4 d. ago Police informant was willing to testify that missing teenager Charlene Downes was killed by man with connections to Blackpool's criminal underworld, claims retired detective

The informant was willing to testify that a man linked to a criminal network in Blackpool had killed Charlene after sexually abusing her.

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6 d. ago Police vow to 'uncover the truth' behind missing man who disappeared years ago

Police have renewed their commitment to find Ricky, who was last seen in Aberdare two years ago

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1 week ago Police suspected convicted paedophile living in Charlene Downes' home had abused the Blackpool teenager before she went missing, new Daily Mail podcast reveals

Raymond Munro was a 'drinking associate' of Charlene's father Robert Downes and was living with the family at the time of the schoolgirl's disappearance.

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2 w. ago What to do when your GP dismisses your symptoms as 'just hormones'. It's shockingly common says DR KAYE... here's how to know if it's really fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue or another condition

It's a shocking story that I've heard far too many times: Female patients with debilitating, life-changing symptoms that are dismissed by male doctors as simply 'just hormones'.

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2 w. ago Inside Emmerdale Bear Wolf star's life from real age to acting alongside Brad Pitt

Emmerdale star Joshua Richards has branded his current soap plot 'frightening' as the truth behind Bear Wolf's disappearance starts to unravel

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2 w. ago Loose Women's Charlene White breaks down as she returns home after family heartbreak

ITV's Loose Women presenter Charlene White has opened up about feeling overwhelmed over the support she has received following the tragic death of her dad

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2 w. ago The chilling handwritten letters discovered in missing Blackpool schoolgirl Charlene Downes' bedroom

Charlene Downes, 14, went missing on 1 November 2003. Despite a £100,000 police reward for information leading to the conviction of her killer, no one has ever been brought to justice.

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3 w. ago Frail Katie Price shocks fans with unbelievable tiny waist pics as weight plummets

WARNING: This story contains images some people may find distressing – Katie Price has shocked fans with her slimmed down waist while undergoing another tweakment

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3 w. ago Vile paedophile friend of Charlene Downes's father was probed 'for abusing' the missing schoolgirl

Police investigated Ray Munro and passed a file to prosecutors about his alleged abuse of Charlene and another girl, two years after she disappeared.

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3 w. ago Grim urban myth derails search for missing Blackpool teenager Charlene Downes

Nicola Thorp has put to rest the baseless tale - even amplified by Elon Musk - surrounding Charlene Downes' disappearance in Blackpool more than 20 years ago

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3 w. ago The truth behind the disappearance of Charlene Downes: ‘She was reduced to this salacious, shocking story’

When Nicola Thorp was growing up in Blackpool, the ‘kebab girl’ who had gone missing less than a mile away, aged 14, was spoken of as a cautionary tale. But what really happened to her? For the last three years, Thorp has been finding outIt has been more than 20 years since 14-year-old Charlene Downes went missing in Blackpool. Last captured on CCTV on a Saturday night in November 2003, Charlene still hasn’t been found, and the truth of what happened to her remains unsolved. Nicola Thorp, an actor, writer and broadcaster, who grew up in the town, describes Charlene’s disappearance, considered to be murder, as “a wound for Blackpool”. Over the last couple of decades, the case has been clouded by rumour, far-right rhetoric and police failures. In a new podcast, she has set out to clear up some of the speculation, and expose how Charlene was repeatedly failed by those around her.Many in the town, she says, still believe the two men who were first tried in 2007 – a retrial was ordered, ...

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3 w. ago How a gruesome urban myth derailed the search for missing Blackpool schoolgirl Charlene Downes

Charlene Downes, 14, vanished without a trace from her home town of Blackpool more than two decades ago.

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