchell after nine years as they face uncertainty over the future of the £12million investigation

The parents of Madeleine McCann have dumped their spokesman in a bid to reduce spiralling costs.

Kate and Gerry axed PR expert Clarence Mitchell after nine years as they face uncertainty over the future of the £12million investigation – codenamed Operation Grange – into the disappearance of their daughter.

Kate and Gerry have just five more weeks of guaranteed Government funding towards the search.

The couple have vowed to use money from the official fund to continue the probe themselves, saying: “We will continue to do everything we can to help find our daughter. Our hope and resolve continues.”

Mr Mitchell was told his “services were no longer needed” in an email from heart doctor Gerry, who explained the family had to “cut costs”.

The Tory MP hopeful and former BBC journalist, who has helped keep Maddie’s disappearance in the global spotlight, was said to be “hurt” but respects their “more pressing agenda”.

The fund stands at £480,000, but the McCanns face a £434,000 libel bill to ex-Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral.

It is the first time since the three-year-old vanished from a holiday apartment in Portugal’s Praia da Luz, in May 2007, that the family have not had an official spokesman.

Mr Mitchell told the Mirror last night: “It makes perfect sense for Kate and Gerry to keep careful consideration over all their costs. I will continue to help them as circumstances require.”

Former GP Kate and Gerry, both 48, are bracing themselves for Scotland Yard shelving the investigation on October 5. Officers have said there is now only one lead “worth pursuing”.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccanns-parents-dump-key-8731091

So he's gone but he's not - "I will continue to help them as circumstances require."

[mercury]

Why they bracing themselves
Did they think this investigation would go on for ever?Their kid isnt the only one missing and theyve been given years and years of help unlike anyone else, their thanks in church should ensue

[ShiningInLuz]

Madeleine McCann's parents dump a key member of their team in a bid to slash spiralling costs

BY TRACEY KANDOHLA

Kate and Gerry axed PR expert Clarence Mitchell after nine years as they face uncertainty over the future of the £12million investigation

The parents of Madeleine McCann have dumped their spokesman in a bid to reduce spiralling costs.

Kate and Gerry axed PR expert Clarence Mitchell after nine years as they face uncertainty over the future of the £12million investigation – codenamed Operation Grange – into the disappearance of their daughter.

Kate and Gerry have just five more weeks of guaranteed Government funding towards the search.

The couple have vowed to use money from the official fund to continue the probe themselves, saying: “We will continue to do everything we can to help find our daughter. Our hope and resolve continues.”

Mr Mitchell was told his “services were no longer needed” in an email from heart doctor Gerry, who explained the family had to “cut costs”.

The Tory MP hopeful and former BBC journalist, who has helped keep Maddie’s disappearance in the global spotlight, was said to be “hurt” but respects their “more pressing agenda”.

The fund stands at £480,000, but the McCanns face a £434,000 libel bill to ex-Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral.

It is the first time since the three-year-old vanished from a holiday apartment in Portugal’s Praia da Luz, in May 2007, that the family have not had an official spokesman.

Mr Mitchell told the Mirror last night: “It makes perfect sense for Kate and Gerry to keep careful consideration over all their costs. I will continue to help them as circumstances require.”

Former GP Kate and Gerry, both 48, are bracing themselves for Scotland Yard shelving the investigation on October 5. Officers have said there is now only one lead “worth pursuing”.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccanns-parents-dump-key-8731091

So he's gone but he's not - "I will continue to help them as circumstances require."

I thought they had ring-fenced £750,000 relatively recently.

Oooooh, and why 5 October????????

[mercury]

The good thing  about this  is that the  mccanns might  actually speak for themselves for a change ouwith controlled interviews, maybe

[Robittybob1]

The good thing  about this  is that the  mccanns might  actually speak for themselves for a change ouwith controlled interviews, maybe

They have certainly learned a lot about handling the media.  I wish them all the luck they need.

[mercury]

Sounds like there might have been a fallng ut or else tracey kandhla cant stand mitchell, why the use of words like dumped and axed? For someone whose worked for them for years

[mercury]

http://portugalresident.com/riddle-of-misinformation-as-media-reports-mccanns-%E2%80%9Cdown-to-their-last-%E2%82%AC72000%E2%80%9D

[G-Unit]

 http://portugalresident.com/riddle-of-misinformation-as-media-reports-mccanns-%E2%80%9Cdown-to-their-last-%E2%82%AC72000%E2%80%9D
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Well that's one rumour scotched then. Amaral stressed that he has not asked for “any kind of compensation” - let alone €500,000.

It's nice to read a measured newspaper report without sensational claims which we all suspect are wild guesses. Is it only in small newspapers that journalists can do what they should be doing; reporting, not speculating?

[mercury]

Indeed, whoeverer was behnd  those tabloid reports is an utter plank and a half

A) for lying
B) for thnkng it will encourage sympathy

Or else the tabloids have been given the go ahead to play mischief

[sadie]

Indeed, whoeverer was behnd  those tabloid reports is an utter plank and a half

A) for lying
B) for thnkng it will encourage sympathy

Or else the tabloids have been given the go ahead to play mischief

Erm ?  I am not following your reasoning.

[mercury]

Erm ?  I am not following your reasoning.

Why not?

Which bit?

The uk papers lied

Use that as your first point in a logic argument

[misty]

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/711761/Madeline-McCann-Fresh-cash-lifeline-search-missing-child-scotland-yard

By JAMES MURRAY AND CAROLINE WHEELER
PUBLISHED: 00:01, Sun, Sep 18, 2016

Financing for the four-strong team of officers working on Operation Grange was due to end in October.

But a fresh request, believed to be for a sum of around £100,000, was submitted to the Home Office as the deadline approached and has now been signed off.

A Whitehall source had indicated funding would be approved if “compelling evidence that justifies the use of additional taxpayers’ money” was provided by the team.

A spokesman for the Home Office said on Friday: “We have provided the Metropolitan Police with the funding required for Operation Grange to continue until at least the end of this financial year.

“The resources required will be reviewed again at this point.”

So far the inquiry into Madeleine’s disappearance from the apartment in Praia de Luz has cost £12million. At its height more than 30 officers were on the case.

Last month the "German Madeline McCann" was found 15 years after the girl's disappearance.
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Excellent news! That one remaining lead must be worth continued investigation.