7 h. ago Urgent search for schoolgirls, 13 and 14, after they suddenly go missing in uniforms

Carla, 14, and Sofia, 13, were wearing their St Monica's High School uniforms when they vanished from the Abraham Moss library and leisure centre in Manchester

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9 h. ago Fears for missing Scots schoolgirl believed to have boarded train to England

Police are urgently seeking information to help find 13-year-old Ava Stewart from Kilmarnock.

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10 h. ago Desperate search for schoolgirls, 13 and 14, missing in their uniforms

Carla, 14, and Sofia, 13, were wearing their St Monica's High School uniforms when they vanished from the Abraham Moss library and leisure centre in Crumpsall, Greater Manchester

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20 h. ago Is this the end of the road in the hunt for Madeleine McCann? How the desperate new search unfolded in Portugal

After a three-day search effort drew to a close without any sign of a breakthrough, crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin reports from Praia da Luz on the latest attempt to give the McCann family answers

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3 d. ago Desperate search for British man in Portugal who went missing on a stag do

Greg Monks, 38, went missing from a popular party resort in Portugal while on a night out with pals

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5 d. ago Chilling bushland discovery rocks Queensland police search for missing teen Pheobe Bishop

A Bundaberg resident has stumbled across chilling scene amid desperate search for Pheobe Bishop.

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7 d. ago Dr Michael Mosley’s wife Clare recounts desperate search in first interview since his death

The TV doctor, 67, renowned for his work on reversing type 2 diabetes, died of suspected heat stroke on June 5 last year after going missing on the island of Symi

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8 d. ago 'It was obvious something had gone terribly wrong': In her first interview since Dr Michael Mosley's death, his widow Clare recounts the desperate search

There is a serenity about Dr Clare Bailey Mosley's grief that startles me.

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8 d. ago British woman vanishes on Caribbean island holiday as desperate search launched

Mekealah Freemantle, 39, who is believed to come from the London area, disappeared after leaving a hotel in Jamaica - police have said they are 'worried about her safety'

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9 d. ago Four killed in Gaza as Palestinians storm UN warehouse in desperate search for food

As fears of starvation spiral, Gazans raided the building in a desperate attempt to find something to eat

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1 week ago Man mysteriously goes missing while paragliding in huge gust of wind

Authorities have launched a desperate search for a man who mysteriously vanished while paragliding amid a huge gust of wind.

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2 w. ago Desperate search underway for young Scots woman missing for days

Lucy Devine, 22, has been missing since Thursday, May 22.

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2 w. ago Jay Slater inquest halted as mum breaks down in tears and demands crucial missing witnesses attend

Inquest had begun into death of tragic teenager on holiday whose body was found in ravine after desperate 29 day search

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2 w. ago Jay Slater inquest latest: Friends from tragic Tenerife holiday ‘can’t be found’ as hearing told details of how 19

Inquest held into death of tragic teenager whose body was found in ravine in Tenerife after desperate 29 day search

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2 w. ago Jay Slater’s friends from tragic Tenerife holiday ‘can’t be found’ as inquest hears details of how 19

Inquest held into death of tragic teenager whose body was found in ravine in Tenerife after desperate 29 day search

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2 w. ago Mystery of Jay Slater's missing friends after desperate search and haunting promise

Jay Slater's best friends Lucy Law and Brad Hargreaves, who travelled with the 19-year-old to Tenerife on his first and last mates' holiday, 'cannot be located' as the inquest into the tragedy begins

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3 w. ago Desperate search underway for missing teen mum, 17, and her four

Kent Police are desperately searching for Skye Conway, 17, from Medway, Kent, and her baby after the pair were last seen near Strood town centre at around 7.30pm on Tuesday

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4 w. ago Desperate search for missing man last seen at popular Scots shopping centre

Police Scotland have appealed for anyone who have spotted Brad Girvan to come forward.

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