Madeleine McCann And Shannon Matthews: Pets And Parents, The Sun Raises And A Disco
MADDYWATCH - Anorak’s at-a-glance guide to press coverage of Madeleine McCann and Shannon Matthews
DAILY MIRROR: “McCanns diver fury”
Always “fury”.
Kate and Gerry McCann reacted with fury yesterday after divers began a second search of a reservoir for Madeleine’s body.
The couple told friends the search - funded by a Portuguese lawyer who they claim is a “fantasist” seeking publicity - is a distraction from the hunt.
Marcos Aragao Correia claims crime contacts told him she was killed and left in the lake two days after going missing.
Says a McCann “source”: “There’s no evidence Madeleine is in that reservoir. They believe she is alive and are concentrating on finding her.”
IRISH INDEPENDENT: “Divers search remote Algarve lake for Maddy.”
Says Mr Aragao: “If I was Madeleine’s parents, I’d want to be helped. It may not be the outcome they want if I find Madeleine, but it’s important for them that they find out what happened to her and recover her body if she is dead. There may be genetic evidence on the corpse that could help the police discover who killed her.”
Indeed. Any more clues? Can the paper help?
A Portuguese lorry driver told Metodo 3 he saw the German girlfriend of Madeleine suspect Robert Murat handing over a child in a blanket to a mystery man in Silves, a five-minute drive from the reservoir, on May 5 last year.
Michaela Walczuch has claimed she is being framed to protect the McCanns and denied any involvement in their daughter’s disappearance. She has never been made an official suspect and has only ever been quizzed as a witness.
So why mention it?
THE SUN: “Stepfather is innocent says Shannon’s dad”
A picture of Craig Meehan, Shannon’s stepfather
Says he: “I’ve never hit Karen (Shannon’s mother) or any of the children. We play about, as you do, but have a brilliant relationship.”
Says Shannon’s father Leon Rose: “I don’t believe it. “I’m horrified anyone would suggest that. They got on really well. I was not around for some years and he has been a real dad to her. If there had been any problems I am sure she would have told me.”
What of mum? “Karen, meanwhile, has told how Shannon’s pet dog Scania is pining for her. She said: ‘Scania won’t keep still.’”
Watching the parents. Watching the family. Watching the pets.
DAILY MIRROR: “I’VE TOLD THE KIDS SHANNON’S GONE AWAY ON HOLIDAY.”
A friend said: “Every time little Courtney sees a picture of Shannon in the paper or on the TV she points at it and says her sister’s name. Karen can’t bear the thought of telling her Shannon has disappeared so she has said she’s on holiday. “She has got so much to worry about already that she just can’t risk upsetting Courtney.”
Watching the parents. Watching the family. Watching the children.
Yesterday, Karen tried going in to Shannon’s bedroom for the first time since the nine-year-old went missing three weeks ago after a school swimming trip in Dewsbury, West Yorks. But she was overcome with emotion.
We are watching the parents. Watching the family. Looking through windows. Looking through walls.
An anonymous donor has given £10,000 to the appeal to find her.
DAILY EXPRESS: “SHANNON REWARD INCREASED TO £50,000”
The Sun has up its reward from £20,000 - to £50,000. But if a reward of £2.5million has not been not enough to find Madeleine McCann, what good is $50,000?
How is the reward amount set? Is consideration given to the victim’s social status, the competition for headlines, exchange rates?
Leon Rose, Shannon’s father: “No-one can imagine the agonies we are going through. She is a wonderful daughter and we need her home. We are desperate to have her back and we thank The Sun for helping.”
An offer from the heart? Or a hollow offer, a PR-induced offer to get the Sun mentioned?
DEWSBURY REPORTER: “SHANNON MATTHEWS LATEST”
4.07pm - A family disco is being held to raise funds for the Shannon Matthews appeal. It will be on Thursday March 13 from 7pm to 10pm at Staincliffe Cricket Club.
A disco for a missing child. Her face at the disco. Her face on the wall.
2.23pm - A sponsored walk to raise money for the Shannon Matthews appeal has been announced. It will begin at 6pm tomorrow (Tuesday) at Moorside Road.
Posted: 11th, March 2008 | In: Madeleine McCann, Tabloids Comments (980) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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March 11th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
dcb - the early alert scheme surely could only work if the parents didnt waith till 7pm to replort a missing child!
March 11th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Ah BF - I thought you had gone.
How are you today?
March 11th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
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brandon
Where did you get that one from?
March 11th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
339 dcb - the scheme makes sense IMHO
March 11th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
mary
good point
March 11th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
As the McCanns have apparently attempted to publically distance themselves from the reservoir search it may make a person wonder if there is some truth behind the lawyers tip-off from the underworld and perhaps the McCanns apparent irrational reaction is merely in preparation of something being found?
March 11th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Jo
Are you calling me a troll
?
March 11th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
The team Mccann ought to consider investing some of the fund money on anger management classes as all this rage and fury can’t be healthy for anybody.
Why did they not consider last weeks daft jet ski package story a “distraction” - where was the fury then?
March 11th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
339…dcb
Sadly….within a 10 mile radius of Dewsbury is more likely.
March 11th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
http://cuttingthroughtherubbish.blogspot.com/
March 11th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
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Chloe
Thanks, worried it was just me! (Not just_me)
March 11th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Meanwhile, a member of the European Parliament reckons Shannon could have been found had the British Government implemented an early alert scheme.
Edward McMillan-Scott, Tory Euro-MP for Yorkshire and the Humber, is pressing the French government – which takes over the EU presidency in July – for a Europe-wide network to improve the search for the 130,000 children in the UK who go missing every year.
He said: “It’s time for Britain to follow the US example and set up a fully-funded national missing child hotline to supplement the patchy schemes we already have.
“This should be connected to the growing European network. If we do this as a matter of urgency we may help the next child that goes missing.”
The hotline would be based on the American Amber Alert, scheme which has had a near 100% success rate in recovering hundreds of missing children since 2002.
About 80% of children are found within the crucial first 72 hours.
Mr McMillan-Scott believes that, based on this evidence, Shannon could have been found within hours of her disappearance.
The scheme would go into action once a child under the age of 18 goes missing, along with a detailed description of them and any description of potential abductors.
The scheme would include an immediate alert on radio, TV, motorway gantries, ports and airports. Mr McMillan-Scott said a similar pioneering scheme is in operation in France, with a 100% success rate.
March 11th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
335…dcb
Yes….huge.
And that doesn’t include other sites of interest.
March 11th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
334 SteveT
Just ignore them. Not much else that can be done really.
March 11th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Last Updated: Tuesday, 11 March 2008, 11:58 GMT
Oil sets fresh record above $109
The cost of petrol is soaring around the world
The price of crude oil has set a fresh record at “$109.20,” its fifth day in a row of historic highs.
Here we go……..
March 11th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
331 Matt
++++++
“Det Supt Andy Brennan, who is in charge of the overall police operation, said the police were more than two-thirds of the way through searching 3,000 houses of interest in the Dewsbury Moor area.”
3000 houses is a very large search.
March 11th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
332
Julie
The mutual appreciation society!
March 11th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Right! Am dressed to kill! New shoes! Not wearing the outfit I went to the bucher’s in last week. Burned my day-to-day diary. Gonna get me the biggest jug of wine and get bladdered this afternoon. Still can’t get hold of Hubby at the tennis club but hey! Hubby’s best friend gonna get all my attention today.
Have given the kids a packet of Jammy Dodgers in case they get hungry. I hope they don’t choke on the chewy bit in the middle. There are so many hazardous things that can happen so quickly whoosh-clunk and God knows what can happen.
March 11th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
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SteveT Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I think Im going to be sick!
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Why? Anything I can do to help
March 11th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Shannon Matthews.
Largest ever number of “Victim Recovery Dogs” being used on one UK case.
Police comment…”We will continue search at this level for 3-4 weeks, but then
will have to consider reducing manpower being used. But search will still continue
until Shannon is found”.
March 11th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
I think Im going to be sick!
March 11th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
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Gandolf Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Scarlett, morning, yes I watched with incredibility over the last few days, this xela character just appears to put more than coldwater to the sword so easily, I was wondering if it was Soother, but now I don’t think so, he/she was a rabid anti.
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Afternoon, Gandolf, well it certainly looks like a lot of people have put their credibility on the line this week.
Ah, Soothsayer, there’s a name from the past, one of my sternest critics in the early days as I recall.
Have Coldwater and his golfing friends landed in the bunker, or are they about to score a hole in one?
March 11th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
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coco Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
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You’ve got a sense of humour i know
March 11th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Fears over forced marriage levels
From pupil to bride, hundreds have gone missing from school registers
Figures showing hundreds of pupils from ethnic minorities are being removed from school have sparked concerns many are being forced into marriages abroad.
Compiled for a report for a committee of MPs, they highlight how many children have disappeared from school registers in England
ITS GOING ON EVERYWHERE, courtesy of BBC..
March 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
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âde Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
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The roads?
March 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Garth! Fab!
Would love to have a giggle. I am not as poisonous as you think - just terrible at dealing with my grasp of the English language.I do not wish to pour scorn. I am clueless as to what has happened myself but have a good nose for things when they don’t sit right. I just hope that you are not CM lol!
March 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
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jo Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 11:48 am
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scarlett
the pj arrives in the uk TODAY
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Thanks, Jo, do you know what time?
March 11th, 2008 at 12:16 pm
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âde Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
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Sanitation?
March 11th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Hello Ade
SUN? Are you sure about that?
March 11th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
afternoon all
just off out to enjoy the sun
while i also enjoy the mcconns displeasure about searching the lake/dam
their reaction indicates to me that’s where the body will be found
and somehow they know that
i wonder how it is they know that
now let’s see what could be the possible reasons for them knowing…
excellent fun