I am the only one....

[highland fox]

the little girls dad is scottish i think

They are Glaswegian

 

[Yorkshire Vixen]

is that not in scotland???

 

[highland fox]

is that not in scotland???

You said..'I think'..I was merely clarifying it for you.

 

[Macky]

It was just a reference to your comment that everyone should be bullied as it builds character

and how does that relate to a baby being abducted?

 

[Hazzman]

3 suspects being hunted with a village/town near Seville, Southern Spain cordoned off.

 

[stevewalshwasgod]

3 suspects being hunted with a village/town near Seville, Southern Spain cordoned off.

press conference at 6.30pm

 

[Darth Vodka]

i think, when the story surfaced it looked like it may be one of those stories where the kid is found in a neighbour's room the next day and what the parent's *may* have deserved was the shock of not finding her, but everything actually being fine

what they, and most certainly Madeleine, don't deserve is what has happened

i wish there was something we could all do

 

[drummindefender]

press conference at 6.30pm

lets hope it is good news

 

[Matt_B]

Any news? Or is it 6.30 Portugal time?

 

[Boy Genius]

Any news? Or is it 6.30 Portugal time?

seems like another piss take....:icon_roll

 

[homer]

I watched the press conference live on Sky News

Contained no new information at all - i suspect that it's simply the Portugese police giving in to media demands for press conferences

 

[fcukcov]

I watched the press conference live on Sky News

Contained no new information at all - i suspect that it's simply the Portugese police giving in to media demands for press conferences

they have given several this week and have made it clear several times that it is only for the british media and that they wouldnt normally give any information out as they work in a very different way to the british police.

 

[Hazzman]

I watched the press conference live on Sky News

Contained no new information at all - i suspect that it's simply the Portugese police giving in to media demands for press conferences

Wouldnt suprise me....wasnt it the Press what forced the coppers into making an arrest over the Ipswich incident.

 

[Matt_B]

seems like another piss take....:icon_roll

What my comment or the idea of the press conference? I don't see anything in my comment that could be construed that way?

 

[Hazzman]

I think it maybe Matt because Portugal run on the same time as Britain.

 

[Matt_B]

I think it maybe Matt because Portugal run on the same time as Britain.

Do they? I thought Spain, France, Portugal et al where an hour ahead.
Though thinking about it that would have meant the press conference was at 5.30 our time so either way I'm a twat.

Sorry for my inadvertant piss take!

 

[Feriol]

Do they? I thought Spain, France, Portugal et al where an hour ahead.
Though thinking about it that would have meant the press conference was at 5.30 our time so either way I'm a twat.

Sorry for my inadvertant piss take!

depend on the time of year because of DST

 

[Boy Genius]

What my comment or the idea of the press conference? I don't see anything in my comment that could be construed that way?

the press conference you paranoid ****er......

was not having a popat you in any way at all.

I was not aware either Portugal ran on the same time as us

 

[Tamworth Fox]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6751189.stm

Letter publication angers McCanns
Poster of Madeleine McCann
The search for Madeleine has been taken to Spain and Morocco
The parents of four-year-old Madeleine McCann have condemned the decision by a Dutch newspaper to publish a letter claiming to know where her body is.

On his internet blog, her father said the letter and accompanying map should have been properly examined first.

Gerry McCann said the publication was "irresponsible" and "cruel" journalism.

Police are expected to search scrubland after the letter claimed Madeleine was buried nine miles from the Algarve resort where she was last seen.

Amsterdam-based De Telegraaf declined to comment on Mr McCann's criticisms.

The Dutch newspaper received the letter on Monday and passed it on to police, delaying publication of the information until Wednesday.

'Upsetting'

The letter identifies an area of scrubland 9.3 miles (15km) from where Madeleine vanished six weeks ago.

She was last seen in Praia da Luz on 3 May.

Mr McCann said: "We were extremely disappointed in the publication of the anonymous letter in The Telegraaf claiming to know where Madeleine is buried.

"Although all information will be taken seriously, we were very upset that the credibility of this letter had not been examined and, more importantly, [it was] published before the Portuguese police had an opportunity to investigate the claim, and search the area if appropriate without massive media attention.

"We feel strongly that this was an irresponsible piece of journalism and, even if it were true, is insensitive and cruel.

Portugal map

"One can imagine how upsetting it is for Kate and I to hear of such claims through the media and if every piece of information was published like this there would be nothing else in the newspapers."

Around eight plain-clothed police officers visited the village of Arao, which is 15km from Praia da Luz, on Wednesday evening.

There were no signs of any ground searches taking place on Thursday morning.

Locals say the country road that police stopped at on Wednesday is in an area which has not been searched before, said BBC correspondent Alison Roberts.

According to De Telegraaf, the Madeleine letter says the four-year-old, of Rothley, Leicestershire, is buried near a dirt track north of Odiaxere in the Algarve.

Ch Insp Olegario de Sousa confirmed Portuguese police were aware of the map and were doing "everything necessary".

He said: "There have been exchanges between Dutch police and us.

"We are checking the information like we check everything in this case for importance."

Similarities investigated

Dutch police are studying similarities between the new letter and one received last year by De Telegraaf pointing to the whereabouts of Belgian step-sisters Stacey Lemmens, seven, and Nathalie Mahy, 10.

The Belgian girls were murdered in June 2006 after they disappearing from Liege.

On the day the letter was received, police found their bodies at the spot indicated on an enclosed map.

A convicted paedophile, Abdullah Ait Oud, is now on remand awaiting trial for murder.

It is believed Madeleine was abducted from a holiday apartment while her parents ate at a nearby restaurant.

 

[bocadillo]

A 15-month old baby girl was burned to death in a house-fire in Maidstone earlier this week - http://www.24dash.com/news/7/21727/index.htm Twin three year old boys were rescued unharmed. It seems that the children's parents were absent at the time of the blaze. mmmm certain similaritiies with the case in question!

Why is there not an outpouring of sympathy in this case? Why has it not been splashed over the papers every day this week? Why are we not organising collections so that the parents can go on a european trip and hold hands with the Pope.

Isn't it about time that Mr and Mrs McCann got back to work?