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The missing – Rahma el-Dennaoui
The abduction of Madeleine McCann has striking similarities to the mysterious disappearance of toddler Rahma el-Dennaoui who was also snatched from her bed, sleeping between her two sisters at their home in Sydney, 18 months ago. Her father checked on her at 2am...
Seeing the wood for the trees
I hope when EU ministers responsible for urban and spatial development meet in Leipzig this week, that they will have given serious consideration to boosting the number of urban trees in our neighbourhoods. I live in Cambridgeshire, the least wooded...
Will stem cell therapy help Michael walk again?
A woman crippled in a road accident is on her feet again thanks to revolutionary embryonic stem cell treatment in New Delhi. Sonya Smith was run over by her own car in Brisbane 17 months ago as she tried to stop it rolling down a hill with her three young...
When charity begins at home
Gordon Brown has no choice but to grant tax relief on the Madeleine McCann search fund on humanitarian grounds. How could any government feel comfortable in boosting its coffers this way, profiteering from the tragedy of these horrific and...
The missing – Nicole Morin
Nicole Morin totally vanished 22 years ago aged eight while walking to an elevator in her Toronto apartment block to meet a friend who was waiting for her in the downstairs lobby. She never arrived. Her unsolved disappearance marked a turning point for similar...
The missing – Daniel Morcombe (2)
How do the parents of Madeleine McCann really feel? Only other parents who have unfortunately found themselves in the same position can truly empathise. This is how Danel's father Bruce (pictured with his family) described the nightmare they have endured...
510 MPs did not vote over Freedom of Information
Only 136 out of a possible 646 MPs voted at today's heated debate to exempt themselves from the Freedom of Information Act. It now passes to the Lords for consideration. Private Members' Bills are debated on Fridays when most MPs spend the day in their...
A day in York
I'm spending the day with Julian Sturdy in York, discussing our campaign for his parliamentary seat in York Outer which he will contest as a Conservative candidate. We hope to build on our success from the recent council elections when Conservatives...
The missing – Lawrence Harvey
Children are precious whatever their age. Image your son goes off on a gap year or an overseas adventure and is never heard of or seen again. That's what happened 32 years ago when a happy-go-lucky, 19-year-old Lawrence Harvey headed for the...