1 week ago Netflix series reignites search for family of creator disappeared by Argentina dictatorship

El Eternauta writer and his daughters were disappeared by military in 70s, but his grandchildren could still be aliveWhen Héctor Germán Oesterheld wrote his horror comic strip El Eternauta in 1957, it was simply a piece of speculative fiction.Set in Buenos Aires, the story begins when toxic snow begins to fall, killing all of those it touches. As the world descends into chaos, humans turn on one another, and the hero is forced to fight to survive. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago REVEALED: The inspiring lives of the talented McCann twins who grew up in the shadow of their missing big sister Maddie

May is an especially heart-wrenching month for Kate and Gerry McCann, as last Saturday marked 18 years since their daughter, Madeleine, disappeared from her bed in a holiday Portuguese resort.

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann's family today from sibling promise to prime suspect hell

Madeleine McCann's parents, Gerry and Kate, haven't given up on their search for answers 18 years on from her disappearance. We take a look at where they are today

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann's parents had heartbreaking wish after Christian Brueckner was named prime suspect in daughters case

Madeleine McCann's parents had one heartbreaking wish for their daughter when paedophile Christian Brueckner was named as the prime suspect in her disappearance

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2 w. ago Daughters issue fresh statement about mother who vanished from London without a trace seven years ago

Stefana Otilia Malinici, 45, has not been seen by family or friends since leaving her home on Beccles Drive, Barking, on Wednesday, September 6, 2017.

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2 w. ago Madeline McCann's parents seen at annual vigil for missing girl for first time in years

Missing Madeleine McCann's parents Kate and Gerry have been spotted at a prayer vigil for the their daughter 18 years after she disappeared while on holiday in Portugal

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann family mark 18th anniversary of disappearance ahead of 22nd birthday

Madeleine was just three years old when she vanished while on a family holiday in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007.

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann's parents' heartbreaking tradition to keep hope alive

Heartbroken parents Gerry and Kate McCann last saw their daughter Madeliene 18 years ago, but have made sure they keep up the same tradition every year in honour of her

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann's parents release touching message on 18th anniversary of disappearance

Kate and Gerry McCann have dedicated the last 18 years of their lives to looking for their daughter.

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann's mum and dad pen heartbreaking message to daughter on anniversary

Kate and Gerry McCann have issued a new message to their missing daughter on the 18th anniversary of her disappearance, with a police presence expected at a vigil to mark the occasion

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann's parents release heartfelt message to mark 18th anniversary of daughter's disappearance

Kate and Gerry McCann have dedicated the last 18 years of their lives to finding Madeleine. In a new touching message they say they 'continue to ‘celebrate’ her as the very beautiful and unique person she is'

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann's parents release heartfelt message to their missing daughter on 18th anniversary of her disappearance ahead of her 22nd birthday this month

Kate and Gerry McCann updated their official Find Madeliene Facebook page just hours ahead of the milestone of when she went missing during a family holiday in Portugal on May 3 2007.

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann's parents to get police protection at her annual vigil after two women allegedly stalked the family

The extraordinary security measure comes after the couple were allegedly targeted by two women, one of whom bizarrely claimed to be Madeleine herself.

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3 w. ago Madeleine McCann's parents to get police guard at prayer vigil after 'stalking'

Police will attend a vigil for Madeleine McCann this weekend to protect her parents, Kate and Gerry, amid ongoing stalking allegations.

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3 w. ago Police to protect Madeleine McCann's parents at prayer vigil after 'stalking' incidents

Kate and Gerry McCann, who were allegedly stalked by two women last year, are set to attend Saturday's vigil in Rothley to mark the 18th anniversary of Madeleine's disappearance

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3 w. ago Notes to John by Joan Didion review – an invasion of privacy

There’s a crude fascination in seeing the contents of a literary celebrity’s therapy sessions, but no one comes out of it wellMotherhood is a state of continuous loss that is meant to culminate when the dependent baby becomes an independent adult. Joan Didion survived this, as many mothers have, by keeping constant watch over her adopted daughter Quintana, fearing “swimming pools, high-tension wires, lye under the sink, aspirin in the medicine cabinet”. She also survived it, as fewer mothers have, by writing obsessively about the loss she feared. In her arid, fevered masterpiece Play It As It Lays, published when Quintana was four, the narrator’s breakdown is precipitated by her daughter’s long-term hospitalisation with an unnamed mental disorder. A Book of Common Prayer is about the disappearance of the protagonist’s criminal revolutionary daughter. “Marin was loose in the world and could leave it at any time and Charlotte would have no way of knowing” – a description that cou...

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