2007 MAY
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' MADELEINE FUND '' TO BE LAUNCHED
Press Association National Newswire, 5:47 PM GMT, 15 May 2007, 100 words
...Former England captain Mr Johnson will join close family members including Madeleine's uncle John McCann and grandparents Brian and Susan Healy to launch the ' Madeleine Fund '. ...
Find her' fund bid
Mirror, 16 May 2007, 71 words
...THE McCann family will today launch a global "trace her" appeal called The Madeleine Fund - Leaving No Stone Unturned. ...
British man freed in hunt for Maddie
Daily Post (Liverpool), 16 May 2007, 415 words, BY VICKY ANDERSON Daily Post Staff
...Madeleine's relatives, including grandparents Brian and Susan Healy from Mossley Hill, Liverpool, are meeting rugby star Martin Johnson to launch an international effort to bring her home and to start up the " Madeleine Fund ". ...
KEEPING HOPE ALIVE
The Evening Standard, 16 May 2007, 622 words, BY CHRIS MILLAR AND KATHARINE BARNEY
...an international effort to bring her home. The former England captain was with Madeleine's grandparents, Brian and Susan Healy, as well as medical colleagues of the McCanns, to launch the Madeleine Fund at the Walker Stadium in Leicester. ...
REGIONAL SCHEDULE
Press Association Regional Newswire - East Midlands, 8:21 AM GMT, 16 May 2007, 504 words
LEICESTER: Former England rugby captain Martin Johnson and members of the McCann family launch the Madeleine Fund - Leaving no stone unturned. Walker Stadium Leicester. Contact Esther McVey 0151 703 1070/07768 988 704....
FIND ABDUCTOR SO I CAN SURVIVE, SAYS MADELEINE SUSPECT
Press Association National Newswire, 1:12 PM GMT, 16 May 2007, 1368 words
...Relatives of Madeleine will launch the Madeleine Fund , which will support efforts to find the missing girl, at the Walker Stadium in Leicester today. ...
Suspect says he's scapegoat
The Evening Chronicle, Newcastle, 16 May 2007, 240 words, By John Brophy
...Relatives of Madeleine will launch the Madeleine Fund , which will support efforts to find the missing girl, at the Walker Stadium in Leicester today. Family members will also lobby MPs and peers in Parliament to support the cause. ...
Britain backs hunt for missing girl, as fund launched
Agence France Presse, 2:34 PM GMT, 16 May 2007, 419 words, MT
...The comments came ahead of the launch of the Madeleine Fund , designed to help the girl's parents Gerry and Kate to continue the hunt for their daughter, who turned four at the weekend. ...
Maddie fund
Liverpool Echo, 16 May 2007, 242 words
...THE Madeleine Fund was launched today as a campaign to find the missing youngster and bring her home was stepped up. ...
Thinking of you
Evening Gazette, 16 May 2007, 291 words, Dave Robson
...going to give people in Marske and New Marske, plus anybody else, the opportunity to sign their name and make a donation in a bucket collection - no matter how small - to show their support to Madeleine's parents and help The Madeleine Fund ." ...
Fund launched to help find missing British girl
Agence France Presse, 3:54 PM GMT, 16 May 2007, 511 words, MT
...The website of the Madeleine Fund is www.findmadeleine.com . ...
FUND FOR MISSING MADELEINE LAUNCHED
Press Association National Newswire, 5:11 PM GMT, 16 May 2007, 823 words
...'The medical family at Leicester's hospitals have already contributed significantly to the ' Madeleine Fund - Leaving No Stone Unturned' to support the family and keep the search going until she is found. ...
Suspect says find abductor so I can survive
The Sunderland Echo, 16 May 2007, 165 words
...Relations of Madeleine will launch the Madeleine Fund , which will support efforts to find the missing girl, at the Walker Stadium in Leicester today. ...
Big Mystery
Fox News: The Big Story w/ John Gibson, 16 May 2007, 1498 words, John Gibson; Megyn Kelly, Rudy Bakhtiar
...BAKHTIAR: The family says any extra money raised by the Madeleine fund would be used to help find other missing children in England and Portugal. John, back to you. ...
Prayer vigil for missing Maddy
Melton Times, 16 May 2007, 733 words
...Relatives of Madeleine launched an international effort to get her home yesterday (Wednesday). The Madeleine Fund will support efforts to find her. ...
I'm a scapegoat
Evening Express, 16 May 2007, 269 words
...Relatives were today due to launch the Madeleine Fund , which will support efforts to find the missing girl, at the Walker Stadium in Leicester. ...
'I'm being made scapegoat'
Leicester Mercury, 16 May 2007, 460 words
...The former England captain will join family members to launch the Madeleine Fund . ...
Madeleine suspect returns home as search fund launched
The Guardian, 17 May 2007, 429 words, Giles Tremlett Praia da Luz
...principal objective with this fund - we want Madeleine back," said her uncle, John McCann. He explained that the " Madeleine Fund " was the result of popular demand for a way of turning the groundswell of moral support into concrete action. ...
Donations help fund the search
Mirror, 17 May 2007, 409 words, By ROD CHAYTOR
...The Madeleine Fund : Leaving No Stone Unturned will allow the public to offer financial support to aid the hunt and bring her abductors to justice. ...
Vivienne's appeal to Irish mums
Mirror, 17 May 2007, 417 words, By SARAH JELLEMA and ROD CHAYTOR
...The Madeleine Fund : Leaving No Stone Unturned will allow people to offer financial support to aid the hunt and bring her abductors to justice. ...
EMAILS LED TO SWOOP
Mirror, 17 May 2007, 717 words, MARTIN FRICKER and VANESSA ALLEN in Praia da Luz
...Back in Britain, family and friends of the McCann's yesterday launched an appeal fund to help in the search.The Madeleine Fund : Leaving No Stone Unturned will allow the public to offer financial support. ...
MADELEINE FUND IS LAUNCHED TO AID SEARCH
The Evening Standard, 17 May 2007, 154 words, BY KATHARINE BARNEY
DONATIONS have been pouring into a fund to help cover the escalating costs in the search for Madeleine McCann. A dedicated website was set up to help in the hunt for the missing four-year-old urging people to put posters in windows, hand ...
MADDIE POLICE QUIZ RUSSIAN
Liverpool Echo, 17 May 2007, 374 words, By ADRIAN BUTLER
...HOW to donate to the Madeleine Fund : ...
I AM INNOCENT SAYS RUSSIAN
Liverpool Echo, 17 May 2007, 389 words, By ADRIAN BUTLER
...HOW to don ate to the Madeleine Fund : ...
MADELEINE WEBSITE RECEIVES FIVE MILLION HITS IN A DAY
Press Association National Newswire, 4:36 PM GMT, 17 May 2007, 638 words
...Asked what sort of advice the family were being given, Mr Wright said: 'One of the reasons for the Madeleine fund is to engage professionals who can help us with the campaign and the whole detection process or supplement that...
Huge support for Madeleine campaign
Yorkshire Post, 17 May 2007, 1232 words
...Asked what sort of advice the family were being given, Mr Wright said: "One of the reasons for the Madeleine fund is to engage professionals who can help us with the campaign and the whole detection process or supplement that...
25 MILLION VISIT MADELEINE WEBSITE
Press Association National Newswire, 9:26 PM GMT, 17 May 2007, 686 words
...Asked what sort of advice the family were being given, Mr Wright said: 'One of the reasons for the Madeleine fund is to engage professionals who can help us with the campaign and the whole detection process or supplement that...
A HOST of celebrities
Loughborough Echo, 18 May 2007, 102 words
...Rugby star Martin Johnson has this week launched a Madeleine Fund to help with the costs of keeping the search going, and TV appeals have been made by footballers including Christiano Ronaldo and David Beckham. ...
Little Maddie, left home alone
Daily Telegraph, 19 May 2007, 2022 words, PAUL KENT
...The Madeleine Fund : Leaving No Stone Unturned, allows the public to offer financial support such as hiring private detectives to help the search. "There is a groundswell of emotional support that people want to turn into something concrete," says...
A missing girl shakes nation
The Advertiser, 19 May 2007, 2192 words, PAUL KENT
...The Madeleine Fund : Leaving No Stone Unturned, allows the public to offer financial support such as hiring private detectives to help the search. ...
Pupils unite for madeleine
South Wales Evening Post, 19 May 2007, 479 words, emma judd
...Her proud mother Elizabeth said: "My daughter has been so touched by little Madeleine that she came up with the idea to do something to raise money for the Madeleine fund . ...
MISSING MADELEINE'S FATHER TO FLY HOME
Press Association National Newswire, 3:31 PM GMT, 20 May 2007, 251 words
...Mr McCann is making the visit to deal with 'personal matters'' as well as to meet organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . ...
Madeleine search fund denied tax break
The Sunday Times, 20 May 2007, 1407 words, John Follain and Steven Swinford Praia da Luz
...The Madeleine fund has already received almost Pounds 80,000 from the public and businesses. Madeleine's parents had hoped for charity status for the fund but were turned down by the Charity Commission because the money raised is not for the "wider...
MISSING MADELEINE'S FATHER TO FLY HOME
Press Association National Newswire, 3:41 PM GMT, 20 May 2007, 481 words
...Mr McCann is making the visit to deal with 'personal matters'' as well as to meet organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . ...
Missing British girl's father returns home to boost search effort
Agence France Presse, 8:25 PM GMT, 20 May 2007, 730 words, DS
...McCann, the father of Madeleine who went missing more than two weeks ago, is to meet with representatives of the "Find Madeleine " fund which is coordinating the search efforts, and tend to personal matters. ...
MADELEINE'S FATHER FLYING HOME
Press Association National Newswire, 8:38 PM GMT, 20 May 2007, 864 words
...Mr McCann made the decision to fly to Britain to organise 'personal matters'' as well as to meet lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine fund in the UK. ...
Tax blow for search fund
The Sunday Times, 20 May 2007, 268 words, Mark Macaskill
...The Madeleine fund has already received almost Pounds 80,000 from the public and businesses. Madeleine's parents had hoped for charity status for the fund but were turned down by the Charity Commission because the money raised is not for the "wider...
MADELEINE'S FATHER FLIES HOME
Press Association National Newswire, 2:01 AM GMT, 21 May 2007, 900 words
...Mr McCann made the decision to fly to Britain to organise 'personal matters'' as well as to meet lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine fund in the UK. ...
New Madeleine moves by dad
Birmingham Post, 21 May 2007, 232 words
...Mr McCann is making the visit to deal with "personal matters" as well as to meet organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . ...
Madeleine's dad in UK
Coventry Evening Telegraph, 21 May 2007, 105 words
...Mr McCann is making the visit to deal with "personal matters" and to meet organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . ...
BRITAIN: Maddie's dad makes quick trip back to UK
Daily Post (North Wales), 21 May 2007, 706 words, By JOHN BINGHAM
...Mr McCann made the decision to fly to Britain to organise "personal matters" as well as to meet lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine fund in the UK. ...
Maddie dad's agony as he returns alone to the family home
Scottish Daily Record, 21 May 2007, 828 words, By Mark McGivern and Karen Bale
...While in Britain, Gerry plans to meet the lawyers running the Find Madeleine Fund to decide how to spend cash donated by well-wishers. More than £70,000 has already been given and the total is expected...
Maddie dad's agony as he returns alone to the family home
Scottish Daily Record, 21 May 2007, 833 words, By Mark McGivern and Karen Bale
...While in Britain, Gerry plans to meet the lawyers running the Find Madeleine Fund to decide how to spend cash donated by well-wishers. More than £70,000 has already been given and the total is expected...
Madeleine's father makes 'emotional' trip home
The Daily Telegraph, 21 May 2007, 616 words, By Richard Edwards and Fiona Govan in Praia da Luz
...He is also due to meet organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . Discussions will include the possibility of hiring private detectives in specific countries, including Spain and north Africa, as the search continues. ...
Family clings to hope as father flies home
The Northern Echo, 21 May 2007, 520 words
...Mr McCann made the decision to fly to Britain to organise "personal matters" as well as to meet lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine fund in the UK. ...
Maddy's dad flies out to enhance campaign
Bay of Plenty Times, 21 May 2007, 251 words
...Mr McCann is making the visit to deal with ``personal matters'' as well as to meet organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . ...
Madeleine's father in return to Britain
The Irish News, 21 May 2007, 741 words, John Bingham PA, in Praia da Luz
...Mr McCann is making the visit to deal with "personal matters" as well as to meet organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . ...
WE'LL GO TO ENDS OF THE EARTH TO FIND OUR MADDY
Daily Star, 21 May 2007, 495 words, by JERRY LAWTON
...Last night Gerry flew back to the UK from Portugal to meet organisers of the Find Madeleine fund which has received nearly £100,000 from businesses and the public. ...
British police seek tourist photos of resort where girl disappeared
Agence France Presse, 8:00 PM GMT, 21 May 2007, 415 words, LC
...Meanwhile, Gerry McCann returned to the family's home village in Rothley, Leicestershire, central England, on Sunday night to deal with "personal matters" and to meet with lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
MADELEINE 'SUSPECT' WELCOMES PAEDOPHILE HUNT
Press Association National Newswire, 6:52 PM GMT, 21 May 2007, 1216 words
...Mr McCann returned to the UK last night to deal with 'personal matters'' and meet lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . He is expected to be back in Portugal tomorrow. ...
MADELEINE SUSPECT COLLAPSES IN FRONT OF HIS FAMILY
Press Association National Newswire, 8:44 PM GMT, 21 May 2007, 1054 words
...Mr McCann returned to the UK last night to deal with 'personal matters'' and meet lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . He is expected to be back in Portugal tomorrow. ...
Missing madeleine's father flies home
Western Morning News, 21 May 2007, 464 words, John Bingham
...Mr McCann aims to deal with "personal matters" and meet organisers of the Find Madeleine fund , set up to pay for efforts to raise the child's profile in Europe and North Africa. ...
Maddy's dad flies home
Leicester Mercury, 21 May 2007, 522 words, by Paul Conroy
...The Glenfield Hospital consultant will meet the organisers of the Find Madeleine fund to discuss how to use the money before returning to the Algarve tomorrow. ...
Madeleine's father flying home to organise international campaign
Aberdeen Press & Journal, 21 May 2007, 732 words
...Mr McCann made the decision to fly to Britain to organise "personal matters" as well as to meet lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine fund in the UK. ...
Madeleine: Dad in dash to UK to organise campaign
The Western Mail, 21 May 2007, 668 words, Our Correspondent
...Mr McCann made the decision to fly to Britain to organise "personal matters" as well as to meet lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine fund in the UK. ...
We'll scour the globe for our Maddy
The Daily Express, 21 May 2007, 833 words, From David Pilditch and Matt Drake in Praia da Luz
...Last night Mr McCann, 38, flew back to Britain to meet lawyers and advisers from the Find Madeleine Fund before returning to Praia da Luz on Tuesday....
Maddy suspect welcomes search through photos
Birmingham Post, 22 May 2007, 499 words
...Mr McCann returned to the UK on Sunday night to deal with "personal matters" and meet lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . He is expected to be back in Portugal today. ...
Murat given hope by abuser picture trawl
The Journal, 22 May 2007, 375 words
...Mr McCann returned to the UK last night to deal with "personal matters" and meet lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . He is expected to be back in Portugal today. ...
MADDY SUSPECT CONTACTS MAX CLIFFORD TO SELL STORY
The Evening Standard, 22 May 2007, 414 words, BY CHRIS MILLAR
...he stopped to read cards and messages set among yellow ribbons and spoke to wellwishers. He is in the UK to deal with 'personal matters' and meet lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . He is expected to return to Portugal today. ...
Holiday snaps that could help to find Madeleine
The Northern Echo, 22 May 2007, 521 words
...Mr McCann returned to the UK on Sunday to deal with personal matters and meet lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . He is expected back in Portugal today. ...
Ribbons of hope greet father as family step up campaign to find Madeleine
The Herald, 22 May 2007, 433 words, MARTIN WILLIAMS
...Sunday alone, to spare his wife the ordeal, to deal with "personal matters" and meet lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine fund . He is expected to return to Portugal today. Foreign Office spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "Mr McCann is here for...
Hot this week;Sun woman
The Sun, 22 May 2007, 72 words, Edited by Sally Brook
...All profits from the sale of the polish are being donated to the Madeleine Fund set up to find missing Maddie McCann. ...
Maddie's dad flies out
The Gold Coast Bulletin, 22 May 2007, 399 words
...to the people who are organising the (Find Madeleine ) fund ." ...
Madeleine McCann's parents vow to 'travel wherever necessary'
Guardian Unlimited, 22 May 2007, 597 words
...Mr McCann said that the Find Madeleine Fund , which has so far raised £184,000, was preparing to appoint a fund manager and a campaign manager. ...
WE'LL CROSS EUROPE TO FIND MADELEINE
Press Association National Newswire, 4:02 PM GMT, 22 May 2007, 1071 words
...specifically if his campaign would include hiring private investigators to scour Europe for clues, paid for from the Madeleine fund , he said: 'We have taken advice about the level and extent of resources both in this country and the UK which are...
TREAT SUSPECTS AS INNOCENT, SAYS MADELEINE'S FATHER
Press Association National Newswire, 11:35 PM GMT, 22 May 2007, 1363 words
...But asked specifically if his campaign would include hiring private investigators, paid for from the Madeleine fund , he said that after taking advice on the resources deployed in the search for his daughter: 'At this stage we don't...
Appeal for holiday snaps to find Madeleine
Daily News, 22 May 2007, 322 words, Bob Cooper
...Meanwhile, Gerry McCann returned to the family’s home village in Rothley, Leicestershire, central England, on Sunday night to deal with “personal matters” and to meet with lawyers and organisers of the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
Maddy suspect's PR deal
The Daily Express, 22 May 2007, 511 words, From David Pilditch and Matt Drake in Praia da Luz
...Mr McCann, 38, jetted back to Britain early yesterday to meet organisers of the Find Madeleine fund and attend to personal matters in preparation for an expected prolonged stay in Portugal....
Sea of yellow greets father
The Advertiser, 23 May 2007, 360 words, PAUL KENT, LONDON
...Mr McCann returned to Portugal last night after meeting Leicestershire police and attending meetings to best determine how to spend the money from the Find Madeleine fund set up to assist the search. ...
The luckless McCanns still deserve our sympathy
The Daily Telegraph, 23 May 2007, 793 words, BY JAN MOIR on Wednesday
...The spasm of national grief that followed her abduction, the generous donations to the Madeleine fund , the lighting of candles, the celebrity appeals, the brimming lakes of sympathy: all this is of a piece with the way...
Madeleine fund cannot be charity
Third Sector, 23 May 2007, 102 words, By John Plummer
Madeleine McCann's family could not register the fund for their missing daughter as a charity because its activity is not solely charitable.
Chef donates prize cash to Madeleine fund
Newsquest Media Group Newspapers, 23 May 2007, 362 words
...A Llechryd chef who came perilously close to death after suffering horrific injuries in a car crash nearly two years ago, has scooped first prize in a major culinary competition, and donated the prize money to the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
MADELEINEE COPS DON'T HAVE A SCRAP OF EVIDENCE
Daily Star, 23 May 2007, 514 words, EXCLUSIVE by JERRY LAWTON
...Gerry flew back to Portugal yesterday to rejoin his family after a 24-hour trip to their home in Rothley, Leics, to meet organisers of the Find Madeleine fund , which now has donations totalling £184,000. ...
Thanks for all you are doing
Leicester Mercury, 23 May 2007, 505 words, by Paul Conroy
...Gerry flew back to the UK on Sunday night to meet the people behind the Find Madeleine fund . ...
Thank you for caring says Dr Kate Healey
Melton Times, 24 May 2007, 367 words
...Mr McCann flew back to the UK on Sunday to meet people behind the Find Madeleine Fund and see all the floral tributes in Rothley before returning to Portugal. ...
Showing we have hope in our hearts
Leicester Mercury, 24 May 2007, 497 words, by Staff Reporter
...The Mercury has bought 10,000 wristbands so that all the money raised by their sale can go directly to the Find Madeleine fund . They are available at Mercury News Shops across Leicestershire. The minimum donation is £1. We have also been helped...
Highland teen runs maddie website
Aberdeen Press & Journal, 24 May 2007, 274 words
...website urgently so I did about eight pages within a day. I then put a support section on and it really took off when it was adopted as the official website and merged with the Find Madeleine Fund website at www.findmadeleine.com ," he said. ...
NEWS file: Charity catwalk
Chester Chronicle, 25 May 2007, 70 words
...The Arrowe Park Hospital special care baby unit and the Find Madeleine Fund will benefit from the proceeds of the show at Jack Rabbits, Hoylake, at 8.30pm. Tickets are £10. ...
School goes into the red to help Maddie fund
Liverpool Echo, 25 May 2007, 112 words
...Each of the children paid 50p for the privilege, with the money going to the Madeleine fund . ...
Madeleine police: 'We have a suspect'
Guardian Unlimited, 25 May 2007, 1011 words
...A spokesman for the McCanns said the ex-soldiers were not being paid by the Find Madeleine Fund , and had been advised to coordinate anything they were doing with the Portuguese police. ...
Thousands back bands of hope
Leicester Mercury, 25 May 2007, 499 words, by Nadeem Hanif
...The Mercury has bought all the wristbands so that the money raised from the sale can go to the Find Madeleine fund . They were made at cost price by promotions company IF Solutions, in Wolverhampton. ...
Children's angel to look after madeleine
Herald Express, 25 May 2007, 277 words
...The youngsters have also been helping to make cakes and biscuits all week to raise money for the find Madeleine Fund . ...
Teens support appeal to help find Maddie
South Wales Echo, 25 May 2007, 495 words, Moira Sharkey
...All the money raised will go to the official Find Madeleine fund . ...
Seeking Madeleine
The Irish Examiner, 26 May 2007, 95 words
...I have contributed to the Find Madeleine Fund . I admire the incredible resilience and determination of Madeleine’s parents in making every conceivable effort to locate their daughter. They’ve had extraordinary success in making Madeleine’s abduction...
Response to wristbands is just amazing
Leicester Mercury, 26 May 2007, 548 words, by Hannah Marsh and Nadeem Hanif
...The Mercury has bought all the wristbands so that the money raised from the sale can go to the Find Madeleine fund . ...
'Our children sleep with us now' Madeleine's mother tells how she can no longer bear to be parted from her precious two-year-old twins at night
The Sunday Telegraph, 27 May 2007, 831 words, BY OLGA CRAIG in Praia da Luz
...fists and wailing.'' The McCanns described how they plan to use some of the pounds 300,000 already raised by a special Madeleine fund to pay for trips to European countries, including Spain and Germany, to maintain their daughter's media profile...
'We are waging a war, and we're not going back without Madeleine' It is more than three weeks since the four-year-old was snatched but K...
The Sunday Telegraph, 27 May 2007, 1359 words, By Olga Craig
...With more than pounds 300,000 in the "find Madeleine '' fund , they want to spend every penny carefully. "There is nothing more I would like to see than Madeleine walking in so we could use the fund to find other missing children,'' Gerry says. But...
British team hopes phone technology that caught Huntley will trap abductor;Missing Madeleine
The Times, 29 May 2007, 715 words, David Brown in Praia da Luz
...The family is considering recording a version of Bryan Adams's Everything I Do to promote the search and raise funds for the Madeleine Fund . ...
Thousands go online to show support
Leicester Mercury, 29 May 2007, 303 words
...The Find Madeleine Fund has collected £313,000. ...
Sinister spin to abduction The McCann case
Eastern Courier Messenger, 30 May 2007, 1182 words
...The Find Madeleine fund has had to be classified as a business after it failed to register as a charity because it was not in the "wider public good". This means it will have to pay tax at 17.5 per cent on advertising costs and merchandise. ...
More stoicism, less sentimentality, please JAN MOIR on Wednesday
The Daily Telegraph, 30 May 2007, 227 words, BY JAN MOIR
...remaining children in the care of relatives for their Vatican trip. And the large amounts of money pouring into the Madeleine fund coffers makes others feel uncomfortable. "They've got pounds 2 million now. Maybe next time they'll shell out pounds...
Super six club together to help appeal
Huddersfield Examiner, 30 May 2007, 210 words
...All the money raised will go to the Find Madeleine fund , which aims to track down the toddler who went missing from her parents' holiday apartment at Praia da Luz in Portugal on May 3. ...
Stars sporting bands of hope
Leicester Mercury, 30 May 2007, 408 words, by Nadeem Hanif
...All money raised from sale of the bands go to the Find Madeleine fund . The bands were made by promotions company IF Solutions, which is based in Wolverhampton. ...
McCANNS HEAD FOR MADRID IN SEARCH FOR MISSING MADELEINE
Press Association Regional Newswire - East Midlands, 4:53 PM GMT, 31 May 2007, 271 words
...The couple are planning visits to Berlin, Amsterdam and Morocco over the next week. The cost of the travelling will be paid for by the Find Madeleine fund which has raised £374,000. ...
McCANNS HEAD FOR MADRID IN SEARCH FOR MISSING MADELEINE
Press Association National Newswire, 4:44 PM GMT, 31 May 2007, 837 words
...The cost of the travelling will be paid for by the Find Madeleine fund which has raised £374,000. ...
An 'amazing' response as wristbands raise £10,000
Leicester Mercury, 31 May 2007, 425 words, by staff reporters
...The Mercury has bought all the wristbands so that the money raised from the sale can go to the Find Madeleine fund . ...
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2007 JUNE
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McCanns continue to spread the word
Birmingham Post, 1 June 2007, 515 words
...The cost of the travelling will be paid for by the Find Madeleine fund which has raised £374,000. ...
Madeleine police turn to mystics for help Confusion and delay mar search for girl four weeks after she went missing
The Daily Telegraph, 1 June 2007, 646 words, By Richard Edwards and Fiona Govan in Praia da Luz
...in their continuing campaign to raise awareness of Madeleine's plight. The Spanish capital is the second in a series of foreign visits the pair have planned, and will be paid for by the Find Madeleine fund , which has raised pounds 374,000. ...
McCanns travel to Spain to widen Madeleine search
Daily Post (Liverpool), 1 June 2007, 723 words, BY CAROLINE GAMMELL Daily Post Correspondent
...The cost of the travelling will be paid for by the Find Madeleine fund which has raised £374,000. ...
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2007 AUGUST
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'New suspect' in madeleine hunt
Leicester Mercury, 20 August 2007, 506 words, by Paul Conroy
...They have rented a villa in the Algarve until mid-September. No money from the £1 million Find Madeleine fund has been used. ...
Maddy latest
Loughborough Echo, 24 August 2007, 104 words
...This week the Find Madeleine fund reached a seven figure sum for the first time, with donations to the appeal fund now at £1,005,000. ...
Letter: Your Say - NHS IS FAILING THE McCANNS
The Sunday Mirror, 26 August 2007, 127 words, James Osborne
...The couple have used all their own savings yet despite feeling the strain financially are reluctant to make use of the £1million Find Madeleine Fund set up to help them. ...
Anguish over fund delays;Day 115;Code Madeleine
The News of the World, 26 August 2007, 119 words
...The Find Madeleine Fund now stands at more than Pounds 1million, but fund directors-all family or friends of the McCanns-have released just Pounds 70,000 to Gerry and Kate, left. That has gone towards setting up a website, running a press office...
'We just can't take much more of this'
Daily Star, 27 August 2007, 334 words, by JERRY LAWTON
...He added the £1million donated to the Find Madeleine fund would be used to search the globe for her, but the campaign would now be "low key". ...
Madeleine's father loses faith in police
The Daily Express, 27 August 2007, 692 words, From Martin Evans in Praia da Luz
...believed they were using public donations to fund their stay in Praia da Luz. In fact, they have been paying for the rental of their modest villa themselves, and refused to use any of the £1million-plus donated to the official Madeleine Fund ....
Outrage at internet tricksters' cash con
The Daily Express, 27 August 2007, 469 words, From Martin Evans in Praia da Luz
...The official Find Madeleine fund has raised more than £1million. ...
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2007 SEPTEMBER
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KEY EVENTS IN THE SEARCH FOR MADELEINE
Press Association National Newswire, 7:11 PM GMT, 6 September 2007, 2931 words
...:: Mr McCann flies back to the UK for meetings about the Madeleine Fund and to put personal affairs in order. ...
KEY EVENTS IN THE SEARCH FOR MADELEINE
Press Association National Newswire, 3:37 AM GMT, 7 September 2007, 2971 words
...:: Mr McCann flies back to the UK for meetings about the Madeleine Fund and to put personal affairs in order. ...
KEY EVENTS IN THE SEARCH FOR MADELEINE
Press Association National Newswire, 3:23 PM GMT, 7 September 2007, 3130 words
...:: Mr McCann flies back to the UK for meetings about the Madeleine Fund and to put personal affairs in order. ...
MUM: NOW WE FEAR WE ARE SUSPECTS
The Daily Express, 7 September 2007, 886 words, From Padraic Flanagan and Martin Evans in Portimao
...working on the McCanns' libel suit for free, will be paid for his work with the police. Organisers of the £1million Madeleine Fund are checking the legality of paying his fees out of donations. The lawyer has made a formal application to the district...
McCanns put return home on hold
The Daily Express, 7 September 2007, 754 words, From Martin Evans and Padraic Flanagan in Portimao
...The McCanns are also understood to be running out of money, after taking the decision not to use any of the £1million Find Madeleine fund to pay their living expenses....
KEY EVENTS IN THE SEARCH FOR MADELEINE
Press Association National Newswire, 1:58 AM GMT, 8 September 2007, 3083 words
...:: Mr McCann flies back to the UK for meetings about the Madeleine Fund and to put personal affairs in order. ...
How McCanns recruited the world's help to find their girl
The Daily Express, 8 September 2007, 816 words, From David Pilditch in Praia da Luz
...Kate and Gerry also travelled across Europe and beyond to raise awareness. A "Find Madeleine " fund was set up which now stands at more than £1million....
KEY EVENTS IN THE SEARCH FOR MADELEINE
Press Association National Newswire, 2:41 AM GMT, 9 September 2007, 3122 words
...:: Mr McCann flies back to the UK for meetings about the Madeleine Fund and to put personal affairs in order. ...
McCanns fly home after police grilling
The Sunday Times, 9 September 2007, 1012 words, Steven Swinford in Praia da Luz, Mark Macaskill and Jon Ungoed-Thomas
...The couple are considering bringing lawyers from the UK to assist their Portuguese adviser, though they are frustrated that they will not be allowed to use any of the Pounds 800,000 in the Madeleine Fund to pay their legal bills. ...
Now we're fighting for our lives..;Gerry reveals his agony after shock twist in probe
The News of the World, 9 September 2007, 1423 words, Sara Nuwar
...But he confessed he is frustrated they are not allowed to use any of the Pounds 800,000 Madeleine Fund -boosted by celebrity appeals including Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling and soccer star David Beckham-to pay their...
NEW HUNT FOR MCCANN CLUES
The Evening Standard, 10 September 2007, 864 words, BY ROBERT MENDICK AND MARTIN BENTHAM
...Until now the Madeleine Fund has been restricted to matters such as poster and advertising campaigns. Mr McCann said: 'It seems like a disaster that we've got this huge donated fund and now we're not allowed to use it for legal costs because we're...
POLICE HAND MADDY 'KILLING' DOSSIER TO PUBLIC PROSECUTOR
The Evening Standard, 10 September 2007, 825 words, BY ROBERT MENDICK
...Until now the Madeleine Fund has been restricted to publicity campaigns. Mr McCann said: 'It seems like a disaster that we've got this huge donated fund and now we're not allowed to use it for legal costs because we're under suspicion.' ...
COPS SEARCH CHURCH FOR MADDIE BODY
Daily Star, 11 September 2007, 671 words, EXCLUSIVE by JERRY LAWTON
...The couple have hired top London law firm Kingsley Napley in a move that fuelled growing unrest that the £1million Find Madeleine fund may be used to pay for their defence. ...
Police deny DNA match
Leicester Mercury, 11 September 2007, 451 words, by staff reporters
...A family friend said the lawyers were advising the McCanns on much more than just extradition and they were looking at whether the Find Madeleine fund could be used to cover the cost. ...
THE ALLISON PEARSON COLUMN; I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THE MCCANNS ARE GUILTY
Daily Mail, 11 September 2007, 1650 words
...already turning to whether the McCanns, as they fight to clear their names, should be able to dip into the £1 million Madeleine Fund to pay for legal help. My answer, unhesitatingly, is yes. That money was given by the public to try to secure Madeleine's...
DECISION DAY OVER THE MOUNTING LEGAL COSTS
Daily Mail, 12 September 2007, 272 words
...THE McCanns are expected to learn today whether they can use the Find Madeleine fund to pay their mounting legal costs. ...
McCann papers go to judge amid claims and confusion over DNA: Justice has 10 days to decide on Madeleine files Bodily fluids matching girl's profile 'found in car'
The Guardian, 12 September 2007, 897 words, Giles Tremlett Brendan de Beer Praia da Luz Esther Addley
...Trustees of the Find Madeleine Fund were to meet today or tomorrow to decide whether it was legally and ethically acceptable to pay for the McCanns' legal defence with money raised from donations. ...
'The anguish is unbearable but Kate and I are totally 100 per cent confident in each other's innocence'
Mirror, 12 September 2007, 1393 words, By ROD CHAYTOR
...Meanwhile, the couple are facing ruin as lawyers' bills mount up. The team managing the Madeleine Fund - set up to to help in the hunt for the four-year-old and to support the family - are taking legal advice on whether...
Maddie file goes to judge
Scottish Daily Record, 12 September 2007, 482 words
...They have both been on unpaid leave since late May and legal experts say they are likely to be told they cannot use the official Madeleine Fund for their legal bills. ...
Maddie file goes to judge
Scottish Daily Record, 12 September 2007, 491 words
...They have both been on unpaid leave since late May and legal experts say they are likely to be told they cannot use the official Madeleine Fund for their legal bills. ...
'The anguish is unbearable but Kate and I are totally 100 per cent confident in each other's innocence'
Mirror, 12 September 2007, 1348 words, By ROD CHAYTOR
...Meanwhile, the couple are facing ruin as lawyers' bills mount up. The team managing the Madeleine Fund - set up to to help in the hunt for the four-year-old and to support the family - are taking legal advice on whether...
POTUGAL POLICE BID TO SEIZE KATE DIARY
The Evening Standard, 12 September 2007, 862 words, BY ROBERT MENDICK
...headlines. But this will prove costly and the McCanns, said the source, may have to look at taking money out of the Madeleine Fund , which so far has raised more than £1 million from public donations. Such a move would risk a backlash that money...
McCANNS WILL NOT USE MADELEINE FUND FOR LEGAL DEFENCE
Press Association Regional Newswire - East Midlands, 2:56 PM GMT, 12 September 2007, 249 words
...McCANNS WILL NOT USE MADELEINE FUND FOR LEGAL DEFENCE ...
Madeleine prosecutors seek diaries and toys, reports say
Guardian Unlimited, 12 September 2007, 722 words
...The McCanns announced today that they would not use money from the Find Madeleine fund to pay for their legal defence. Earlier this week, the directors of the fund said they were aware donors may have...
McCanns won't use Madeleine fund for legal fight
The Irish Examiner, 12:45 PM GMT, 12 September 2007, 91 words
The parents of missing Madeleine McCann will not seek to use money raised for the fund to find her to pay for their legal defence, a spokesman said today.
By Katie Dawson, PA
Press Association National Newswire, 2:50 PM GMT, 12 September 2007, 452 words
...McCANNS WILL NOT USE MADELEINE FUND FOR LEGAL DEFENCE The parents of missing Rothley girl Madeleine McCann will not seek to use money from the fund to find her to pay for their legal defence. ...
McCann papers go to judge amid claims and confusion over DNA: Justice has 10 days to decide on Madeleine files: Bodily fluids matching girl's profile 'found in car'
The Guardian, 12 September 2007, 852 words, Giles Tremlett, Brendan de Beer , Praia da Luz and Esther Addley
...Trustees of the Find Madeleine Fund were to meet today or tomorrow to decide whether it was legally and ethically acceptable to pay for the McCanns' legal defence with money raised from donations. ...
McCanns will not use Madeleine fund to pay legal fees
Agence France Presse, 5:48 PM GMT, 12 September 2007, 441 words, KAH
LONDON, Sept 12, 2007 (AFP) - The parents of British toddler Madeleine McCann, named as suspects in her disappearance, will not pay their legal fees from a fund set up to help the search, a spokesman said Wednesday.
Madeleine fund 'not for legal fees'
Lancashire Evening Post, 12 September 2007, 140 words
The parents of missing Madeleine McCann will not seek to use money raised for the fund to find her to pay for their legal defence, a spokesman has said.
Appeal cash will not go on lawyers' fees
Leicester Mercury, 12 September 2007, 501 words, by Tom Bennett
...A spokeswoman for Kate and Gerry McCann said the couple would "definitely" not use any of the £1 million donated by the public to the Find Madeleine fund to pay solicitors' fees. ...
Ruling on Maddie fund
Herald-Sun, 13 September 2007, 149 words
...THE McCanns are expected to learn by today whether they can use the Find Madeleine fund to pay their mounting legal costs. ...
McCanns may order own DNA tests on car: Parents have not received details of police evidence 'Find Madeleine ' fund will not pay for legal defence
The Guardian, 13 September 2007, 587 words, Giles Tremlett Brendan de Beer Praia da Luz Esther Addley
The parents of Madeleine McCann are considering commissioning their own independent forensic testing of the vehicle in which the Portuguese police allege that traces of their missing daughter's body were found, it was reported yesterday.
WE WON'T RAID THE SEARCH FUND
Daily Mail, 13 September 2007, 395 words
...THE McCanns will not use the Find Madeleine fund to pay their potentially crippling legal fees. ...
Couple will not use fund to meet rising costs of defence
The Daily Telegraph, 13 September 2007, 238 words, By Caroline Gammell
...KATE and Gerry McCann faced the prospect of having to meet legal bills running to tens of thousands of pounds yesterday after it was disclosed that they would not use the Madeleine fund to clear their names. ...
Police now focus on mum's diary
The Journal, 13 September 2007, 391 words, By Sam Marsden and Katie Dawson
...Donations totalling £1,036,104.17 have so far been received for the Madeleine fund . ...
Cash is safe
Daily Star, 13 September 2007, 91 words
...THE McCanns will not be using the £1m Find Madeleine fund to pay for their criminal defence. ...
McCanns may order own DNA tests on car: Parents have not received details of police evidence: 'Find Madeleine ' fund will not pay for legal defence
The Guardian, 13 September 2007, 564 words, Giles Tremlett and Brendan de Beer, Praia da Luz, and Esther Addley
The parents of Madeleine McCann are considering commissioning their own independent forensic testing of the vehicle in which the Portuguese police allege that traces of their missing daughter's body were found, it was reported yesterday.
Authorities want diary
MX (Australia), 13 September 2007, 77 words
...The McCanns said they would not use the Find Madeleine fund to pay their potentially crippling legal fees. ...
Diary push on Maddie
MX (Brisbane), 13 September 2007, 67 words
...The McCanns said they would not use the Find Madeleine fund to pay their potentially crippling legal fees. ...
Donations not used for legal costs
Daily Telegraph, 14 September 2007, 266 words, DAN NEWLING
...THE McCanns will not use the Find Madeleine fund to pay their potentially crippling legal fees. ...
Prove Maddie dead, parents tell police
Herald-Sun, 14 September 2007, 577 words, Sam Greenhill and Paul Harris
...But the McCanns will not use the Find Madeleine fund to pay their possibly crippling legal fees. ...
MYSTERY OF MADDY: THE STORY SO FAR
The Evening Standard, 14 September 2007, 1624 words
...The Madeleine Fund and the McCanns' legal costs ...
Pandora
The Independent, 14 September 2007, 858 words, BY HENRY DEEDES
...McVey, right, a former regular on the BBC show Heaven and Earth, is in the news as she is handling PR for the Madeleine Fund , which was set up to help pay for the McCanns" search for their daughter. She is also trying to become a Tory MP...
Donations not used for legal costs - THE MADELEINE MYSTERY
Daily Telegraph, 14 September 2007, 211 words, Dan Newling
...THE McCanns will not use the Find Madeleine fund to pay their potentially crippling legal fees. ...
Business tycoon Branson backs the mccanns
Leicester Mercury, 14 September 2007, 242 words
...They have said the costs will not be met by the £1million Find Madeleine fund , set up for public donations in the search for the little girl. ...
MADELEINE WAS 'KILLED BY SLEEPING PILLS'
The Daily Express, 14 September 2007, 881 words, From Padraic Flanagan in Praia da Luz
...faced a further setback in their attempt to defend their names yesterday when several millionaires bankrolling the Madeleine Fund blocked moves to use any of the cash to finance the couple's legal defence....
Tycoons back away from fund
The Daily Express, 14 September 2007, 484 words, By Mark Reynolds
...The Find Madeleine fund has been backed by a number of highprofile benefactors....
Sleeping pill theory muddies Madeleine case
The Sydney Morning Herald, 15 September 2007, 558 words, James Button Herald Correspondent in London
...Although donations to the Find Madeleine fund have reached more than £1 million ($2.25 million), 18,000 people signed a petition asking social workers to investigate why the McCanns left their three children unattended on the night of Madeleine's...
Madeleine overdosed, say French
The Age, 15 September 2007, 554 words, James Button, London
...Donations to the Find Madeleine fund have reached more than £1 million ($A2.25 million), yet 18,000 people signed a petition asking social workers to investigate why the McCanns left their three children unattended on the night of Madeleine's...
The Lindy verdict: They are not guilty
Northern Territory News/Sunday Territorian, 15 September 2007, 751 words, By MICHELLE CAZZULINO and CHARLES MIRANDA
...More than $2.4 million has been donated to the Find Madeleine fund , with directors deciding against letting the couple access the funds for their legal defence. ...
BRIT COPS 'TO QUIZ McCANN FRIENDS'
Mirror, 15 September 2007, 1052 words, RYAN PARRY and LUCY THORNTON in Praia da Luz
...But they have been told that they cannot use cash from the Find Madeleine fund to pay their fees. ...
Family 'would sell their homes' to pay McCann legal bill
Scottish Daily Record, 15 September 2007, 221 words
...Instead, the Madeleine fund money will be spent on further advertising campaigns, including billboards. ...
McCanns could lose their home;Maddie: The Legal Bill
The Sun, 15 September 2007, 389 words, Alex Peake
...The couple have been told they can NOT use cash from the Find Madeleine fund . ...
Conviction Overturned in High School Beating Case; O.J. Simpson a Suspect in Robbery Case; Burned Iraqi Victim Finding Hope in L.A.; Missing...
CNN: Saturday Morning, 15 September 2007, 11913 words, Betty Nguyen, T.J. Holmes, Reynolds Wolf, Brian Todd, Rick Sanchez, Arwa Damon, Josh Levs, John King, Gerri Willis, Mary Snow, Maggie Lake, Emily Chang, Rick Horrow
...John McCann, Gerry McCann's brother who today made the following statement, saying that the main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine. To that end, I would like to announce that the fund will...
New campaign in search for Madeleine
The Irish Examiner, 6:15 PM GMT, 15 September 2007, 839 words
...family spokeswoman, John McCann, who is also a fund director, said: "On behalf of the extended McCann family and the Madeleine fund , I would just like to say how grateful we are for people’s generosity and support. ...
NEW CAMPAIGN IN SEARCH FOR MADELEINE
Press Association National Newswire, 6:14 PM GMT, 15 September 2007, 852 words
...family spokeswoman, John McCann, who is also a fund director, said: 'On behalf of the extended McCann family and the Madeleine fund , I would just like to say how grateful we are for people's generosity and support. ...
McCanns to launch new search campaign in Europe
Agence France Presse, 9:23 PM GMT, 15 September 2007, 344 words, RJM
..."The main objective of the Madeleine Fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine," he said. ...
New Attorney General Decisions; O.J. Simpson Investigation; Jena-6 Court Ruling Reversed in Appeals Court; Warren Jeffs' Trial Continues; 9/11 Questions Regarding A Mysterious Plane Flying Over White House.
CNN: CNN Newsroom, 15 September 2007, 8307 words, Alina Cho, John King, Sula Kim, Ted Rowlands, Emily Chang, Keith Oppenheim, Josh Levs, Jacqui Jeras
...EMILY CHANG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: In Glasgow, Scotland, Gerry McCann's brother announces the family is revving up its search for Madeleine with a massive new ad campaign paid for by the "Find Madeleine " fund . ...
O.J. Simpson Robbery Suspect; Jena Six Case Reversal; Iraq War Demonstrations; Norfolk Naval Shipyard Fire; Iraq War Polarizing Political...
CNN: CNN Newsroom, 15 September 2007, 8193 words, Alina Cho, Ted Rowlands, Emily Chang, Keith Oppenheim, Kathleen Koch, Bill Schneider, Kelli Arena, John Zarrella, Erik Torkells, Ed Henry, Reynolds Wolf, Jeanne Moos, Max Baucus, Olympia Snowe
...Portugal, primarily. The campaign expected to -- expected to cost up to $160,000. The money, coming from the Find Madeleine Fund that has raised more than $2 million since she disappeared four months ago. ...
O.J. Simpson Robbery Suspect; Phoenix Warehouses Fires; Indiana Plastics Plant Blaze; Jena-Six Case Reversal; Madeleine McCann Ad Campaign...
CNN: CNN Newsroom, 15 September 2007, 8751 words, Betty Nguyen, T.J. Holmes, Ted Rowlands, Emily Chang, Josh Levs, Mary Snow, Arwa Damon, Domonique Benn, Alina Cho, Gerri Willis, Keith Oppenheim
...This money, of course, coming from the Find Madeleine Fund that has raised over $2 million in the last four months since she disappeared. This, of course, coming after days of what seems to be growing speculation in the press about how Madeleine...
'Gerry and Kate face such intense pressure'
Leicester Mercury, 15 September 2007, 430 words
...The McCanns have said they will not use money from the Find Madeleine fund to cover the cost of the top London law firm hired to defend them after being made official suspects over the disappearance of their daughter. ...
McCann family to launch advertising campaign
Leicester Mercury, 15 September 2007, 296 words
...family, Mr McCann's brother and fund director, John McCann, said: ''On behalf of the extended McCann family and the Madeleine fund , I would just like to say how grateful we are for people's generosity and support. ...
Anti-War Protests in Washington; New Candidate for Attorney General?; Lesbian Parents Film Causing Controversy; Jena Youth Charged in...
CNN: CNN Newsroom, 15 September 2007, 8562 words, Alina Cho, John King, Suzanne Malveaux, Josh Levs, Mary Snow
...EMILY CHANG, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In Glasgow, Scotland, Gerry McCann's brother announced that the family is revving up its search for Madeleine with a massive new ad campaign paid for by the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
O.J. Simpson a Suspected in Las Vegas Robbery; Jena-6 Conviction Overturned; Warren Jeffs Trial Continues; FBI Wants Whitey Bulger's Capture
CNN: CNN Newsroom, 15 September 2007, 8713 words, Betty Nguyen, T.J. Holmes, Ted Rowlands, Sean Callebs, Reynolds Wolf, Kelli Arena, Emily Chang, Joshua Levs, Barbara Starr
...will cost up to $160,000 and it will be launched in the next two weeks. The money of course is coming from the Find Madeleine Fund which has raised over $2 million since she disappeared. ...
'We'll sell our homes to pay for McCanns' fight'
The Daily Express, 15 September 2007, 1031 words, By Mark Reynolds
...The worry over the funding of the couple's defence grew earlier this week when it was announced they would not be able to dip into the £1million-plus Find Madeleine fund ....
So few facts to go on, so little confirmation
The Daily Express, 15 September 2007, 528 words, By Liz Hazleton
...Costs of any Portuguese court case are likely to be crippling – and the £1million Find Madeleine fund will not be used to clear their name....
Maddy police: we blundered: Family release new pictures and announce fresh campaign as police admit confusion and infighting wrecked the...
The Observer, 16 September 2007, 1175 words, by Ned Temko Praia da Luz and Mark Townsend
...Spain, Portugal and other parts of Europe. John McCann, who is also a fund director, said: 'The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine. I hope the general pub lic will continue to support us...
By PA Reporters
Press Association National Newswire, 10:56 AM GMT, 16 September 2007, 995 words
...statement issued through a family spokeswoman, John McCann, who is also a fund director, said: 'The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine.'' ...
£80K ads say: Keep looking
The Sunday Mirror, 16 September 2007, 156 words
...KATE and Gerry McCann are spending £80,000 from the Find Madeleine Fund on TV and billboard adverts to keep the search alive. ...
EUR120K ads say: Keep looking
The Sunday Mirror, 16 September 2007, 156 words
...KATE and Gerry are spending EUR120,000 from the Find Madeleine Fund on TV and billboard adverts to keep the search alive. ...
McCann's supporters step up hunt for Madeleine
The Irish Examiner, 10:52 AM GMT, 16 September 2007, 632 words
...statement issued through a family spokeswoman, John McCann, who is also a fund director, said: "The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine." ...
Virgin tycoon helps fund legal defense for parents of missing British girl
Associated Press Newswires, 2:35 PM GMT, 16 September 2007, 431 words, By D'ARCY DORAN
..."When the McCanns made it known that under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine fund , and discussed selling their house, Richard felt something had to be done," Branson's spokeswoman said. ...
Branson Helps Missing UK Girl's Parents
Associated Press Newswires, 5:44 PM GMT, 16 September 2007, 408 words, By D'ARCY DORAN
..."When the McCanns made it known that under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine fund , and discussed selling their house, Richard felt something had to be done," Branson's spokeswoman said. ...
By Katie Dawson, PA
Press Association National Newswire, 1:56 PM GMT, 16 September 2007, 1211 words
...through a family spokeswoman, Gerry's brother John McCann, who is also a fund director, said: 'The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine.'' ...
New campaign to find Madeleine
The Sunday Times, 16 September 2007, 1058 words, Steven Swinford and Ruairi O'Kane
...new campaign in Portugal and Spain to publicise their daughter's disappearance. More than Pounds 80,000 of the Find Madeleine fund will be spent on billboards, TV commercials and advertisements in newspapers. ...
NEW DRIVE TO FIND MADDIE
The Mail on Sunday, 16 September 2007, 241 words, BY DANIEL BOFFEY
...The Find Madeleine Fund said it would continue spending money on the hunt even if the Portuguese authorities chose to charge Kate and Gerry McCann over her death. ...
McCANNS PRAY FOR MADELEINE AT LOCAL CHURCH
Press Association National Newswire, 5:30 PM GMT, 16 September 2007, 770 words
...through a family spokeswoman, Gerry's brother John McCann, who is also a fund director, said: 'The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine.'' ...
Branson aid for McCanns
Newsquest Media Group Newspapers, 16 September 2007, 499 words, Andrew Ffrench
..."When the McCanns said under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine Fund and mentioned they would sell their house, Richard just felt he had to do something. They just need their chance to...
Hope for McCanns as law on secrecy is eased After months of speculation, couple may get access to police files in Madeleine investigation
The Sunday Telegraph, 16 September 2007, 961 words, BY DAVID HARRISON in Praia da Luz and ADAM LUSHER
...In the McCann's home village of Rothley, Leicestershire, the family announced that pounds 80,000 from the Madeleine Fund , established to search for the four-year-old, will be spent on newspaper, television and billboard adverts in Spain...
New ad launch to find Maddy
Wales on Sunday, 16 September 2007, 373 words, By Wales on Sunday
...family spokeswoman, John McCann, who is also a fund director, said: "On behalf of the extended McCann family and the Madeleine fund , I would just like to say how grateful we are for people's generosity and support. ...
POLICE TO ACT OUT MADDY TRAGEDY
The Express on Sunday, 16 September 2007, 953 words, From Matt Drake IN PRAIA DA LUZ
...John, a director of the Madeleine Fund , went on: "The adverts will focus on Spain, Portugal and other parts of Europe and will consist of billboards and other media." ...
I don't want any money. It's for my wee granddaughter
The Express on Sunday, 16 September 2007, 669 words, By Tracey Kandohla
...Eileen McCann said yesterday: "I have never taken a penny from the Find Madeleine fund and I never will. I have paid for all the flights back and forth for myself and other members of the family." ...
News - Madeleine's family to launch 'advertising campaign'
Sunday Tribune, 16 September 2007, 194 words
...spokeswoman for the family, Gerry McCann's brother and fund director, John McCann, said: "The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine. ...
News - A week on the roller coaster
Sunday Tribune, 16 September 2007, 1458 words
...Latest news: Gerry McCann says they hope to use the Find Madeleine fund to pay for their legal bills, but the trustees of the fund have yet to decide whether it can legally pay for the legal advice to the pair. The trustees fear a public backlash...
Millions have contacted the Madeleine McCann appeal website. Who runs it? A bunch of teenagers from Ullapool INSIDE THE CAMPAIGN HQ BY HOME...
Sunday Herald, 16 September 2007, 1174 words, JOHN BYNORTH
...Madeleine's uncle, John McCann, from Glasgow, said: "The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine." Calum became involved after Madeleine's aunt, Philomena...
'Not a shadow of a doubt'
Daily Star, 16 September 2007, 318 words, by DOMINIK LEMANSKI
...Meanwhile the £80,000 media "war chest" will come from the Find Madeleine Fund and will be spent on newspaper, television and billboard adverts. ...
Branson aid for McCanns
Oxford Mail, 16 September 2007, 500 words, Andrew Ffrench
..."When the McCanns said under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine Fund and mentioned they would sell their house, Richard just felt he had to do something. They just need their chance to...
Parents to use Maddy cash for publicity blitz
The Australian, 17 September 2007, 868 words, Steven Swinford, Ruairi O'Kane
...publicise their daughter's disappearance in Portugal and Spain. More than pound stg. 80,000 ($191,000) of the Find Madeleine fund will be spent on billboards, television commercials and advertisements in newspapers throughout the Iberian peninsula...
Branson kicks off fight fund - THE MADELEINE MYSTERY
Daily Telegraph, 17 September 2007, 205 words, DANIEL BOFFEY
...The Find Madeleine Fund said it would continue spending money on the hunt even if the Portuguese authorities charged the McCanns. ...
BRANSON'S BACKING
Daily Mail, 17 September 2007, 147 words
...a chance to give them a fair hearing. When the McCanns said that under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine fund and would sell their house if needs be, Richard felt he had to do something. ...
Branson to fund Madeleine family
Trend News Agency (Azerbaijan), 17 September 2007, 394 words
..."When the McCanns made it known that under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine fund , and discussed selling their house, Richard felt something had to be done," Branson's spokeswoman said. ...
Couple hold hands in prayer for daughter at local church
Irish Independent, 17 September 2007, 353 words
..."When the McCanns made it known that under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine fund , and discussed selling their house, Richard felt something had to be done. ...
Branson's £100k gift to parents' legal fund
Scottish Daily Record, 17 September 2007, 238 words
...Branson's spokeswoman said: "When the McCanns made it known that under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine fund and discussed selling their house, Richard felt something had to be done." ...
McCANN LAWYERS IN SNIFFER DOG PROBE
Scottish Daily Record, 17 September 2007, 590 words, By Sam Marsden
...In a statement, Gerry's brother John McCann, said: "The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search." ...
McCanns unveil £80,000 Maddy ad campaign
Birmingham Post, 17 September 2007, 651 words, By Tony Webster
...statement issued through a family spokeswoman, John McCann, who is also a fund director, said: "The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine." ...
End this witch hunt and find Madeleine
Mirror, 17 September 2007, 888 words, TONY PARSONS
...Are you still completely convinced of the McCanns' innocence? Or are you one of those sad, spiteful souls - and there are plenty of them - who is asking for a refund of the money you donated to the Find Madeleine fund ? ...
Branson goes to aid of Maddy's family
The Journal, 17 September 2007, 413 words
...through a family spokeswoman, Gerry's brother John McCann, who is also a fund director, said: "The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine." ...
Branson aid for McCanns
Newsquest Media Group Newspapers, 17 September 2007, 498 words, Andrew Ffrench
..."When the McCanns said under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine Fund and mentioned they would sell their house, Richard just felt he had to do something. They just need their chance to...
Richard Branson pledges $200,000 to help parents of missing girl.
RIA Novosti, 17 September 2007, 266 words
...couple, both 39-year-old doctors, discussed selling their house to cover legal costs. They had refused to touch the money, over a million pounds ($2 million), already contributed to the Find Madeleine fund by members of the British public. ...
McCanns send to US for help against evidence of sniffer dogs;Factbox
The Times, 17 September 2007, 952 words, Steve Bird, David Brown in Praia da Luz
...spokesman for the multi-billionaire said: "When the McCanns said under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine Fund and mentioned they would sell their house, Richard felt he had to do something. He is a father and there is a missing...
MONEY POURS IN FOR LEGAL DEFENCE; KIRAN RANDHAWA AND JACK LEFLEY
The Evening Standard, 17 September 2007, 258 words
...Around £1,000 a day is also still being donated to the Find Madeleine Fund , which has now raised more than £1million. ...
Tycoon backs parents of missing girl
Deseret Morning News, 17 September 2007, 402 words, By D'Arcy Doran Associated Press
..."When the McCanns made it known that under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine fund , and discussed selling their house, Richard felt something had to be done," Branson's spokeswoman said. ...
MADDIE CASE POLICE:WE BLUNDERED
The Press (Christchurch), 17 September 2007, 1149 words, Mark TOWNSEND
...John McCann, who is also a fund director, said: "The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine. ...
BRITONS RALLY BEHIND EMBATTLED McCANNS
SBS 6.30pm TV World News Transcripts, 17 September 2007, 354 words
...billboard campaign, supported by television and newspaper adverts, has also been launched to raise this little girl's profile even higher. The £80,000 to pay for it will come from the £1 million already raised by the Find Madeleine fund . ...
Prayers bring fresh comfort to McCanns
Yorkshire Post, 17 September 2007, 837 words
...through a family spokeswoman, Gerry's brother John McCann, who is also a fund director, said: "The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine." ...
Mccanns attend mass to pray for madeleine
Western Morning News, 17 September 2007, 205 words
...In a statement issued through a family spokesman, Gerry's brother John McCann, said: "The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine." ...
Tycoon pledges £100,000 to mccanns' legal battle
Leicester Mercury, 17 September 2007, 456 words, by PA reporters
..."When the McCanns made it known that under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine fund , and discussed selling their house, Richard felt something had to be done. ...
McCanns look at case that rejected sniffer dog evidence
The Daily Telegraph, 17 September 2007, 585 words, Reports by Caroline Gammell in Praia da Luz
...His spokesman said: "When the McCanns said under no circumstances would they touch the find Madeleine fund and mentioned they would sell their house, he felt he had to do something.'' ...
Madeleine prayers as family try to refocus on search
The Western Mail, 17 September 2007, 551 words, By Katie Dawson
...through a family spokeswoman, Gerry's brother John McCann, who is also a fund director, said, "The main objective of the Madeleine fund is to leave no stone unturned in the search for Madeleine." ...
Branson aid for McCanns
The Oxford Times, 17 September 2007, 497 words, Andrew Ffrench
..."When the McCanns said under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine Fund and mentioned they would sell their house, Richard just felt he had to do something. They just need their chance to...
Branson to the rescue with a £100,000 gift for legal costs
The Daily Express, 17 September 2007, 490 words, From Martin Evans and David Pildtich in Praia da Luz
..."When the McCanns said that under no circumstances would they touch the Find Madeleine Fund and mentioned they would sell their house, Richard felt he had to do something. They need a fair hearing....
Madeleine fund won't be used for legal fees
Newsquest Media Group Newspapers, 18 September 2007, 311 words, Kelly Fenna
ESTHER MCVEY: Trustee of £1m Madeleine McCann fund A PROSPECTIVE Wirral MP and trustee of the Madeleine McCann fund said that "not a penny" will be spent on Kate and Gerry McCann's legal fees.
O.J. Simpson in Jail; College Student Tasered by Police
CNN: CNN Newsroom, 18 September 2007, 7640 words, Dana Bash, Ted Barrett, Jacqui Jeras, Susan Lisovicz
...will be charged any time soon. How he is being paid, he said he is not being paid for -- with Money from the "Find Madeleine " fund by he's being paid by an independent anonymous benefactor that wants to help the McCanns with their legal defense...
McCanns Get New Spokesman; Wall Street Awaits Fed; College Student Tasered
CNN: Your World Today, 18 September 2007, 7819 words, Hala Gorani, Michael Holmes, Emily Chang, Stephanie Elam, Susan Candiotti, Femi Oke, Andrew Stevens, Don Lemon
...being paid for by an independent benefactor who would like to remain anonymous, someone who has stepped up to pay for the McCanns' legal cost. So the money will not be coming out of the Find Madeleine Fund that has raised more than $2 million. ...
Madeleine fund won't be used for legal fees
Wirral Globe, 18 September 2007, 301 words, Kelly Fenna
A PROSPECTIVE Wirral MP and trustee of the Madeleine McCann fund said that "not a penny" will be spent on Kate and Gerry McCann's legal fees.
Maddie cash can help find others;Opinion
The Sun, 18 September 2007, 813 words, Bill Leckie
...The trustees of the Madeleine fund got it right when they decided not to use it to pay for a defence case should her parents be dragged through the courts. ...
MCCANNS: DOSSIER FOR THE DEFENCE
Daily Mail, 19 September 2007, 1440 words, BY DAN NEWLING IN ROTHLEY AND SAM GREENHILL AND PAUL HARRIS IN PRAIA DA LUZ
...Unlike his predecessor Justine McGuinness, he will not be paid from the £1million-plus Find Madeleine fund . His unspecified salary will be met by 'an anonymous financial backer'. Sir Richard Branson has donated £100,000 to...
Local pub holds on to Maddie funds until parents cleared
Hemel Gazette, 19 September 2007, 328 words
...The Bull pub, in Hemel Hempstead, which raised more than £1,000 for the Find Madeleine Fund , will not be handing over the cash until Gerry and Kate McCann are cleared of suspicion. ...
Reputations trashed in an echo chamber of unnamed sources
The Australian, 20 September 2007, 1003 words, Peter Wilson, Europe correspondent
...Donations of about $3 million flooded into a ``find Madeleine '' fund . Family members, volunteers and paid helpers of ``Team McCann'' fought to hold the media's attention with a series of celebrity appearances, press conferences and stunts such as...
Who's who in Team McCann: This week, Kate and Gerry McCann hired a new spokesman - and their campaign to clear their names and find t...
The Guardian, 20 September 2007, 979 words
...have to sell their home to pay for their legal defence. (They feared a public backlash if they dipped into the Find Madeleine Fund , which has so far received more than pounds 1m.) Determined that the McCanns should receive a fair hearing, he began...
'There is no new evidence to justify asking more questions of McCanns';Madeleine;Factbox
The Times, 20 September 2007, 1627 words, Steve Bird, David Brown Portimao and Patrick Foster
...suspects Esther McVey Former GMTV presenter and Conservative parliamentary candidate, trustee and spokeswoman for Madeleine Fund . Has known Mrs McCann since they did their A levels together Father Haynes Hubbard Anglican priest at church of Nossa...
Media coverage of missing Madeleine saga makes many people uneasy
Associated Press Newswires, 3:39 PM GMT, 20 September 2007, 864 words, By JILL LAWLESS
...child's stuffed animals and clothing. They met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Celebrities including "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling and soccer star David Beckham made public appeals that helped raise money for a Find Madeleine fund . ...
Media coverage of missing Madeleine McCann makes many people uneasy
Associated Press Newswires, 7:53 PM GMT, 20 September 2007, 851 words, By JILL LAWLESS
...child's stuffed animals and clothing. They met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Celebrities, including "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling and soccer star David Beckham, made public appeals that helped raise money for a Find Madeleine fund . ...
G2: Who's who in Team McCann: This week, Kate and Gerry McCann hired a new spokesman - and their campaign to clear their names and fi...
The Guardian, 20 September 2007, 975 words, Aida Edemariam
...have to sell their home to pay for their legal defence. (They feared a public backlash if they dipped into the Find Madeleine Fund , which has so far received more than pounds 1m.) Determined that the McCanns should receive a fair hearing, he began...
From prime suspects to hounded victims - how parents turned the media tide: Madeleine McCann The fightback: Ex-BBC reporter plays central...
The Guardian, 22 September 2007, 1092 words, Esther Addley Paul Hamilos Praia da Luz Brendan de Beer
...To date there are "a number of [sizeable] offers on the table", says a source, though Esther McVey, one of the Find Madeleine fund directors, said ordinary people were also contributing. Donations remained steady even while the couple were being...
National: From prime suspects to hounded victims - how parents turned the media tide: Madeleine McCann: The fightback: Ex-BBC reporter plays...
The Guardian, 22 September 2007, 1074 words, Esther Addley, Paul Hamilos, Praia da Luz and Brendan de Beer
...To date there are "a number of [sizeable] offers on the table", says a source, though Esther McVey, one of the Find Madeleine fund directors, said ordinary people were also contributing. Donations remained steady even while the couple were being...
REVEALED: DOUBLE-GLAZING TYCOON FUNDING MCCANNS
The Mail on Sunday, 23 September 2007, 1617 words, BY IAN GALLAGHER AND DANIEL BOFFEY
...He made his offer shortly after it was made clear the McCanns would not be drawing on the £1million donated to the Find Madeleine Fund to pay for legal fees and media advice. ...
MCCANNS HIRE AN EX-SAS TEAM TO HUNT FOR MADDIE
Daily Mail, 24 September 2007, 1031 words, BY SAM GREENHILL
...no limit, within reason, to how much he provides. Mr Kennedy, worth £250million after making a fortune from Everest windows, offered his help after learning that the McCanns had ruled out drawing money from the £ 1million Madeleine Fund . ...
Brian Kennedy has pledged to bankroll the McCanns' fight to clear their na mes and find Madeleine;The battle goes on for brave McCanns
The Sun, 24 September 2007, 90 words
...and find Madeleine. The tycoon stepped in because the couple, both doctors aged 39, feared they would have to sell their home in Rothley, Leics. They had refused to use a penny of the Pounds 1million Find Madeleine Fund to defend themselves. ...
Sale rugby tycoon steps in to help the McCanns
Manchester Evening News, 24 September 2007, 433 words, dean kirby
MILLIONAIRE businessman Brian Kennedy is providing financial backing to the parents of missing Madeleine McCann. The Cheshire-based owner of Sale Sharks rugby union club said he felt 'compelled' to support Gerry and Kate McCann following ...
Ex-SAS men are leading worldwide hunt for her
The Daily Express, 25 September 2007, 163 words
...But they are not being paid by the Find Madeleine fund . CRG yesterday refused to comment....
I'm sorry girl is missing, but this is my daughter ..not Madeleine
The Sun, 27 September 2007, 470 words, Brian Flynn and Simon Hughes in Zinat, Morocco, and Antonella Lazzeri
...Her friend Helen McPherson, 60, thinks she saw Maddie being pushed in a buggy in Marrakech. Bosses of the Find Madeleine Fund are spending another Pounds 80,000 on billboards, some of which will be put up in Morocco. ...
Profile: Possible sighting of Madeleine McCann turns out to be false; John Walsh and Ed Smart talk about missing children
NBC News: Today, 27 September 2007, 1513 words
...The McCann family has taken that search into their own hands. The Find Madeleine Fund says their latest effort is a more than $150,000 media blitz. Ads and billboards are going up in Spain and Portugal...
Fund has now spent £300,000 of donations
Leicester Mercury, 27 September 2007, 332 words
...Nearly £300,000 from the Find Madeleine fund has been spent. ...
'Don't start a panic'
The Daily Express, 27 September 2007, 240 words
...But directors of the Find Madeleine Fund – which was started up by public donations – yesterday approved spending £80,000 on a new advertising campaign that will take in Morocco....
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IT CAN'T GET WORSE THAN NIGHT MADDIE DISAPPEARED
Scottish Daily Record, 5 October 2007, 336 words, By Rod Chaytor
...who live in Leicestershire, gave a frank interview to their local newspaper as thanks for its efforts for the Find Madeleine fund . They said they were finding comfort from such trivial things as a curry out with friends. ...
I weep for Maddie..but we still have hope;Anguished mum opens her heart
The Sun, 5 October 2007, 936 words, Antonella Lazzeri
...The money has been handed over to the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
I CRY EVERY DAY SAYS KATE
The Daily Express, 5 October 2007, 1175 words, By Martin Stote
...They have been saying prayers continually. In fact, people from all faiths have been praying. We have had support from the Anglican Church, from the Baptist Church." The couple have just received a cheque for £57,000 for the Find Madeleine Fund ....
£51K FOR 89 DAYS WORK ..GERRY HIT THE ROOF!
People, 7 October 2007, 909 words, By JEFF PICKETT
...Gerry, 39, lost his rag when he was told the Find Madeleine fund would have to foot the bill. ...
British police have open minds, insists Kate McCann
The Sunday Telegraph, 7 October 2007, 715 words, by DAVID HARRISON
...Sources say that the Find Madeleine fund is embroiled in a row with Justine McGuinness, Mr Mitchell's predecessor, over allegations that she claimed an unjustified amount for overtime while working for the McCanns in Portugal. Meanwhile, The Sunday...
Fury at £51k payout to aide
Daily Star, 8 October 2007, 235 words
...THE McCanns split from one of their spin doctors after she charged the Find Madeleine fund £51,000 for 89 days' work. ...
'Still hope' Maddy will be found alive - dad
Loughborough Echo, 19 October 2007, 309 words
...The Find Madeleine Fund has released additional campaign advertising material, which can be accessed by the general public on the Find Madeleine website. ...
Madeleine Fund can pay cash to suspect Murat
The Daily Express, 26 October 2007, 102 words
...Surely, the Find Madeleine Fund should be used solely for that purpose....
Interview With Dr. Michael Baden
Fox News: On the Record w/ Greta, 29 October 2007, 1145 words, Greta Van Susteren
...They are being accused of using money from the Find Madeleine Fund to pay their mortgage. The McCann's official spokesperson Clarence Mitchell confirmed that story to us tonight. ...
MADDIE FUND PAYS MCCANNS' MORTGAGE; FROM VANESSA ALLEN IN PRAIA DA LUZ
Daily Mail, 30 October 2007, 764 words
...Kate and Gerry Mccann have used the £ 1million find Madeleine fund to pay their mortgage, it was revealed yesterday. ...
Fund pays mortgage
MX (Brisbane), 30 October 2007, 283 words
...The Madeleine fund was set up mainly to get the girl back. ...
Fund pays mortgage
MX (Australia), 30 October 2007, 283 words
...The Madeleine fund was set up mainly to get the girl back. ...
LESSONS IN HATE FOUND AT LEADING MOSQUES
Press Association National Newswire, 2:00 AM GMT, 30 October 2007, 1691 words
...Kate and Gerry McCann have used the £1 million Find Madeleine fund to pay their mortgage, it was revealed yesterday. ...
MORTGAGE FUND FURY
Mirror, 30 October 2007, 62 words
...CRITICS again laid into the McCanns last night after they used part of their £1million Madeleine fund for two mortgage payments on their £460,000 Leicestershire home. One website contributor branded the move a "slap...
McCANNS USED FUND TO PAY MORTGAGE
Scottish Daily Record, 30 October 2007, 447 words, By Rod Chaytor
...KATE and Gerry McCann have used part of the Find Madeleine Fund to pay their mortgage, it has emerged. ...
McCanns admit using Madeleine fund to pay mortgage
Agence France Presse, 11:12 AM GMT, 30 October 2007, 289 words, KAH
...The Find Madeleine fund has received donations of over a million pounds since being set up shortly after the girl's disappearance and helped pay for the couple's trips around Europe to publicise their daughter's case. ...
Find Madeleine fund was used to pay mortgage of parents' home
Associated Press Newswires, 3:42 PM GMT, 30 October 2007, 223 words
...Potter" author J.K. Rowling and soccer star David Beckham, made public appeals that helped raise money for the Find Madeleine fund , which raised at least 1 million pounds (US$2.7 million, euro1.4 million). ...
McCanns defend using public fund to pay mortgage
Reuters News, 4:04 PM GMT, 30 October 2007, 420 words, By Andrew Hough
...But Kate and Gerry McCann stopped taking money from the one million pound "Find Madeleine " fund after they were made official suspects, Clarence Mitchell said. ...
McCanns using Maddie fund to pay mortgage
Evening Herald, 30 October 2007, 472 words
...Esther McVeigh, a director of the Find Madeleine Fund , confirmed it had been used to make the mortgage payments. ...
Fund pays mortgage
Sydney MX, 30 October 2007, 283 words
...The Madeleine fund was set up mainly to get the girl back. ...
Missing Girl's Parents Dip Into Her Fund
Associated Press Newswires, 5:04 PM GMT, 30 October 2007, 210 words
...Celebrities, including "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling and soccer star David Beckham, made public appeals that helped raise money for the Find Madeleine fund , which raised at least $2.7 million. ...
McCanns used Madeleine fund for mortgage payments
Belfast Telegraph, 30 October 2007, 101 words
...The money was donated to the Find Madeleine Fund set up after the ...
McCanns used Madeleine fund for mortgage payments
Belfast Telegraph, 30 October 2007, 67 words
...The money was donated to the Find Madeleine Fund set up after the four-year-old disappeared during a family holiday in the Algarve in May.The McCanns, however, have used the fund to pay two of their montly mortgage repayments.Both have been on unpaid...
Funds for search used to pay mortgage on McCanns' house
The Times, 30 October 2007, 186 words, David Brown
...Gerry and Kate McCann have used money from the Find Madeleine fund to pay the mortgage instalments on their home (David Brown writes). ...
Madeleine fund cash used for mortgage
Liverpool Echo, 30 October 2007, 257 words, By BEN TURNER
THE fund to support the search for Madeleine McCann was used by her parents to make two mortgage payments. Gerry and Kate McCann's spokesman confirmed that money given to help their efforts to find their missing daughter had been used for ...
Swingin' Gerry in fund row
Daily Star, 30 October 2007, 204 words
...The public has donated more than £1million to the Find Madeleine fund , but last night it was revealed they had twice dipped into it to pay the mortgage on their luxury £650,000 home. ...
MCCANNS USE FUND TO PAY MORTGAGE
The Daily Express, 30 October 2007, 523 words, By Martin Stote
...The controversial use of the Find Madeleine Fund was revealed as Gerry, 39, enjoyed a round of golf on the Rothley Park course near his home just days before his return to work as a consultant cardiologist at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital....
McCanns use Find Madeleine fund to pay their mortgage
New Zealand Herald, 31 October 2007, 456 words, by Vanessa Allen in Praia Da Luz
...Kate and Gerry McCann have used the 1 million ($2.68 million) Find Madeleine fund to pay their mortgage, it was revealed yesterday. ...
McCann donations are paying mortgage
Daily Telegraph, 31 October 2007, 265 words, Vanessa Allen
...PRAIA DA LUZ: Kate and Gerry McCann used some of the $2.2 million Find Madeleine Fund to pay their mortgage, it was revealed yesterday. ...
ARE WE TRYING TO KILL THE MCCANNS?
Daily Mail, 31 October 2007, 1621 words, BY ALLISON PEARSON
...And now the McCanns are under attack again, this time for making two mortgage payments out of the Madeleine Fund . Yet when Gerry says that he is going back to work this week as a heart specialist, he is accused of being too distraught...
McCanns use Maddie funds to pay house mortgage
Daily Telegraph, 31 October 2007, 234 words
...PRAIA DA LUZ: Kate and Gerry McCann used some of the $2.2 million Find Madeleine Fund to pay their mortgage, it was revealed yesterday. ...
Maddie donations pay the mortgage
Daily Telegraph, 31 October 2007, 192 words
...PRAIA DA LUZ: Kate and Gerry McCann used some of the $2.2 million Find Madeleine Fund to pay their mortgage, it was revealed yesterday. ...
Madeleine police go back to first suspect
The Daily Telegraph, 31 October 2007, 554 words, By Caroline Gammell
...the head of the Virgin Group, who paid pounds 100,000 to kickstart the legal fund to clear their names. The Find Madeleine fund has spent approximately pounds 300,000 of the pounds 1,095,223 donated. ...
Speaker quits over row NIGERIA: The speaker of the Nigerian House of...
The Daily Post (New Zealand), 31 October 2007, 478 words
... But Kate and Gerry McCann stopped taking money from the 1 million ($2.7 million) ``Find Madeleine '' fund after they were made official suspects, Clarence Mitchell said. He was speaking after reports the couple made two...
McCanns used Madeleine fund for mortgage payments
Belfast Telegraph, 31 October 2007, 101 words
...The money was donated to the Find Madeleine Fund set up after the ...
McCanns used Madeleine fund for mortgage payments
Belfast Telegraph, 31 October 2007, 67 words
...The money was donated to the Find Madeleine Fund set up after the four-year-old disappeared during a family holiday in the Algarve in May.The McCanns, however, have used the fund to pay two of their montly mortgage repayments.Both have been on unpaid...
AROUND THE GLOBE
The Star-Ledger, 31 October 2007, 1038 words
...Celebrities, including "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling and soccer star David Beckham, made public appeals that helped raise money for the Find Madeleine fund , which raised at least $2.7 million. ...
Find Maddy fund is being used properly
Leicester Mercury, 31 October 2007, 339 words
...doubt be accused by some of defending the McCanns because we played an active role in raising £57,000 for the Find Madeleine Fund through the sale of wristbands. Well, let's make it clear now that we stand by that fund-raising effort and are happy...
Missing girl's fund pays mortgage
Kitchener-Waterloo Record, 31 October 2007, 137 words
...Potter author J.K. Rowling and soccer star David Beckham, made public appeals that helped raise money for the Find Madeleine fund , which raised at least one million pounds or almost $2 million. ...
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TOP 10 STORIES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
New Zealand Herald, 1 November 2007, 62 words
... Madeleine fund pays mortgage ...
Parents use $3m search fund to pay mortgage
The New Paper, 1 November 2007, 450 words
...It was revealed that Kate and Gerry McCann, both 39, have used the £1million ($3m) Find Madeleine fund to pay their mortgage, The Daily Mail reported. ...
LET'S STALK MONEY
Mirror, 1 November 2007, 305 words, Brian READE
...News that they've twice dipped into the Find Madeleine Fund to pay their mortgage has led to much bilespilling on websites: "I didn't give up some of my wages to pay for their big house. This stinks," wrote one bighearted donor. ...
Madeleine's father back at work
Daily Post (Liverpool), 1 November 2007, 148 words
...His return to work is just days after it emerged that he and Liverpool-born wife Kate used money from the Madeleine Fund - set up to help to trace their eldest daughter - to pay their mortgage. ...
Letter: Your view - Fund is fair
Scottish Daily Record, 1 November 2007, 95 words, Anon
...AS someone who contributed to the Find Madeleine Fund , I have no objection to my money being used to sustain the McCann family during this traumatic time in their lives. ...
Six months on, Gerry McCann returns to work
The Daily Telegraph, 2 November 2007, 523 words, By Nick Britten
...will not be returning to her job as a GP, Mr McCann always said he would return to his job. Neither have earned anything since May and some instalments of the couple's mortgage on their home in Rothley were paid from the Find Madeleine fund . ...
Maddy funds used to pay mortgage
Loughborough Echo, 2 November 2007, 286 words
...THE Find Madeleine Fund set up in the wake of Madeleine McCann's disappearence was used to help repay the mortgage on the family home. ...
Armadillo outshines old Apollo COMMENT OF THE DAY
Evening Times, 2 November 2007, 489 words
...WHAT is the big deal if the McCanns used the Madeleine fund to pay their mortgage for a couple of months? ...
Lay off McCann family;Opinion
The Sun, 2 November 2007, 158 words, Robin Galloway
...IT'S emerged that Kate and Gerry McCann used the Find Madeleine fund to pay their mortgage a couple of months ago. ...
WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN - McCANNS
Press Association National Newswire, 2:46 AM GMT, 3 November 2007, 682 words, By Andrew Barrow, PA
...The Find Madeleine fund , a not-for-profit company, was created with three specific aims: to find the missing girl, support her family and bring the abductor to justice. ...
Six months on and still no Maddy
Leicester Mercury, 3 November 2007, 1010 words
...May 16: Former England rugby captain Martin Johnson launches the Find Madeleine fund . ...
McCanns cannot win in court of public opinion
The Sunday Independent (Ireland), 4 November 2007, 883 words
...days following their daughter's disappearance; of being wife-swapping swingers; and of using the money from the Find Madeleine fund to pay for the costs of their legal defence. As for Kate, she has been condemned for having her roots done, and Gerry...
Heather & Kate"s Tabloid week
Independent On Sunday, 4 November 2007, 187 words
...Kate and Gerry McCann have used the £1m Find Madeleine fund to pay their mortgage, it was revealed. ...
McCanns cannot win in court of public opinion
Irish Independent, 4 November 2007, 883 words
...days following their daughter's disappearance; of being wife-swapping swingers; and of using the money from the Find Madeleine fund to pay for the costs of their legal defence. As for Kate, she has been condemned for having her roots done, and Gerry...
Madeleine fund 'still supported by public'
Daily Post (Liverpool), 5 November 2007, 540 words, BY CAROLINE INNES Daily Post Staff
...They said they had again been buoyed and moved by public support and sympathy at the ceremony and, like Ms McVey, said the Madeleine Fund was going from "strength to strength". ...
McCanns can't win in court of public opinion
Belfast Telegraph, 6 November 2007, 853 words
...the Find Madeleine fund to pay for the costs of their legal defence. ...
McCanns can't win in court of public opinion
Belfast Telegraph, 7 November 2007, 853 words
...the Find Madeleine fund to pay for the costs of their legal defence. ...
Now cops are broke
The Daily Express, 10 November 2007, 134 words
...Lawyers representing Kate and Gerry McCann are angry that the couple have been forced to spend money from the Find Madeleine fund to investigate leads the police have ignored....
Police have 'run out of cash'
The Daily Express, 10 November 2007, 227 words
...Lawyers representing Kate and Gerry McCann are angry that the couple have been forced to spend money from the Find Madeleine fund to investigate leads the police have ignored....
Girls' symbolic silence for Madeleine McCann
The Burnley Express, 24 November 2007, 153 words
...The Find Madeleine Fund has received £1m. in donations, money which will, according to the fund website, be used to find Madeleine, support the family and bring her abductor or abductors to justice. ...
MADDIE 'SOLD' BY HARD-UP McCANNS
Daily Star, 26 November 2007, 360 words, EXCLUSIVE by JERRY LAWTON
...And they reportedly returned to it after discovering the McCanns had twice had to dip into the Find Madeleine fund to pay their £2,000-amonth mortgage. ...
HOW INEPT POLICE LET MADELEINE'S KIDNAPPER GET AWAY
The Daily Express, 27 November 2007, 1870 words, by Robert Downing<$> Adapted by VIRGINIA BLACKBURN
...Madeleine's parents felt they were going to start playing a more active role. The Find Madeleine Fund had been officially launched and Gerry started on what was to be the first of many trips around the globe in the search...
THEY SHOULD BE CURSED; FROM VANESSA ALLEN IN PRAIA DA LUZ; MURAT'S LAWYER CONDEMNS THE MCCANNS FOR LEAVING MADDIE
Daily Mail, 28 November 2007, 625 words
...The Find Madeleine fund has raised almost £1.1million, which the couple, who also have twins, have used to fund their campaign and to pay their living costs since May, including two instalments of their mortgage. Their legal costs and spokesman are...
MCCANNS PAY DETECTIVE TEAM £50,000 A MONTH IN MADDY HUNT; ROBERT MENDICK CHIEF REPORTER
The Evening Standard, 28 November 2007, 496 words
...The fee was agreed at a meeting earlier this month of trustees of the Find Madeleine Fund , set up in May to help in the worldwide search for the little girl. ...
Donations to the Find Madeleine fund have slowed to a trickle
The Sun, 28 November 2007, 113 words, Antonella Lazzeri
...DONATIONS to the Find Madeleine fund have slowed to a trickle, sparking fears her parents will struggle to pay for the ongoing search. The fund currently stands at almost Pounds 1.1million, but Pounds 700,000 has been earmarked to pay the private...
Lawyer: Parents deserve a curse
The Sun, 28 November 2007, 168 words, Veronica Lorraine and Neil Syson in Praia Da Luz
...It was not clear whether he was referring to the million- pounds-plus raised in the UK for the Find Madeleine fund or the income Kate and Gerry receive as doctors. ...
How the Pope and Beckham kept their hopes alive
The Daily Express, 28 November 2007, 1749 words, Adapted by VIRGINIA BLACKBURN
...Luz waiting to hear news about sightings and began playing a more active, highprofile role in the search. The Find Madeleine Fund officially launched its own website and Gerry flew back to Britain to consult lawyers and advisers....
'IRRELEVANT' PRIVATE EYES ARE COSTING THE MADELEINE FUND £2,000 A DAY; FROM VANESSA ALLEN IN PRAIA DA LUZ
Daily Mail, 29 November 2007, 358 words
...THE McCanns' private detectives have cost the Find Madeleine Fund £300,000, it was revealed yesterday. ...
Are we any closer to finding out what happened to Madeleine McCann?
The Independent, 30 November 2007, 1187 words, BY MICHAEL SAVAGE
...The McCanns have also hired private detectives to look for their daughter, which they are paying for through their Find Madeleine Fund , set up in the immediate aftermath of Madeleine"s disappearance. The Spanish detective agency Metodo 3 is reportedly...
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2007 DECEMBER
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Inside the secretive world of MADELEINE'S 'MERCENARY
The Daily Express, 1 December 2007, 1491 words, by Adrian Lee
...successes, doubt has been cast over some of the methods used by Metodo and its suitability to be bankrolled by the Find Madeleine Fund , which has raised more than £1million from the British public....
Maddie's uncle in fund fury
Sunday Mail, 2 December 2007, 147 words
...Donations to the Find Madeleine Fund dropped following lurid stories about the alleged involvement of parents Kate and Gerry, who are still official suspects. ...
Maddie's uncle in fund fury
Sunday Mail, 2 December 2007, 147 words
...Donations to the Find Madeleine Fund dropped following lurid stories after her parents Kate and Gerry were named as official suspects. ...
Top cop in blast at private eyes
Daily Star, 4 December 2007, 218 words, by EMMA WALL
...Metodo 3 will get at least £300,000 from the Find Madeleine Fund for a six-month contract. ...
WE KNOW WHO STOLE MADDY CLAIMS MCCANN PRIVATE EYE
The Evening Standard, 13 December 2007, 683 words, BY KIRAN RANDHAWA
...The agency claims to have around 35 investigators working on the case and is being paid £50,000 a month by the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
WE KNOW WHO STOLE MADDY CLAIMS MCCANN PRIVATE EYE
The Evening Standard, 13 December 2007, 681 words, BY KIRAN RANDHAWA
...The agency claims to have around 35 investigators working on the case and is being paid £50,000 a month by the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
My months with Madeleine: It was a welcome spring break, a chance to relax at a child-friendly resort in Portugal. Soon Bridget O'Donnell (r...
The Guardian, 14 December 2007, 3651 words
...Bridget O'Donnell is a writer and director. The fee from this article will be donated to the Find Madeleine fund ( www.findmadeleine.com ). ...
SHE WILL BE HOME BY CHRISTMAS, CLAIMS THE PRIVATE EYE SEARCHING FOR MADDIE
Daily Mail, 14 December 2007, 653 words
...Barcelona-based Metodo 3 has worked for the McCanns since September on a £50,000-a-month contract - the equivalent of £2,000 per working day - from the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
Maddie 'home by Xmas'
Scottish Daily Record, 14 December 2007, 237 words
...The agency's £50,000-amonth bill is paid by the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
HOME BY XMAS
Scottish Daily Record, 14 December 2007, 196 words, By Paul Byrne
...The agency's £50,000-a-month bill is paid by the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
I'LL GET MADDY BACK BY CHRISTMAS
Mirror, 14 December 2007, 472 words, PAUL BYRNE in Praia da Luz
...Marco, whose agency is being paid £50,000 a month by the Find Madeleine Fund , said he is unable to name her captors for fear of ruining a potential police operation. He admitted they had no firm...
I'LL GET MADDY BACK BY CHRISTMAS
Mirror, 14 December 2007, 168 words, PAUL BYRNE in Praia da Luz
...The Spanish agency, paid EUR70,000 a month by the Find Madeleine Fund , has 35 investigators on the case. ...
MADDIE WILL BE HOME BY XMAS
Daily Star, 14 December 2007, 551 words, EXCLUSIVE by JERRY LAWTON
...It is the boldest claim yet by the agency, which is charging the Find Madeleine Fund £50,000 a week to look for her. Last month Mr Marco said he was certain his 35 agents will find Madeleine before their...
PI 'close to solving case'
MX (Brisbane), 14 December 2007, 160 words
...Barcelona-based Metodo 3 claims to have 35 investigators working on the case and is being paid $120,000 by the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
Maddie 'home by Christmas'
The Sun, 14 December 2007, 280 words, Veronica Lorraine in Praia da Luz
...But a source close to the Find Madeleine Fund admitted they had "increasing concerns" about the agency. ...
Maddie to be home by Christmas
Metro, 14 December 2007, 263 words, ROSS MCGUINNESS
...Metodo 3 is being paid £50,000 a month by the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
'Madeleine will be back home with parents by Christmas'
The Daily Express, 14 December 2007, 743 words, From David Pilditch in Praia da Luz
...with her parents before Christmas.'' It is the boldest claim yet by the prestigious agency which is charging the Find Madeleine fund £50,000-a-month to look for the little girl, who was three when she vanished. But it is not the first time the director...
Maddie home in days: ex-cop
Daily Telegraph, 15 December 2007, 481 words, REBECCA CAMBER
...Barcelona-based Metodo 3 has worked for the McCanns since September on a pound stg. 50,000-a-month ($116,250) contract from the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
FURY AT CLAIMS BY TECS
The Sunday Mirror, 16 December 2007, 272 words, By LORI CAMPBELL & GRANT HODGSON
...Barcelona-based Metodo 3 is being paid £50,000 a month by the Find Madeleine Fund and recently moved to plush new offices. ...
A homecoming too far for the McCanns
The Sunday Telegraph, 16 December 2007, 839 words, BY LIZ HUNT
...a police force of such astounding incompetence that Clouseau would blush. Now, pounds 50,000 a month from the Find Madeleine Fund is being paid to an agency which promises much and delivers little. ...
BOASTFUL TEC BOSS RAPPED
People, 16 December 2007, 343 words, By TOM CARLIN
...Metodo 3 is being paid £2,000 a working day by the Find Madeleine Fund but has yet to produce any evidence to back its claims. The McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell said last night: "We continue to have faith in Metodo 3. ...
Charity cash will not go to Maddy fund
Hemel Gazette, 20 December 2007, 297 words
...Mr Hampton confirmed that a charity football match, again originally in support of the Find Madeleine Fund , will go ahead and the money raised will go to the pub's new chosen charity. ...
PRIVATE EYES FACE THE SACK
Daily Mail, 22 December 2007, 277 words, BY MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE
...The firm is paid by the Find Madeleine fund , which has raised £1.1million in donations since the child's disappearance seven months ago. Its contract will be reviewed by the fund's board of directors in February. ...
End this ordeal and let Madeleine go, parents beg in Christmas video
The Times, 22 December 2007, 829 words, David Brown
...* Pounds 1.1million has been donated by the public to the Find Madeleine Fund ...
Detective firm faces axe over hunt
The Daily Express, 22 December 2007, 345 words, From Martin Evans in Praia da Luz
...But despite boasting a 100 per cent success rate in finding missing people, it has so far failed to produce any concrete leads. Now the McCanns and directors of the Find Madeleine Fund have indicated that the contract will not be renewed....
'Maddy home for Xmas' 'tec takes on NEW case
The Sunday Mirror, 23 December 2007, 397 words, By LORI CAMPBELL and TOM WORDEN
...Metodo 3 were hired by the McCanns in September on a £50,000-a-month contract - paid for by the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
McCanns to spend last £1m in final bid to find Madeleine
The Express on Sunday, 23 December 2007, 303 words, By Matt Drake
...In a startling move, Kate and Gerry McCann will throw all the remaining cash in the Find Madeleine fund at a new team of private investigators to mount a covert operation in Portugal. ...
McCanns to spend last £1m in final bid to f ind Madeleine
The Express on Sunday, 23 December 2007, 304 words, By Matt Drake
...In a startling move, Kate and Gerry McCann will throw all the remaining cash in the Find Madeleine fund at a new team of private investigators to mount a covert operation in Portugal. ...
WE'LL NEVER, EVER GIVE UP HOPE FOR MADELEINE; FROM VANESSA ALLEN IN PRAIA DA LUZ
Daily Mail, 26 December 2007, 592 words
...detectives at Metodo 3 had said they hoped to find Madeleine in time for Christmas. However, the agency - hired by the Find Madeleine fund at a cost of £50,000 a month - has so far failed to uncover any concrete evidence about what happened to her and its...
Never give up on Maddie - Prayers as McCanns spend Christmas without missing girl
Daily Telegraph, 27 December 2007, 499 words, Vanessa Allen
...at Metodo 3 had said they hoped to find Madeleine in time for Christmas. However, the agency -- hired by the Find Madeleine fund at a cost of pound stg. 50,000 ($113,000) a month -- has so far failed to uncover any concrete evidence about what...
So many still don't recognise her face
The Sun, 27 December 2007, 641 words, Veronica Lorraine In Praia da Luz
...The Helping To Find Madeleine campaign - affiliated to the McCanns' own Find Madeleine Fund - has been working behind the scenes to widen global awareness of the child's plight. ...
Weekend: 2007: THE YEAR OF INDECISION: It was a year dominated by a toddler. Opinions on her disappearance swung back and forth. And that...
The Guardian, 29 December 2007, 4311 words, Decca Aitkenhead
...Beckham - please, the pope prayed - please, the Uefa Cup final crowd pleaded - just let Maddy come home. The Find Madeleine fund quickly passed the million-pound mark, and throughout the summer tabloid editors and millionaire businessmen vied...
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'We're not going back'
Leicester Mercury, 1 January 2008, 468 words, by Paul Conroy
...He added that Mr and Mrs McCann would consider ways of raising money for the Find Madeleine fund if it became necessary. ...
Maddie hunters quiz Irish family
The Sun, 3 January 2008, 312 words, Veronica Lorraine in Praia da Luz
...resort -we didn't think anything of it at the time." The Sun reported on Monday how Metodo 3 -which is costing the Find Madeleine Fund Pounds 300,000 -plan to blitz Morocco after several leads pointed to the country. ...
KATE'S DARKEST DAYS
The Daily Express, 5 January 2008, 1602 words, by Anna Pukas
...consultant cardiologist. He has been working three days a week since early November. Colleagues there hold a vigil for Madeleine in the hospital chapel every Friday and have raised thousands for the Madeleine fund , which has topped £1million....
IT'S MADDY THE MOVIE; EXCLUSIVE BY ROBERT MENDICK CHIEF REPORTER; MCCANNS IN TALKS WITH TEAM BEHIND AWARD-WINNING FILM; THEY NEED CASH TO F...
The Evening Standard, 8 January 2008, 801 words
...are also considering a book deal and selling interviews to television broadcasters with all proceeds going to the Madeleine Fund , the body set up to finance the search for the girl. Madeleine was six days short of her fourth birthday when she...
IT'S MADDY THE MOVIE; EXCLUSIVE BY ROBERT MENDICK CHIEF REPORTER; MCCANNS IN TALKS WITH TEAM BEHIND AWARD-WINNING FILM; THEY NEED CASH TO F...
The Evening Standard, 8 January 2008, 802 words
...are also considering a book deal and selling interviews to television broadcasters with all proceeds going to the Madeleine Fund , the body set up to finance the search for the girl. Madeleine was six days short of her fourth birthday when she...
MADELEINE'S PARENTS CONSIDER FILM ABOUT HER
Press Association National Newswire, 8:24 PM GMT, 8 January 2008, 643 words, By Matt Williams, PA
...The matter is expected to be discussed further when directors of the Madeleine Fund meet later this week. ...
MADELEINE'S PARENTS CONSIDER FILM
Press Association Regional Newswire - East Midlands, 2:40 PM GMT, 8 January 2008, 307 words
...The matter is expected to be discussed further when directors of the Madeleine Fund meet later this week. ...
Madeleine's parents consider film
Press Association - Premier Showbiz, 8 January 2008, 289 words
...The matter is expected to be discussed further when directors of the Madeleine Fund meet this week. ...
McCanns in blockbuster movie deal; They need cash to boost Maddy fund
London Lite, 8 January 2008, 453 words, ROBERT MENDICK
...The couple are also considering a book deal and selling interviews to broadcasters with all proceeds going to the Madeleine Fund , the body set up to finance the search for the girl. Madeleine was six days short of her fourth birthday when she...
McCanns considering film offer
The Irish Examiner, 4:08 PM GMT, 8 January 2008, 444 words
...The matter is expected to be discussed further when directors of the Madeleine Fund meet later this week. ...
MADDIE'S PARENTS PLAN £2M FILM DEAL
Daily Mail, 9 January 2008, 1079 words, BY VANESSA ALLEN
...The McCanns set up the Find Madeleine fund in May to finance the search for their four-year-old daughter. It has been used to fund a private detective agency, Metodo 3, and to pay their living costs while they both took extended unpaid leave from...
DAILY MAIL COMMENT; MADDIE THE MOVIE: ONE STEP TOO FAR
Daily Mail, 9 January 2008, 585 words
...accepts that the McCanns have no intention of profiting personally from any deal. They want only to replenish the Madeleine Fund - now seriously depleted by the army of detectives and PR advisers employed in the hunt for their daughter. ...
ALLISON PEARSON; WHAT CAN KATE AND GERRY BE THINKING?
Daily Mail, 9 January 2008, 1643 words
...The problem is the Madeleine Fund is committed to spending £50,000 a month on a Spanish private detective agency. Metodo 3 is given to bullish boasting, which I fear owes more to testosterone than tests. It drip-feeds supposed sightings of Maddie...
MADELEINE: THE MOVIE
Mirror, 9 January 2008, 248 words, By MARTIN FRICKER
...Her parents hope it could bring in millions for the fast dwindling Find Madeleine fund , set up after the four-year-old vanished from a holiday flat in Praia da Luz, Portugal. ...
MADELEINE: THE MOVIE
Mirror, 9 January 2008, 254 words, By MARTIN FRICKER
...Her parents hope it could bring in millions for the fast dwindling Find Madeleine fund , set up after the four-year-old vanished from a holiday flat in Praia da Luz, Portugal. ...
MADELEINE: THE MOVIE
Mirror, 9 January 2008, 250 words, By MARTIN FRICKER
...The deal could bring in millions for the fast dwindling Find Madeleine fund , set up after the four-year-old vanished from a holiday flat in Praia da Luz, Portugal. ...
MADDIE: THE MOVIE
Scottish Daily Record, 9 January 2008, 605 words, By Tony Bassett
...The couple are trying to boost the Find Madeleine fund , which is rapidly running out of money. An estimated £750,000 of the the £1.2million donated by the public has already been spent. ...
It's time for McCanns to admit it's over JAN MOIR on Wednesday
The Daily Telegraph, 9 January 2008, 179 words, by Jan Moir
...The McCanns say they need the money a film would raise - plus fees from potential television interviews - for the Madeleine Fund , which spends pounds 50,000 a month on a Spanish private detective agency. This seems like an absurd and excessive...
McCanns deny plan for Maddy movie
AAP Bulletins, 9 January 2008, 328 words
...Some STG1.2 million ($A2.7 million) has been raised from public donations. But there are concerns that The Madeleine Fund could quickly disappear, with STG50,000 ($A115,000) a month being paid to a Spanish private detective agency employed...
McCanns deny plan for Maddy movie
Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies, 5:17 PM GMT, 9 January 2008, 298 words
...Some STG1.2 million ($A2.7 million) has been raised from public donations. But there are concerns that The Madeleine Fund could quickly disappear, with STG50,000 ($A115,000) a month being paid to a Spanish private detective agency employed...
Film makers ask parents: Can we make a film about missing Madeleine?
Daily Post (Liverpool), 9 January 2008, 164 words
...The matter is expected to be discussed further when directors of the Madeleine Fund meet later this week. ...
McCanns consider film about daughter
Daily Post (North Wales), 9 January 2008, 269 words
...The matter is expected to be discussed further when directors of the Madeleine Fund meet later this week. ...
MADDIE FILM WOULD RAKE IN £MILLIONS
Daily Star, 9 January 2008, 614 words, by JERRY LAWTON
...The Find Madeleine Fund – which attracted £1.2m in donations – has dwindled to around £200,000 and will soon run out, sources say. ...
Now it's Maddy the Movie
The Irish News, 9 January 2008, 451 words, Matt Williams, PA
...The matter is expected to be discussed further when directors of the Madeleine Fund meet later this week. ...
McCanns deny reports of Madeleine film
The Guardian, 9 January 2008, 243 words, Lee Glendinning
...There was speculation that a film project could replenish the fund dedicated to finding the four-year-old. The Find Madeleine fund has received pounds 1.2m but donations have slowed since the McCanns were named as arguidos (suspects) in September...
Maddie:The movie
The Sun, 9 January 2008, 323 words, Antonella Lazzeri in Praia Da Luz
...The couple believe the movie could raise money for the dwindling Find Madeleine fund , whose public donations have slowed to a trickle. ...
They pray that movie will help find Maddie;McCanns' film bid
The Sun, 9 January 2008, 433 words, Antonella Lazzeri and Gary O'Shea in Praia Da Luz
...The amount in their Find Madeleine fund , set up after their daughter disappeared, has fallen from Pounds 1.2million to about Pounds 200,000. ...
McCanns in talks over film on missing Maddie
Metro, 9 January 2008, 265 words, jo steele
...The project will be discussed later this week by directors of the Madeleine Fund . ...
McCanns in talks over film on missing Maddie
Metro, 9 January 2008, 270 words
...The project will be discussed later this week by directors of the Madeleine Fund . ...
Esther out in crisis
Daily Star, 9 January 2008, 182 words
...TELLY presenter Esther McVey has quit as a director of the Find Madeleine fund , which faces a cash crisis. ...
Maddie parents may agree to film of story
Liverpool Echo, 9 January 2008, 415 words, By THOMAS MARTIN
...The matter is expected to be discussed further when directors of the Madeleine Fund meet later this week. ...
Parents of missing madeleine approached to release a film about her disappearance
Aberdeen Press & Journal, 9 January 2008, 328 words
...The matter is expected to be discussed further when directors of the Madeleine Fund meet later this week. ...
McCanns deny plan for Maddy movie
SBS World News Headline Stories, 9 January 2008, 298 words
...Some STG1.2 million ($A2.7 million) has been raised from public donations. But there are concerns that The Madeleine Fund could quickly disappear, with STG50,000 ($A115,000) a month being paid to a Spanish private detective agency employed...
MADELEINE - PARENTS: WE FEAR WE'LL BE CHARGED
The Daily Express, 9 January 2008, 690 words, By David Pilditch
...The film project will be discussed by Gerry and the directors of the Find Madeleine fund at a meeting near the couple's home in Rothley, Leics. , tonight....
£10m book and movie prof its 'will be spent on finding Madeleine'
The Daily Express, 9 January 2008, 706 words, By David Pilditch
...The movie project will be discussed by Gerry and the directors of the Find Madeleine fund at a meeting near the couple's home in Rothley, Leics, tonight....
McCanns in talks on $4.5m movie deal
The Courier-Mail, 10 January 2008, 467 words, Vanessa Allen
...The McCanns set up the Find Madeleine fund in May to finance the search for their four-year-old daughter. It has been used to fund a private detective agency, Metodo 3, and to pay their living costs while they both took extended unpaid leave from...
McCanns deny role in Maddie search movie
The Courier-Mail, 10 January 2008, 466 words, Vanessa Allen
...Some $2.7 million has been raised from public donations, but there are concerns that The Madeleine Fund could quickly disappear, with pound stg. 50,000 ($115,000) a month being paid to a Spanish private detective agency...
Maddie's dad denies film claims
Daily Telegraph, 10 January 2008, 299 words
...Some $2.7 million has been raised from public donations. But there are concerns that The Madeleine Fund could quickly disappear, with $115,000 a month being paid to a Spanish private detective agency which has been employed...
McCanns plan missing Maddie movie
Geelong Advertiser, 10 January 2008, 237 words
...The Madeleine Fund , set up by the McCanns, is paying $115,000 a month to a Spanish private detective agency employed to look for Madeleine as well as financing a massive poster and television advertising campaign in Spain, Portugal and Morocco...
£1m fund is running out fast
Mirror, 10 January 2008, 226 words, By ROD CHAYTOR
...THE Find Madeleine Fund set up to locate the missing four-year-old is rapidly running out of money, it was revealed yesterday. ...
£1m fund is running out fast
Mirror, 10 January 2008, 224 words, By ROD CHAYTOR
...THE Find Madeleine Fund set up to locate the missing four-year-old is rapidly running out of money, it was revealed yesterday. ...
Madeleine fund fears
The Daily Telegraph, 10 January 2008, 95 words, By Nick Britten
...GERRY and Kate McCann's search for their daughter may grind to a halt by the anniversary of her disappearance because the Find Madeleine fund is running out of money. ...
MCCANNS MAY DROP DETECTIVE FIRM AS MADDY FUND RUNS DRY
The Evening Standard, 10 January 2008, 591 words
...Metodo 3 is being paid £50,000 a month out of the Madeleine Fund , a not-for-profit company set up using public donations to find the little girl. ...
No film will reveal the truth about Maddy
The Independent, 10 January 2008, 918 words, Janet Street-Porter
...You can see why he might be circumspect - any suggestion that the Find Madeleine fund might profit from a piece of factual entertainment would result in an enormous backlash from members of the public, who...
McCann movie madness
Daily Star, 10 January 2008, 543 words, VANESSA FELTZ
...Despite their argument that the Find Madeleine Fund is running out of cash, the information is pretty tough to stomach. ...
McCanns 'to sack' their own detective agency; Kate and Gerry furious with outspoken investigators
London Lite, 10 January 2008, 256 words, ROBERT MENDICK
...The agency Metodo 3 pockets £50,000 a month from the Madeleine Fund , set up from public donations, but has infuriated fund chiefs with attention-grabbing comments. ...
McCanns to 'ditch their detectives'; Fury at their own private investigators
London Lite, 10 January 2008, 411 words, ROBERT MENDICK
...The agency Metodo 3 pockets £50,000 a month from the Madeleine Fund set up from public donations but has infuriated fund chiefs with attention-grabbing comments. ...
MCCANNS ARE READY TO SACK DETECTIVE AGENCY; FROM VANESSA ALLEN IN PRAIA DA LUZ
Daily Mail, 11 January 2008, 570 words
...Metodo 3, which has cost the Find Madeleine fund £50,000 a month since September, has so far failed to turn up any firm evidence of her whereabouts. ...
HAVE THEY LOST OUR SYMPATHY?
The Daily Express, 12 January 2008, 1607 words, by Anna Pukas
...emerged that TV presenter Esther McVey, who is a long-time family friend, has stepped down as a director of the Find Madeleine Fund . Ms McVey, who has known Kate McCann since their college days, insisted she was quitting because she wanted to concentrate...
The Maddie story is already a soap opera, so why the moral panic over a movie?
The Observer, 13 January 2008, 806 words, Barbara Ellen
...Even if the film sucks, the funds raised would be more than pounds 2m, all going into the rapidly depleting Find Madeleine fund . In short, if their search is to continue, the McCanns need some cash. Their spokesman, Clarence Mitchell, has been...
IT'S OUR D-DAY
The Sunday Mirror, 13 January 2008, 1091 words, By LORI CAMPBELL
...Jon, who is a director of the Find Madeleine Fund , said the McCanns are also focused on getting a Europewide system in place to help prevent other children being abducted. ...
IT'S OUR D-DAY
The Sunday Mirror, 13 January 2008, 1091 words, By LORI CAMPBELL
...Jon, who is a director of the Find Madeleine Fund , said the McCanns are also focused on getting a Europewide system in place to help prevent other children being abducted. ...
Search fund faces paying 'thousands' in tax
The Express on Sunday, 13 January 2008, 469 words, By James Murray and Matt Drake
...THE Madeleine Fund will be hit w ith a hefty tax bill because it was set up as a company – not a charity. ...
PLEASE QUIZ US ON MADDIE
Daily Star, 13 January 2008, 357 words, by JONATHAN CORKE
...But after shelling out £50,000 a month on the Metodo 3 agency and a raft of publicity, funds are running low. Sources say the £570,000 left in the Find Madeleine Fund will be down to just £146,000 by the end of March. ...
Maddie film in poor taste;The Big Issue;Dear Sun;Letter
The Sun, 14 January 2008, 548 words
...the Find Madeleine fund after donations slowed to a trickle. Readers have slated the idea. ...
Maddie film in poor taste;The big issue;Dear Sun;Letter
The Sun, 14 January 2008, 498 words
...be turned into a film which parents Kate and Gerry's spokesman Clarence Mitchell says will raise funds for the Find Madeleine fund . Donations have slowed to a trickle. Readers have slated the idea. ...
Branson can even outdo BT over extra charges
The Daily Express, 17 January 2008, 71 words
...Sir Richard Branson likes to look good and gave £1,200,000 to the Find Madeleine Fund , but he robs people of their money. It should be against the law....
MCCANNS 'WASTING FUND CASH ON MADDY HUNT IN MOROCCO'
The Evening Standard, 25 January 2008, 839 words, BY ROBERT MENDICK IN THE RIF MOUNTAINS, MOROCCO
...Meanwhile, the Madeleine Fund , set up to find the girl, is running out of the estimated £1 million raised from donations. Mark Williams-Thomas, a former detective and managing director of child protection consultancy WT Associates, told the Standard...
McCann interview bids war
Scottish Daily Record, 26 January 2008, 267 words
...They are considering the offer, saying they need the money to boost the Find Madeleine fund . ...
OPRAH BIDS £1M TO GET MCCANNS ON HER TV SHOW
The Daily Express, 26 January 2008, 532 words, From David Pilditch in Praia da Luz
...The Find Madeleine fund once stood at £1.2million through donations from the public. But it is now said to be at less than £400,000 and it's feared the money could run out in weeks due to spending on private detectives and advertising....
MADDIE'S KIN SET TO SELL STORY
New York Post, 27 January 2008, 166 words, Samuel Goldsmith
...The McCanns have been forced to consider selling the story because their "Find Madeleine " fund is expected to run dry by June, The Times of London reported. ...
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Police chief says 'we were too hasty' in naming McCanns as suspects
The Observer, 3 February 2008, 508 words, by Mark Townsend Crime Correspondent
...in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz last May. Despite numerous appeals and the raising of a pounds 1.2m 'Find Madeleine ' fund , the search to discover what happened to the youngster has drawn a blank. ...
Private eyes, public lies?;Cover Story
The Sunday Times, 10 February 2008, 4606 words, Christine Toomey
...wants to make it clear that this was before M-3 persuaded those involved in decisions regarding the Pounds 1m Find Madeleine Fund - partially made up of donations from the public and partly from business backers such as Brian Kennedy - to sign...
BIZARRE NEW E-FITS OF MADDY SUSPECT
Mirror, 11 February 2008, 271 words, By EMILY NASH and SARA WALLIS
...Metodo 3, the Barcelona-based agency hired by the McCanns, receive the sum from public donations made to the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
£50,000 a month in expenses
Leicester Mercury, 11 February 2008, 276 words
...However the expenses being run up by the private detectives are being paid out of the Find Madeleine fund , which at one point stood at £1.2 million of public donations. ...
£50,000 detective bills drain Madeleine fund
The Daily Express, 11 February 2008, 410 words, From David Pilditch in Praia da Luz
...The fees are being charged to the Find Madeleine fund set up by parents Kate and Gerry McCann after their daughter disappeared during a holiday in Portugal last May....
Bill to find Maddie soars
The Daily Express, 11 February 2008, 204 words
...The expenses are being charged to the Find Madeleine fund set up by parents Kate and Gerry McCann after their daughter disappeared last May. The fund, which once stood at £1.2million after generous public donations, is now down to £500,000....
MADELEINE TO FEATURE IN POSTER CAMPAIGN
Press Association National Newswire, 9:08 PM GMT, 13 February 2008, 223 words, By PA reporter
...In all, some 17,400 packs have been produced, costing the Find Madeleine Fund £3,000. ...
McCANNS LAUNCH POSTER CAMPAIGN IN MADELEINE HUNT
Press Association National Newswire, 10:57 AM GMT, 14 February 2008, 525 words, By Tim Walsh, PA
...In all, some 17,400 packs were produced, costing the Find Madeleine Fund £3,000. ...
WORLD TODAY: Poster drive to find Maddie
Evening Gazette, 14 February 2008, 72 words
...Some 17,400 packs have been produced, costing the Find Madeleine Fund £3,000. ...
McCanns refuse to lose hope
Mirror, 15 February 2008, 129 words
...John, who also revealed the £1.2million Madeleine Fund is dwindling, said: "They want to be able to concentrate on searching for Madeleine instead of defending themselves from a false accusation." ...
KATE QUITS AS GP TO WORK FOR KIDS' CHARITIES
People, 17 February 2008, 488 words, BY RENE BUTLER
...They paid some of the mortgage on their home in Rothley from the Find Madeleine fund until they were named official suspects Gerry returned to his £75,000-ayear job at Glenfield Hospital, Leics, part-time...
McCANNS RAPPED OVER POSTER OF MISSING GIRL
Daily Star, 19 February 2008, 308 words, by JERRY LAWTON
...The McCanns had thousands of posters, left, printed showing the two girls together, paid for by the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
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2008 MARCH
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Profile: Missing Madeleine; Disappearance and search for Madeleine McCann
NBC News: Dateline NBC, 2 March 2008, 8851 words
...(Gerry and Kate with flowers, balloons; Find Madeleine Web page; Gerry's blog; Madeleine fund Web page; British flag; photo of J.K. Rowling; photo of Richard Branson; photo of David Beckham) ...
Maddie tecs will stay on
Mirror, 6 March 2008, 131 words
...The Find Madeleine Fund yesterday voted to retain their services after the firm's six-month contract expires next week. ...
McCanns keep cops
Mirror, 6 March 2008, 67 words
...The Find Madeleine Fund yesterday voted to retain the agency despite suggestions it may be axed after its wild claim the McCanns' four-year-old - who went missing in Portugal last May - would be found by Christmas. ...
Maddie's parents in cash offer
People, 9 March 2008, 194 words, By TOM CARLIN
...Money from the Find Madeleine Fund could perhaps pay for a massive poster campaign. ...
Talk of Kate and Gerry McCann suing;Mediapolis;Media
The Times, 13 March 2008, 171 words
...Instead, the advice used by the McCanns comes from the Carter-Ruck law firm - and if they succeed against Mr Desmond's titles, other newspapers could be targeted. If money does change hands, it will be destined for the Find Madeleine fund . ...
'Maddie home by Xmas' tec keeps job
The Sun, 14 March 2008, 194 words
...Operating costs, once Pounds 50,000 a month, will be paid by the Find Madeleine Fund - which once stood at Pounds 1.2million but is now half that. ...
French-speaking man on a train sparked ... Sydney hunt for Maddie
Daily Telegraph, 18 March 2008, 449 words, By SAFFRON HOWDEN and LARISSA CUMMINGS
...The couple are funding the search through the Find Madeleine Fund -- which has been whittled down to pound stg. 544,000 from pound stg. 1.2 million ($2.5 million) donated by the public last year. ...
Two British newspapers agree damages with McCanns: reports
Agence France Presse, 10:48 PM GMT, 18 March 2008, 289 words, PSR
...The BBC said on its website, without citing its sources, that the damages paid will be donated to the Find Madeleine Fund , which was set up in the wake of Madeleine's disappearance from a Portuguese resort while the family was on holiday...
British newspapers apologize to Madeleine McCann's parents
Associated Press Newswires, 11:33 PM GMT, 18 March 2008, 333 words
...The Express Group said it has paid "a very substantial sum" into the Madeleine Fund created by the McCanns to fund their search....
British newspapers publish front page apologies for McCanns
Agence France Presse, 12:34 AM GMT, 19 March 2008, 528 words, PSR
...clouded their lives" would be lifted, and added that to express its regret, it had "paid a very substantial sum into the Madeleine Fund and we promise to do all in our power to help efforts to find her."...
LIBEL PAYOUT WILL HELP FUND MADELEINE SEARCH, SAY McCANNS TIMELINE OF EVENTS IN MADELEINE CASE FULL STATEMENT FROM THE McCANNS McCANN'S RESERVE RIGHT TO SUE OTHER PAPERS FOR LIBEL CHANGING TONE OF MADELEINE PRESS COVERAGE A HISTORY OF APOLOGIES
Press Association National Newswire, 4:35 PM GMT, 19 March 2008, 978 words, By Cathy Gordon and Jan Colley, PA
...caused to Mr and Mrs McCann. I confirm that Express Newspaper has agreed to make a substantial contribution to the Madeleine Fund , which we hope will assist in continuing the search for her." ...
Express newspapers apologise to parents of Madeleine McCann agree damages with Madeleine's parents
The Independent, 19 March 2008, 521 words, By James Macintyre
...set to appear at the High Court today to read out apologies from the papers, whose payout will go towards the Find Madeleine Fund in what is the culmination of a behind-the-scenes libel challenge from Mr and Mrs McCann....
Newspapers apologise to McCanns
The Irish Examiner, 7:06 AM GMT, 19 March 2008, 410 words
...The Daily Express and Daily Star, which are both published by Express Newspapers, have also agreed to pay a "very substantial" sum to the Find Madeleine fund ....
EXPRESS PAYS MADDY PARENTS £550,000 FOR WILD ACCUSATIONS
The Evening Standard, 19 March 2008, 320 words, BY BENEDICT MOORE-BRIDGER
...The newspaper group will also pay substantial damages, thought to be £550,000.All the money will be donated to the Find Madeleine Fund ....
IN BRIEF: McCanns win big payouts in libel case
Daily Post (Liverpool), 19 March 2008, 102 words
...of the newspapers' articles were "grossly defamatory". The couple say all the damages will be donated to the Find Madeleine fund . The papers are expected to apologise for suggesting Kate and Gerry McCann were involved in their daughter vanishing...
Severe Flooding in Texas and Missouri; Obama Speech: From Race to War in Iraq; Markets Rally: Stocks React to Fed Cut; Storm Delays: Flight...
CNN: American Morning, 19 March 2008, 8998 words, Kiran Chetry, Alina Cho, Rob Marciano, Ali Velshi, Suzanne Malveaux, Veronica de la Cruz, Kyra Phillips, Candy Crowley, Dan Lothian
...the parents were involved in their daughter's disappearance. Both papers have also made substantial donations to the Madeleine fund . The 4-year-old disappeared during a family vacation last May in Portugal....
Kate & Gerry McCann: Sorry
Daily Star, 19 March 2008, 108 words
...As an expression of our regret we have now made a substantial donation to the Madeleine Fund in the hope that it helps efforts to find her.We sincerely apologise for any additional distress we have caused the...
US slashes interest rates McCanns win huge payout and apologies for libels Papers sorry for 'campaign of vitriol'
The Herald, 19 March 2008, 662 words, MARTIN WILLIAMS
...The couple say all the damages will be donated to the Find Madeleine fund . Under the terms of the settlement - at theMcCanns' insistence - Express Newspapers' barrister will also read out an apology before a judge at the High Court today....
MCCANNS WELCOME £550,000 PAYOUT AND APOLOGY BY EXPRESS
The Evening Standard, 19 March 2008, 378 words, BY PAUL CHESTON COURTS CORRESPONDENT
...The libel damages will be paid directly to the Madeleine Fund , a move the couple said was 'entirely appropriate'.They added that they hoped their arguido, or suspect, status would be lifted soon....
Express Newspapers forced to apologise to McCann family over Madeleine allegations: Threat of legal action leads to unprecedented move...
The Guardian, 19 March 2008, 730 words, Owen Gibson, Media correspondent
...comment last night but has previously said the couple were "grievously wronged" by much of the coverage of their daughter's disappearance. The "substantial sum" that Express Newspapers will pay in damages would go to the Find Madeleine fund ....
Newspapers sorry over Maddie stories
Metro, 19 March 2008, 204 words, Jo Steele
...The Daily Express and Daily Star, which are owned by billionaire Richard Desmond, have also agreed to pay a very substantial sum to the Find Madeleine fund . ...
Press still needs proper safeguards
Guardian Unlimited, 19 March 2008, 476 words
...have welcomed Express Newspapers' contrition over the "utter falsity" its titles published about them and the Find Madeleine fund has been topped up by £550,000. This may be seen as justice for the "grossly defamed" McCanns, but it is not victory...
WE'RE SORRY WE SAID YOU KILLED MADDIE
Liverpool Echo, 19 March 2008, 400 words, By VICKI KELLAWAY
...In front page stories today, both papers agreed to pay a "very substantial" sum to the Find Madeleine fund . ...
National briefs: Papers 'sorry'
Huddersfield Examiner, 19 March 2008, 57 words
...and Daily Star - both published by Express Newspapers - have also agreed to pay a "very substantial" sum to the Find Madeleine fund . The apology is understood to relate to articles about Kate and Gerry McCann. ...
Obama's big gamble
Guardian Unlimited, 19 March 2008, 1273 words
...Both papers say they have paid a "very substantial sum" into the Madeleine fund ....
Newspapers say sorry to McCanns
The Journal, Newcastle, 19 March 2008, 180 words
...Star, which are both published by Express Newspapers, have also agreed to pay a "very substantial" sum to the Find Madeleine fund . The McCanns are understood to be "pleased" that an agreement has been reached. ...
Newspapers print apologies to Gerry and Kate McCann
Belfast Telegraph, 19 March 2008, 109 words
...the Daily Star have also agreed to pay a substantial sum, understood to be in six figures, to the couple's official Madeleine Fund .Express Newspapers will publish similar apologies in the Sunday versions of the two titles this weekend.The offending...
Kate and Gerry McCann: Sorry
The Daily Express, 19 March 2008, 173 words
...As an expression of its regret, the Daily Express has now paid a very substantial sum into the Madeleine Fund and we promise to do all in our power to help efforts to find her....
British tabloids apologise to parents of missing Maddie
The Age, 20 March 2008, 345 words, Lee Glendinning, London
...The McCanns said the money would go to their "Find Madeleine " fund ....
Press: Newspapers apologise to McCanns: Express's decision to publish 100 'seriously defamatory' articles costs them pounds 550,000 in damages
The Guardian, 20 March 2008, 845 words, Owen Gibson Media correspondent
...will also have to pay costs running into tens of thousands of pounds. The agreed damages, to be paid into the Find Madeleine fund , were described by legal experts as "huge" in an era when libel cases have tended to bring modest settlements. ...
British tabloids forced to apologise to McCann family Top British tabloids forced to apologise to McCanns
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Transcripts, 20 March 2008, 504 words, Stephanie Kennedy
...The papers didn't even put up a fight - they settled and have paid $1.2 million into the Find Madeleine fund . ...
MCCANNS' ANGUISH AT LIES OVER MADELEINE
Daily Mail, 20 March 2008, 574 words, BY VANESSA ALLEN
...The £550,000 damages was paid to the Find Madeleine fund at the request of the McCanns. The figure doubles the amount left in the dwindling fund, which saw donations slow after the McCanns were named as formal suspects in the disappearance by Portuguese...
McCanns put newspaper cash to Madeleine fund
Birmingham Post, 20 March 2008, 305 words
Kate and Gerry McCann welcomed yesterday's apology by a newspaper group for publishing "grotesque and grossly defamatory allegations" suggesting they were responsible for the death of their daughter Madeleine.
McCanns get £550k for newspapers' lies
Scottish Daily Record, 20 March 2008, 250 words, By Victoria Ward
...The McCanns, who were not in court, are to plough the money into the Find Madeleine fund . ...
GERRY & KATE WIN £500K FOR PAPERS' MADDY LIES
Mirror, 20 March 2008, 246 words, By VICTORIA WARD
...The Daily Express, Daily Star and their Sunday titles - all owned by Express Newspapers - agreed to £550,000 in damages for a series of "utterly false and defamatory" articles. The money is to go to the Find Madeleine fund . ...
McCanns get EUR700k compo
Mirror, 20 March 2008, 112 words, By VICTORIA WARD
...The cash will be ploughed into the Find Madeleine fund . ...
Brit tabs grovel, express apologies; Parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann get Page 1 mea culpas and $1.1 million payout
The Toronto Star, 20 March 2008, 605 words, Mitch Potter
...Two other weekend titles in the four-paper Express Newspapers chain were expected to follow suit. Restitution is also to include a $1.1 million payment to the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
Top banana;Richard Desmond;The face
The Times, 20 March 2008, 527 words, Penny Wark
...the titles, they now acknowledge that the McCanns were "completely innocent" of any involvement in the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine on May 3 last year, and have paid Pounds 550,000 into the Find Madeleine Fund as recompense. ...
Express papers make front-page apology to McCanns
Brand Republic, 20 March 2008, 721 words, By Alex Donohue, Brand Republic
...stable agreed to pay undisclosed substantial damages to Gerry and Kate McCann, which will be put towards the Find Madeleine Fund , after accepting that there is no truth behind a number of articles it published. ...
Comment & Debate: This apology underlines the true value of false reporting: The Express group has said sorry and paid hefty damages ov...
The Guardian, 20 March 2008, 974 words, Mark Lawson
...the agreement by the Daily Express and Daily Star to publish front-page apologies and pay pounds 550,000 into the Madeleine Fund over earlier reports - long ago recycled on council tips - which implicated Kate and Gerry McCann. No ordinary citizen...
Kate and Gerry McCann accept apologies from two newspapers
Asian News International, 20 March 2008, 276 words
...The newspapers also agreed to pay a 550,000-pound libel damage to the couple's official Madeleine Fund . ...
Thank you to everyone for your suppor
Liverpool Echo, 20 March 2008, 442 words, By VICKI KELLAWAY
...the Daily Star and the Daily Express were forced to run front-page apologies and donate over £500,000 to the Find Madeleine Fund for suggesting Kate and Gerry Mc- Cann were behind their daughter's disappearance. ...
Express pays Maddy fund
Loughborough Echo, 21 March 2008, 146 words
...DAMAGES of £550,000 are to be paid into the Find Madeleine Fund following a libel action by Rothley parents Gerry and Kate McCann. ...
Sorry seems to be the largest word
Independent On Sunday, 23 March 2008, 1319 words, Joy Lo Dico
...suggesting "that the couple caused the death of their missing daughter, Madel- eine, and then covered it up". Their Sunday sister titles follow suit today, and the papers' parent company has made a payment of £550,000 into the Madeleine Fund . ...
Most newspapers virtually ignored the extraordinary apology by Express...
The Guardian, 24 March 2008, 1153 words
...page probably requires a visit to A&E. The one-off cost to the Express group of donating pounds 550,000 to the Madeleine Fund , however, is no more than the four papers would need every year to employ three decent reporters each who could dig...
Laughter from beyond the grave ... and a headache for the Barclays
The Independent, 24 March 2008, 1230 words, Stephen Glover
...Express carried an almost unprecedented front page apology to Kate and Gerry McCann for suggesting in numerous articles that they caused the death of their daughter Madeleine. The paper has paid over half a million pounds to the Madeleine Fund ....
Experts forecast likelihood of McCanns' damages case
Daily Post (Liverpool), 25 March 2008, 520 words, BY VICKY ANDERSON Daily Post Staff
...A sum of £550,000 was given to the Find Madeleine fund as part of the settlement. More than 100 articles published in the Express group's papers were found to be defamatory and harmful to the couple's reputation. ...
TV DOCUMENTARY TO MARK MADELEINE'S DISAPPEARANCE
Press Association National Newswire, 2:45 AM GMT, 27 March 2008, 385 words, By Sherna Noah, PA Media Correspondent
...It said no payment has been made to Madeleine's parents for making the programme and the broadcaster will instead donate £10,000 to the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
ITV to air McCanns' only TV interview
Guardian Unlimited, 27 March 2008, 427 words
...The ITV controller of current affairs and documentaries, Jeff Anderson, said the broadcaster would donate £10,000 to the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
Maddie's parents in TV special on first anniversary
Evening Herald, 27 March 2008, 218 words
...The broadcaster added: "No payment has been made to Madeleine's parents for making the programme, but ITV will instead donate £10,000 (€12,702) to the Find Madeleine Fund .'' ...
Maddy's parents to take part in TV documentary
Yorkshire Post, 27 March 2008, 166 words
...The company said the McCanns were not being paid for the programme, but £10,000 was being donated to the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
Plea over mari luz suspect
Leicester Mercury, 27 March 2008, 254 words
...Producer Mentorn Media said no payment has been made to Madeleine's parents and the broadcaster would instead donate £10,000 to the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
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2008 APRIL
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Driven to succeed
Manchester Evening News, 1 April 2008, 949 words
...after the newspapers printed highly defamatory articles about Gerry and Kate McCann. I am also on the board of the Madeleine Fund - No Stone Unturned. It is an extremely high profile case and every effort is being made to find Madeleine." ...
DID SHE KNOW ALL ALONG?
Daily Mail, 8 April 2008, 1806 words, BY PAUL SIMS, CHRIS BROOKE AND JAMES TOZER
...It has emerged that attempts to obtain money from the Find Madeleine Fund during Shannon's disappearance were unsuccessful. ...
Did they beg cash from the McCann family?
Scottish Daily Record, 8 April 2008, 216 words
...On each occasion, they asked for money from the Find Madeleine fund , which was set up following the toddler's disappearance. ...
HUNT FOR MADDIE FUND CASH CALLER
Mirror, 8 April 2008, 113 words
...People claiming to be related to the nine-year-old rang or wrote several times asking for money from the Find Madeleine fund . ...
KATE McCANN 'UPSET' BY RECONSTRUCTION INVITATION
Press Association National Newswire, 9:44 PM GMT, 8 April 2008, 1029 words, By Theo Usherwood, PA
...It has also emerged that the McCanns had been approached by a man claiming to be associated with Shannon Matthews' family, who demanded money from the Find Madeleine fund . ...
Shannon's mother held by police Officers believe 32-year-old may have been involved in copying fake kidnap plot from TV drama Shameless
The Daily Telegraph, 8 April 2008, 510 words, By Paul Stokes
...spokesman for her parents, Gerry and Kate McCann, said they had received "a number of approaches'' for aid from the Find Madeleine Fund from purported representatives of the Matthews family. ...
Adam Tudor;Lawyer of the week;Law;Interview
The Times, 8 April 2008, 525 words, Linda Tsang
...stablemates, the newspapers have made unprecedented front-page apologies to the McCanns for falsely suggesting that the couple caused the death of their daughter and covered it up. The papers will pay Pounds 550,000 to the Madeleine fund . ...
SHANNON'S MOTHER 'BASED KIDNAP STORY ON TV DRAMA'; ROBERT MENDICK CHIEF REPORTER
The Evening Standard, 8 April 2008, 260 words
...On at least two occasions relatives of Matthews approached the Find Madeleine Fund - set up to find four-year-old Madeleine McCann - for cash to help their search. The requests were turned down. Shannon...
SHANNON'S 'AUNT' ASKED MADELEINE FUND FOR CASH By Alistair Keely, PA Someone...
Press Association National Newswire, 9:34 AM GMT, 8 April 2008, 83 words
...SHANNON'S 'AUNT' ASKED MADELEINE FUND FOR CASH By Alistair Keely, PA Someone claiming to be from the family of Shannon Matthews asked for money from the fund set up to help find missing Madeleine McCann, it was reported today. As police searched...
'SHANNON AUNT ASKED MADELEINE FUND FOR CASH'
Press Association Regional Newswire - East Midlands, 10:23 AM GMT, 8 April 2008, 213 words
Someone claiming to be from the family of missing girl Shannon Matthews asked for money from the fund set up to help find Leicestershire youngster Madeleine McCann, it has been reported.
Girl's 'family' in McCann cash call
London Lite, 8 April 2008, 120 words
...refused to hand over money. "Kate and Gerry found it quite disturbing," the source said. The McCanns' spokesman Clarence Mitchell said he also was approached for money from the Find Madeleine fund by someone claiming to be Shannon's aunt.. ...
McCANN DEMAND PROBED
Mirror, 9 April 2008, 201 words
...They asked for money from the Madeleine Fund for Shannon posters. Mr Mitchell later received a phone call from a man claiming to represent the family, thanking him for a donation. He then apparently tried to pass the phone to Shannon's mother, Karen...
KATE'S DEVASTATED AT HAVING TO LIVE THROUGH IT AGAIN
Daily Star, 9 April 2008, 650 words, by JERRY LAWTON
...It has also emerged that GP Kate, 40 and her heart specialist husband, 39, were approached by a man demanding money from the Find Madeleine fund ....
Shannon's 'aunt' asked Madeleine fund for money
The Irish News, 9 April 2008, 242 words
Someone claiming to be from the family of Shannon Matthews asked for money from the fund set up to help find missing Madeleine McCann, it was reported yesterday.
Kate 'upset' by police reconstruction appeal
Leicester Mercury, 9 April 2008, 624 words, by staff reporter
...It has also emerged that the McCanns had been approached by a man claiming to be associated with Shannon Matthews' family, who demanded money from the Find Madeleine fund ....
Shannon Matthews: Mother charged with child's neglect
Belfast Telegraph, 9 April 2008, 432 words
...the Find Madeleine fund set to search for the four-year-old who went missing...
McCann suspect to sue British media in giant libel claim
Agence France Presse, 1:20 PM GMT, 13 April 2008, 368 words, RJM
...The group paid 550,000 pounds in damages to their Find Madeleine fund ....
ITV chases ratings with documentary about the tragedy of missing Maddy
The Express on Sunday, 13 April 2008, 692 words, From Matt Drake IN BRUSSELS
...Independent company Mentorn, producers of the feature, have made a £10,000 contribution to the Find Madeleine fund which they expect to recoup with worldwide syndication....
ITV chases ratings with Madeleine documentary
The Express on Sunday, 13 April 2008, 382 words, From Matt Drake
...on the Algarve. Independent company Mentorn, producer of the feature, has made a £10,000 contribution to the Find Madeleine Fund , which it expects to recoup with worldwide syndication that will target America and Western Europe....
News - Shameless: many of the adults in Shannon's life are now in custody The abduction of Shannon Matthews now reads like an episode of...
Sunday Tribune, 13 April 2008, 1883 words
...Find Madeleine fund ...
McCann suspect launches record libel action
The Irish Examiner, 14 April 2008, 306 words
...In March, Madeleine’s parents, Gerry and Kate, won a libel settlement from Express Newspapers over suggestions they were involved in her disappearance. The group paid £550,000 in damages to their Find Madeleine fund ....
McCann case suspect issues record number of libel writs
The Guardian, 14 April 2008, 395 words, Alexandra Topping
...Express Newspapers was forced to run a front page apology to Gerry and Kate McCann as part of a libel settlement, over suggestions that they were involved in her disappearance. The group paid pounds 550,000 in damages to the Find Madeleine fund ....
I FEEL DESPERATELY FOR KATE. HER LIFE HAS BEEN RUINED. SHE LOATHES THE SPOTLIGHT. AND SHE KNOWS THAT WHEN THEIR DAUGHTER NEEDED THEM MOST...
The Mail on Sunday, 27 April 2008, 2886 words, BY JUSTINE MCGUINNESS FORMER PRESS ADVISER TO KATE AND GERRY MCCANN *BY ARRANGEMENT*
...Any donations were given straight away to the 'Find Madeleine ' fund administrator, including all the cheques made out to Kate and Gerry, rather than the fund....
McCANNS: OUR TELL-ALL BOOK
The Sunday Mirror, 27 April 2008, 348 words, By LORI CAMPBELL
...The couple are desperate to tell the truth of their ordeal and plan to publish a tell-all book with the help of a ghost-writer - with all proceeds going to the Find Madeleine Fund ....
Special report: Missing Madeleine
Scotland on Sunday, 27 April 2008, 4938 words, Catherine Deveney
...Polis, believes the press coverage became a kind of madness. The fact that Express Newspapers has had to pay the Find Madeleine Fund GBP 550,000 has, he says, "woken us up" from that madness. "To show such a disregard, a contempt, for the normal range...
McCanns in tell-all bid
MX (Brisbane), 28 April 2008, 99 words
...A spokesman said they wanted to raise money for the Find Madeleine fund and counter smears from inside the police investigation....
A year on, book will fund Madeleine hunt
The Times, 28 April 2008, 484 words, David Brown
...Proceeds of any deal would go to the Find Madeleine Fund , which has received more than Pounds 1.5 million in public donations and a libel payout....
MCCANNS SET TO MAKE £1M FOR BOOK ON THEIR 'YEAR OF HELL'; FROM VANESSA ALLEN IN PRAIA DA LUZ
Daily Mail, 28 April 2008, 583 words
...The McCanns, of Rothley, Leicestershire, are desperate to raise money for the Find Madeleine fund amid fears that £1.2million raised in donations from the public will run out within months....
TWINS 'CALLS' TO MADELEINE
Mirror, 28 April 2008, 495 words, BY MARTIN FRICKER and RON MOORE
...Meanwhile it emerged yesterday that Kate and Gerry are to write a book about their ordeal - with all proceeds going to the Find Madeleine Fund ....
McCanns planning book
Evening Herald, 28 April 2008, 236 words
...Proceeds of any deal would go to the Find Madeleine Fund . ...
Twins pick up the phone every day and say 'Where are you Maddie?'
The Sun, 28 April 2008, 717 words, Veronica Lorraine in Praia Da Luz
...THE Sun has made a donation to the Find Madeleine fund ....
'Do a year in jail and you can all go home.' 'no!';Maddie: A Year in the Darkness;Part 2
The Sun, 29 April 2008, 8211 words, John Perry
...March 20: Express Newspapers pays the McCanns Pounds 550,000 damages for falsely suggesting they killed Madeleine. The couple put the cash in the Find Madeleine fund ....
You keep asking yourself: 'Why did they think it was all right to leave the children?'
Liverpool Echo, 29 April 2008, 1108 words, Paddy Shennan
...At one point, they appeared to be sinking in a sea of defamatory, factfree fantasy reports - but the tide turned when Express Newspapers issued an apology and paid £550,000 into the Find Madeleine Fund ....
Madeleine anniversary: McCanns tell of regrets in TV documentary: Parents nearly took children out with them Mother hints at offer of deal...
The Guardian, 30 April 2008, 843 words, Rachel Williams
...The programme's makers insist the couple had no editorial control. They were not paid, but a pounds 10,000 donation was made to the Find Madeleine fund ....
McCANNS BRANDED 'SCUM' IN HATE LETTERS
Press Association National Newswire, 2:48 AM GMT, 30 April 2008, 339 words, By John Bingham, PA Chief Reporter
...The writer of the card calls them "thieving bastards" for using the money from the Find Madeleine Fund to make two payments on their mortgage....
We must support the McCanns on this bleak anniversary
The Daily Telegraph, 30 April 2008, 237 words, BY JAN MOIR ON WEDNESDAY
...invited to be involved. A spasm of national grief following the abduction manifested itself in generous donations to the Madeleine fund , the lighting of thousands of candles and the formation of a teddy-stocked shrine. Yet as the months dragged on and...
The World Today: McCanns: We're living in purgatory
Coventry Evening Telegraph, 30 April 2008, 476 words
...Programme makers insisted the couple had no editorial control and had not been paid, although a £10,000 donation was made to the Find Madeleine Fund ....
Madeleine McCann disappearance - One year on - Couple branded scum by writers of hate letters
The Irish News, 30 April 2008, 159 words
...The writer of the card calls them "thieving bastards" for using the money from the Find Madeleine Fund to make two payments on their mortgage....
Kate's tears over hate mail threats
The Sun, 30 April 2008, 434 words, Antonella Lazzeri
...about the letters in an ITV documentary. Husband Gerry, 39, is then shown close to tears himself as he reads out one of the notes. The letter accuses the McCanns of negligence - and of misusing public donations sent to the Find Madeleine fund ....
Christmas card had a message of hate
Metro, 30 April 2008, 111 words
...their home, which says: You are scum. It also calls them f****** thieving b******s for using the money from the Find Madeleine Fund to pay their mortgage and goes on, your brat is dead... Shame on you. Mr McCann, 39, comments, very charming, as he...
Were the McCanns as casual with passports and valuables when they went out at night?;Maddie A Year In The Darkness;Part 3
The Sun, 30 April 2008, 798 words, Jon Gaunt
...The British public sympathise with them but do not support them. If they did, the Find Madeleine fund would have raised millions more....
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2008 MAY
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MCCANN CASE ONE YEAR LATER MADDIE'S WORDS ON LAST DAY
ABC News: Good Morning America, 1 May 2008, 1017 words
...already said they thought they moved too quickly to label them as people of suspicion. And they recently just won a $1 million libel suit against British tabloids for articles they had printed, all $1 million now going to the 'Find Madeleine " fund ....
'...The last equivalent story was probably the second world war'
Leicester Mercury, 1 May 2008, 1985 words
...Eventually, it handed over half a million pounds to the Find Madeleine fund for its inaccurate journalism...
'The police in Portugal have had a fair crack ..we are at the point where we will have to find out ourselves'
Mirror, 2 May 2008, 974 words, BY ROD CHAYTOR
...Number of pounds that Simon Cowell donated to the Find Madeleine fund ...
We fear Maddie's in a dungeon like Austr ia children
Daily Star, 2 May 2008, 465 words, by JERRY LAWTON
...The Find Madeleine fund is paying for a team of Spanishbased private detectives to follow up leads....
VANISHED INSIDE THE MCCANN HOME
ABC News: 20/20, 2 May 2008, 5956 words
...(VO) The McCanns' first priority remains finding Madeleine. Private investigators, a website and the Find Madeleine Fund are all part of the search. They've also mounted a campaign to bring a child alert system to Europe, like the Amber...
Someone, somewhere, knows the truth about Madeleine It has been one year since the McCanns' family holiday turned into a nightmare. Anne Johnstone reflects on a story of terrible human drama A DARK ANNIVERSARY
The Herald, 3 May 2008, 1999 words, Anne Johnstone
...example of defamation. The couple sued and won front-page apologies and GBP550,000 in damages to bolster the Find Madeleine fund . What riles more responsible newspapers about this case is the questions it has raised about a self-policing media...
It's time McCanns admitted failure of parenting
Sunday Mercury, 4 May 2008, 653 words, GEORGE TYNDALE
...At least half the £1.2 million originally attracted by the Find Madeleine Fund has been spent on schemes controlled and negotiated by the couple's full-time public relations guru, Clarence Mitchell...
Don't pick on the McCanns;Letter
The Sun, 6 May 2008, 43 words
...AS the McCanns are so sure Maddie was kidnapped, why don't they offer money from the Find Madeleine fund to the kidnappers for her safe return?...
Don't pick on the McCanns;Letter
The Sun, 6 May 2008, 63 words
...I WOULD like to know how the money donated to the Find Madeleine fund has been used. It has been reported to be a seven-figure sum....
Did Press coverage hit the chances of a fair trial?
Huddersfield Examiner, 7 May 2008, 866 words, NIGEL HANSON
...The next day, as Matthews made her first court appearance, it was reported that a man who appeared to be associated with her family had made an aggressive request to Kate and Gerry McCann for cash for Shannon from the Madeleine Fund ....
'Kate and Gerry will search for Madeleine to the end of their lives, if that's what it takes'
Yorkshire Post, 29 May 2008, 1780 words
...were flying about, and continue to be aired on the internet, despite the salutary £555,000 damages paid to the Find Madeleine fund recently by Express Newspapers for publishing grossly defamatory comments about the couple....
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2008 JULY
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MCCANNS HIRE NEW TEAM OF DETECTIVES TO COMB POLICE FILES
The Evening Standard, 2 July 2008, 464 words, BY ROBERT MENDICK CHIEF REPORTER
...Metodo 3 was being paid £50,000 a month out of the Find Madeleine Fund , but in recent weeks this has been reduced to a retainer of about £8,000 a month. It was heavily criticised for a series of public pronouncements, including a promise by its boss...
MADDIE:BID TO GET COP FILES
Daily Star, 7 July 2008, 335 words, by JERRY LAWTON
...They are being paid from public donations to the Madeleine Fund ....
MADELEINE SUSPECT 'SETTLES £500,000 LIBEL CLAIMS'
Press Association National Newswire, 4:35 PM GMT, 15 July 2008, 265 words, By Margaret Davis, PA
...The newspapers also agreed to make payments to the couple's Find Madeleine fund ....
Murat settles GBP550,000 libel actions over Madeleine case Eleven newspapers in settlement
The Herald, 16 July 2008, 451 words, WILLIAM TINNING
...The newspapers also paid GBP550,000 to the Find Madeleine fund ....
The Norfolk suspect in the missing Madeleine McCann inquiry has settled his...
Eastern Daily Press, 16 July 2008, 422 words
...The newspapers also agreed to make payments to the couple's Find Madeleine fund ....
Maddy suspect Murat wins £500,000 damages
Belfast Telegraph, 16 July 2008, 265 words
...The newspapers also agreed to make payments to the couple's Find Madeleine fund ....
Such tricky subjects need sensitivity
Evening Herald, 19 July 2008, 495 words
...Sales of the book will provide additional resources for the Madeleine Fund apparently,but who needs the money if the truth is nowout there?...
Portuguese attorney general closes case of missing British girl for lack of evidence
Associated Press Newswires, 7:33 PM GMT, 21 July 2008, 795 words, By BARRY HATTON
...during his weekly general audience at the Vatican a few weeks after her disappearance. Celebrities, including "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling and soccer star David Beckham, made public appeals that helped raise money for a Find Madeleine fund ....
Timeline
The Guardian, 22 July 2008, 317 words
...October 30 The couple use part of their pounds 1m "Find Madeleine " fund to pay their mortgage, prompting criticism...
OUR TORMENT
Scottish Daily Record, 22 July 2008, 815 words, By Donna Watson
...The McCanns still have private investigators working on the case. Mitchell said the Find Madeleine Fund , which topped £1.2million last year, still contained up to £460,000 to fund further work....
Cleared ... but Madeleine is still missing
The Scotsman, 22 July 2008, 1128 words, Martyn McLaughlin
...new team of unnamed British-based investigators. Metodo 3 was being paid up to GBP 50,000 a month out of the Find Madeleine Fund , but it is understood the company now receives less than GBP 10,000 a month for its input. The agency's head, Francisco...
Now a great wrong has been righted
Leicester Mercury, 22 July 2008, 323 words
...was a huge surge of support for this newspaper's Bands of Hope appeal last year that raised some £60,000 for the Madeleine fund . The predominant emotion in Leicestershire will continue to be sympathy....
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2008 AUGUST
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McCanns made suspects 'without evidence'
The Daily Telegraph, 5 August 2008, 704 words, By Caroline Gammell in Portimao
...There is an estimated pounds 500,000 left in the Find Madeleine fund which was set up after the three-year-old vanished to help pay for the private detective work....
Crack USA team hired by McCanns
Mirror, 13 August 2008, 155 words, by ROD CHAYTOR
...The Find Madeleine Fund appointed the US operators - who are on a massive £500,000 six-month contract - earlier this year. They have replaced Metodo 3 as the lead investigators on the case....
SECRET A-TEAM IN HUNT FOR MADDIE
Daily Star, 14 August 2008, 391 words, EXCLUSIVE by JERRY LAWTON
...Mr Mitchell explained: "A sum of £500,000 has been committed to them from the Find Madeleine Fund ....
Us detectives join search
Leicester Mercury, 14 August 2008, 118 words
...The unnamed US firm is said to have been offered a six-month contract by the Find Madeleine Fund to help spearhead the search....
McCanns to axe Maddie hunt squad
The News of the World, 24 August 2008, 310 words
...Oakley's massive fee has been paid for by the Find Madeleine Fund , made up of public donations after the three-year-old vanished from her bedroom while on holiday in Portugal last year. About Pounds 450,000 of the fund now remains. Oakley used dozens...
McCann fund ‘paid detectives £500,000’
Independent On Sunday, 24 August 2008, 203 words, By Sadie Gray
...Oakley International, a US-based firm, won a six month contract from the Find Madeleine Fund to monitor the phone hotline, sift CCTV footage of possible sightings, and to carry out investigative work....
Maddie firm axed
Daily Star, 25 August 2008, 94 words
...There is now less than £500,000 in the Find Madeleine Fund ....
Hunt team has its deal 'dropped'
Leicester Mercury, 26 August 2008, 317 words
...The US-based Oakley International had been given a six-month contract and was paid from the Find Madeleine Fund ....
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2008 SEPTEMBER
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McCanns' man now speaks for Freud Mandrake
The Daily Telegraph, 2 September 2008, 243 words, by Tim Walker
...He stresses that he will still represent the McCanns, whose daughter went missing almost a year-and-a-half ago, and adds that he will be paid on a retainer basis from the "Find Madeleine '' fund ....
Maddie private eye claim denied
Loughborough Echo, 5 September 2008, 104 words
...Oakley International is currently employed using the Find Madeleine Fund to look into the disappearance of Madeleine while on a family holiday in May 2007....
More than one million pounds spend on toddler hunt: McCanns
Agence France Presse, 2:48 AM GMT, 6 September 2008, 363 words
...In 10 months, the Find Madeleine fund , made up of donations, had paid one million pounds (1.77 million dollars, 1.24 million euros) to Spain's Metodo 3 detective agency to search for her, health professionals Gerry and Kate McCann said....
MORE THAN £1m SPENT ON HUNT FOR MADELEINE
Press Association National Newswire, 1:10 AM GMT, 6 September 2008, 352 words, By PA Reporter
...Kate and Gerry McCann said that in less than a year the Find Madeleine fund had paid £1 million to Spain's Metodo 3 detective agency to search for her....
CRUNCH SET TO CONTINUE
Evening Gazette, 6 September 2008, 80 words
...Kate and Gerry McCann said that in less than a year the Find Madeleine fund had paid £1m to Spain's Metodo 3 detective agency to search for her....
World Tonight: Maddie £1m
The Evening Chronicle, Newcastle, 6 September 2008, 53 words
...Kate and j Gerry McCann said that in less than a year the Find Madeleine fund had paid £1m to Spain's Metodo 3 detective agency to search for h e r....
WE HAVE SPENT £1M IN SEARCH FOR OUR MADDY
Mirror, 6 September 2008, 701 words, BY MARTIN FRICKER and MATT ROPER
...The two doctors, from Rothley, Leics, revealed that in just 10 months the Find Madeleine fund has paid £1million (EUR1.23m) to Spain's Metodo 3 detective agency to search for her. And they are prepared to do...
More than £1m spent on hunt for Madeleine
The Irish Examiner, 8:40 AM GMT, 6 September 2008, 349 words
...Kate and Gerry McCann said that in less than a year the Find Madeleine fund had paid £1m (€1.23m) to Spain’s Metodo 3 detective agency to search for her....
£1m spent in Maddy hunt
Leicester Mercury, 8 September 2008, 174 words
...Kate and Gerry McCann revealed that, in less than a year, the Find Madeleine fund had paid £1 million to Spain's Metodo 3 detective agency in the search for their daughter....
Wanted: Our ex-top cops to join hunt for Maddie
Manchester Evening News, 9 September 2008, 391 words
...The Find Madeleine Fund was set up with help from individual donations and is now being bankrolled by Brian Kennedy, boss of Sale Sharks rugby union club....
McCanns look to ex-cops
Wigan Observer, 9 September 2008, 205 words
...retired or about-to-retire officers.Madeleine was snatched while on holiday in Portugal in May last year.The Find Madeleine Fund was set up with help from individual donations and is now being bankrolled by Brian Kennedy, boss of Sale Sharks rugby...
McCANNS HEADHUNT COPS FOR NEW MADDY SEARCH
Mirror, 10 September 2008, 166 words, BY BRIAN ROBERTS
...The Find Madeleine Fund has asked for lists of retired or about-to-retire officers from forces across the country. Madeleine was snatched while on holiday in Portugal just a few days before her fourth birthday last May....
Maddie ex-cops move
Scottish Daily Record, 10 September 2008, 147 words
...The Find Madeleine Fund has asked for lists of retired officers from a number of forces across the country....
SUPER COPS JOIN SEARCH FOR MADDIE
Daily Star, 10 September 2008, 295 words, by JOHN MAHONEY
...The elite squad of officers – all retired or close to collecting their pensions – will be recruited by the Find Madeleine Fund and told to re-examine previous evidence....
Ex-cops approached for hunt
The West Australian, 11 September 2008, 285 words, LONDON
...The Find Madeleine Fund has asked for lists of suitable retired or soon-to-retire officers from forces across the country. The fund, which is now being bankrolled by Brian Kennedy, owner of Sale Sharks rugby team, has approached several police forces...
Kate's fury at leaked diary story
Mirror, 19 September 2008, 148 words, By ROD CHAYTOR
...Lawyers for the McCanns are thought to be demanding an apology and payout for the Find Madeleine fund . The McCanns did not comment....
NoW APOLOGISES OVER KATE McCANN DIARY EXTRACTS
Press Association National Newswire, 9:48 AM GMT, 21 September 2008, 299 words, By PA Reporter
...The two newspapers also agreed to pay a "very substantial" sum to the Find Madeleine fund ....
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2008 OCTOBER
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£50,000 BILL FOR MCCANN'S PRIVATE EYES
The Mail on Sunday, 12 October 2008, 399 words, BY DANIEL BOFFEY
...Find Madeleine Fund earlier this year on a £500,000 six-month contract to monitor a telephone hotline, carry out detective work and review CCTV footage from around the world of possible sightings of the missing girl....
Desmond's papers back in court to apologise for more shoddy journalism
Guardian Unlimited, 15 October 2008, 287 words
...the girl's parents, Gerry and Kate McCann. The apology will also involve the payment of substantial damages, which Sky News this afternoon reported as totalling £375,000. It is understood that the money will go into the Find Madeleine Fund ....
Damages for friends of the McCanns win damages for defamation
The Daily Telegraph, 16 October 2008, 146 words, By Caroline Gammell
...settlement has been reached and will be outlined in the High Court today. The Daily Express apologised to the Tapas Seven in today's edition. It is thought that the group will receive about pounds 375,000, which will go to the Find Madeleine Fund ....
Madeleine McCann: Daily Express and Daily Star run apologies to 'tapas seven'
Guardian Unlimited, 16 October 2008, 513 words
..."We apologise to Jane Tanner, Russell O'Brien, Fiona Payne, David Payne, Matthew Oldfield, Rachael Oldfield and Diane Webster to whom we have agreed to pay substantial damages which they will be donating to the Find Madeleine Fund ."...
Express group to pay McCann friends damages
The Times, 16 October 2008, 167 words
...The money is expected to be donated to the Find Madeleine Fund , which is paying for a private investigation into her disappearance....
Madeleine McCann: Express apologises to the 'tapas seven' in high court
Guardian Unlimited, 16 October 2008, 347 words
...The £375,000 damages payment will go to the Find Madeleine Fund . Express Newspapers has also agreed to pay the legal costs of the 'tapas seven'....
'The Tapas Seven': An apology
Daily Star, 16 October 2008, 112 words
...We apologise to Jane Tanner, Russell O'Brien, Fiona Payne, David Payne, Matthew Oldfield, Rachael Oldfield and Diane Webster, to whom we have agreed to pay substantial damages which they will be donating to the Find Madeleine Fund ....
Newspapers pay 375,000 pounds in Madeleine McCann libel damages.
RIA Novosti, 16 October 2008, 249 words
...Rachael Oldfield and Diane Webster to whom we have agreed to pay substantial damages which they will donate to the Find Madeleine Fund ," the group's Daily Express and Daily Star said in their Thursday editions....
'Tapas 7' win big libel payout from newspaper group
Belfast Telegraph, 16 October 2008, 348 words
...The friends will donate the money to the official Madeleine Fund , set up to help look for the missing child....
'Tapas 7' give libel cash to Madeleine fund
Belfast Telegraph, 16 October 2008, 487 words, Newspaper stories were untrue BY JAN COLLEY AND CATHY GORDON
...The damages - which will be donated to the Find Madeleine Fund - relate to articles in the Daily Express, the Sunday Express and the Daily Star between July and December last year....
'Tapas Seven' accept libel damages
The Irish Examiner, 10:56 AM GMT, 16 October 2008, 155 words
...The damages – which will be donated to the Find Madeleine Fund – relate to articles in the 'Daily Express', the 'Sunday Express' and the 'Daily Star' between July and December last year....
Tapas 7 in Pounds 375k win
The Sun, 16 October 2008, 116 words
...The newspaper group will pay the Pounds 375,000, which the pals will donate to the Find Madeleine fund ....
World Tonight: Maddy payout
The Evening Chronicle, Newcastle, 16 October 2008, 70 words
...000 libel damages from Express Newspapers in the High Court today. The damages, which will be donated to the Find Madeleine Fund , relate to articles in the Daily Express, the Sunday Express and the Daily Star between July and December last year...
Tapas Seven win £375,000 payout
Metro, 16 October 2008, 89 words
...disappeared have won £375,000 in damages for libel. They will donate the money from Express Newspapers to the Find Madeleine fund . They will have an apology printed in the Daily Express, Sunday Express and Daily Star and one read in the High Court...
'Tapas Seven' - an apology
The Daily Express, 16 October 2008, 120 words
...completely untrue. We apologise to Jane Tanner, Russell O'Brien, Fiona Payne, David Payne, Matthew Oldfield, Rachael Oldfield and Diane Webster to whom we have agreed to pay substantial damages which they will be donating to the Find Madeleine Fund ....
UK: 'Tapas 7' win almost $A1m in damages from British tabloids
Australian Associated Press General News, 17 October 2008, 270 words
...The seven - couples Jane Tanner and Russell O'Brien, Rachael and Matthew Oldfield, Fiona and David Payne, and Fiona Payne's mother, Dianne Webster - will donate the money to the Find Madeleine fund ....
pounds 375,000 damages for Tapas Seven: Express apologises for Madeleine McCann claims Friends of family allege articles hampered search
The Guardian, 17 October 2008, 483 words, Owen Bowcott
...The money will be donated by the group - known as the Tapas Seven - to the Find Madeleine Fund , according to a statement detailing the settlement that was read out at the high court in London yesterday....
Express Newspapers pays pounds 375k in damages to 'Tapas seven'
Brand Republic, 17 October 2008, 481 words
...*** 'We apologise to Jane Tanner, Russell O'Brien, Fiona Payne, David Payne, Matthew Oldfield, Rachael Oldfield and Diane Webster to whom we have agreed to pay substantial damages which they will donate to the Find Madeleine Fund .'...
'Tapas 7' court win
The Sun, 17 October 2008, 78 words
...The damages will be donated to the Find Madeleine Fund ....
Madeleine is alive, claim Tapas Seven
Metro, 17 October 2008, 251 words, SUZY AUSTIN
...The damages - which will be donated to the Find Madeleine Fund - followed a series of defamatory articles which suggested the friends had covered up the true facts of her disappearance and had misled police in Portugal....
Libel win for tapas seven
MX (Brisbane), 17 October 2008, 95 words
...The money will be donated to the Find Madeleine fund ....
McCann mates get $940k
Sydney MX, 17 October 2008, 74 words
...The money will be donated to the Find Madeleine fund ....
Damages in McCann case
New Zealand Herald, 18 October 2008, 171 words
...They will donate the money to the Find Madeleine fund ....
IN BRIEF
The Australian, 18 October 2008, 335 words
...newspapers that falsely claimed they had misled the police investigation. Express Newspapers has paid $990,000 to the seven who were on holiday with the McCanns in Portugal in May last year. The seven will donate the money to the Find Madeleine fund ....
'The Tapas Seven' - an apology
The Express on Sunday, 19 October 2008, 104 words
...We apologise to Russell O'Brien and Jane Tanner to whom we have agreed to pay substantial damages which they will be donating to the Find Madeleine Fund ....
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2008 NOVEMBER
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McCANNS: OUR LOW FEELING
Mirror, 11 November 2008, 251 words
...Mr McCann wrote on the Find Madeleine Fund website blog: "It is now 18 months since Madeleine was so cruelly taken from us....
No new evidence in Portuguese files on madeleine
Leicester Mercury, 12 November 2008, 300 words
...He said attending a charity race night in Liverpool which raised £5,000 for the Madeleine Fund had helped them feel better. He said: "We left Liverpool in much better spirits than when we arrived."...
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2008 DECEMBER
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Xmas tv appeal in hunt for Maddie
The Sun, 4 December 2008, 178 words, Antonella Lazzeri
...The Find Madeleine Fund is to foot the cost of the appeal. The message will be in video format so it can be shown by broadcasters and on the fund's website....
She came from the wrong sort of family for many to care;Commentary;Opinion;Shannon Matthews
The Times, 5 December 2008, 506 words, Andrew Norfolk
...The Find Madeleine Fund raised more than Pounds 1 million in public donations. Reward money offered for her safe return totalled Pounds 2.5 million....
LOWEST OF THE LOW
Scottish Daily Record, 5 December 2008, 1413 words, By Lucy Thornton
...A man claiming to speak for Matthews tried to get cash out of the Find Madeleine fund while Shannon was missing....
McCanns pledged Pounds 25k to hunt;Exclusive;Pure Evil: Bid to fleece Madd ie fund
The Sun, 5 December 2008, 625 words, Antonella Lazzeri and Alastair Taylor
...Kate and Gerry were poised to hand over cash from the Find Madeleine Fund after being PESTERED to on behalf of Shannon's grasping mum Karen....
(1) Shannon's mum is put in solitary (2) Karens mum: Iim ashamed to call her my daughter; Fears of a revenge attack behind bars (2) Ev...
London Lite, 5 December 2008, 465 words, BO WILSON
...she is my daughter." Social services in Dewsbury, West up by a newspaper and even pestered Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry, for money. The McCanns were poised to hand over £25,000 from the Find Madeleine Fund but police warned against it....
Worldwide TV appeal for clues
Leicester Mercury, 5 December 2008, 407 words, By Peter Warzynski
...The Find Madeleine Fund is paying for the video, which will be used on its own website - www.findmadeleine.com - and by broadcasters....
Little girl still needs our prayers
Leicester Mercury, 5 December 2008, 372 words
...The video that will be shown is paid for by the Find Madeleine Fund , to which many of this newspaper's readers have contributed since her disappearance....
Let's eradicate this sordid game of parenting for profit
The Sunday Telegraph, 7 December 2008, 699 words, by JENNY McCARTNEY
...It did not strike her that the thousands of donated pounds in the "Find Madeleine '' fund were not there for the McCanns' own enrichment, but to fuel the search for their daughter. Everything we have since...
COUPLE BRANDED 'DESPICABLE' OVER MADELEINE FUND FRAUD
Press Association Regional Newswire - East Midlands, 11:27 AM GMT, 9 December 2008, 85 words
A teenage couple who claimed they were collecting money for the fund for missing Rothley girl Madeleine McCann have been branded "despicable" in court.
OCTOBER
South Wales Echo, 31 December 2008, 945 words
...Friends of Kate and Gerry McCann, the "Tapas Seven," win £375,000 from Express Newspapers for false allegations. The money goes to the Find Madeleine Fund ....
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2009 JANUARY
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CRACK BRIT TEAM IN NEW MADDIE HUNT; Ex-cops and spies hired
The Sun, 14 January 2009, 393 words, EXCLUSIVE by MIKE SULLIVAN and ANTONELLA LAZZERI; MIKE SULLIVAN; ANTONELLA LAZZERI
...Barcelona- based Metodo 3 cost the Finding Madeleine Fund more than £300,000....
WHERE THE £2M YOU GAVE TO FIND MADDIE HAS GONE
Daily Mail, 29 January 2009, 675 words, BY VANESSA ALLEN
...The McCanns were cleared as suspects last August. Their spokesman Mr Mitchell said: 'The Find Madeleine fund is a registered company and as such it has posted its accounts with Companies House....
MADELEINE FUND STANDS AT £600,000
Press Association National Newswire, 2:04 PM GMT, 29 January 2009, 604 words, By Sam Marsden, Press Association Chief Reporter
...But it is understood that he has been receiving a monthly retainer from the Madeleine Fund since September last year....
MADELEINE FUND STANDS AT £600,000
Press Association Regional Newswire - East Midlands, 2:30 PM GMT, 29 January 2009, 254 words
The official fund set up to help find Leicestershire girl Madeleine McCann now stands at £600,000 after an initial surge of donations dried up.
Madeleine fund raised £2m
Daily Post (Liverpool), 30 January 2009, 110 words
WELL-WISHERS donated nearly £2m to the fund to find Madeleine McCann in the 10 months after she went missing.More than £815,000 of the money was spent on the search for the little girl between her disappearance in May, 2007, and March last ...
INSIDE THE MIND OF KATE McCANN
Mirror, 31 January 2009, 1262 words, BY ROD CHAYTOR
...This week, figures showed that, in the financial year to March 2008, nearly £2million was raised by the Find Madeleine Fund to search for the missing youngster. More than £50,000 has been spent on professionally translating the Portuguese...
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2009 FEBRUARY
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Madeleine fund accounts show £600,000 in kitty
Loughborough Echo, 6 February 2009, 229 words, by Isaac Ashe
MORE THAN £815,000 SPENT ON SEARCHTHE official fund set up to help find missing Rothley girl Madeleine McCann now stands at £600,000.Nearly £2m was raised in the first 10 months after Madeleine went missing in May 2007, according to ...
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2009 MARCH
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‘I am a decent human being. If I can help them, I will’
Independent On Sunday, 1 March 2009, 1812 words, Cole Moreton
...These days Mitchell gets 40 per cent of his former salary as a retainer from the Find Madeleine Fund . Kate is said by relatives to spend hours with the files at home in Rothley, Leicestershire, while her twins are...
Irresponsible? That’s rich, Gerry
The Sunday Life, 15 March 2009, 311 words, GAIL EDGAR gedgar@belfasttelegraph.co.uk
...But let’s look at the facts. Yes, the McCanns were defamed by some newspapers — and received huge payments for the Madeleine Fund in return. But it’s also true that they courted the media and by doing so succeeded in raising more awareness of...
McCanns launch new appeal
The Irish Examiner, 2:06 PM GMT, 24 March 2009, 336 words
...The official Find Madeleine Fund said in a statement: "At the time of Madeleine’s disappearance the emphasis was placed more on international appeals, and it has been recognised that the local Portuguese residents of Praia da Luz and the surrounding...
McCanns launch new appeal for missing daughter
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News, 25 March 2009, 158 words, Europe Correspondent Emma Alberici
...The official Find Madeleine Fund said in a statement: "At the time of Madeleine's disappearance the emphasis was placed more on international appeals, and it has been recognised that the local Portuguese residents of Praia da Luz and the surrounding...
UK: McCanns launch fresh appeal in search for missing Madeleine
Australian Associated Press General News, 25 March 2009, 248 words
...appeals, and it has been recognised that the local Portuguese residents of Praia da Luz and the surrounding areas have never been properly asked about information they may have to give," a statement from the official Find Madeleine Fund said....
Family in new appeal on maddy
Leicester Mercury, 25 March 2009, 151 words
...Kate and Gerry McCann are using cash from their Find Madeleine Fund to distribute about 10,000 leaflets, printed in Portuguese, appealing for information in the area around Praia da Luz....
McCanns launch new search for Madeleine
Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies, 6:38 PM GMT, 25 March 2009, 235 words
...appeals, and it has been recognised that the local Portuguese residents of Praia da Luz and the surrounding areas have never been properly asked about information they may have to give," a statement from the official Find Madeleine Fund said....
New McCann plea
The Advertiser, 26 March 2009, 108 words
...A statement from the Find Madeleine Fund said the initial search focused on international appeals....
MADDIE'S POSTERS ARE RIPPED DOWN BY 'FED UP' LOCALS
Daily Star, 27 March 2009, 367 words, by GEMMA WHEATLEY
...The official Find Madeleine Fund said in a statement earlier this week: "At the time of Madeleine's disappearance, the emphasis was on international appeals. It has been recognised that local Portuguese residents of Praia da Luz and the surrounding...
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2009 APRIL
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Mum helps make film seeking more clues to maddie disappearance
Express and Echo, 6 April 2009, 435 words, by Richard Birch
...Last October, they received substantial libel damages, which were donated to the Find Madeleine Fund , after "untrue allegations" articles were published in the Daily Express, the Sunday Express and Daily Star national...
Madeleine cash crisis
Scottish Daily Record, 10 April 2009, 77 words
...The Find Madeleine Fund is expected to run dry by the end of the year....
MADDIE FUND WILL BE DRY IN MONTHS
The Sun, 10 April 2009, 287 words, By VERONICA LORRAINE
..."It won't dry up in the next few months but probably by the end of the year at the rate we are running." In January The Sun told how the Find Madeleine Fund had dipped to £600,000 after donations tailed off....
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Press Association National Newswire, 6:00 PM GMT, 10 April 2009, 793 words
... MADELEINE FUND ...
Madeleine fund running out of cash, says father
Yorkshire Post, 10 April 2009, 384 words
Money for the international search operation is dwindling, Gerry McCann said."There's still money in it. I can't give you the exact figure, but we have spent – and continue to spend – a lot of money with the aim of trying to enhance the ...
Madeleine fund runs dry
The Irish Examiner, 11 April 2009, 106 words
THE fund to help find Madeleine McCann is likely to run dry by the end of the year, her father has said. Money for the international search operation is dwindling, Gerry McCann said.
Madeleine fund 'will run dry soon'
Western Morning News, 11 April 2009, 234 words
The fund to help find Madeleine McCann is likely to run dry by the end of the year, according to her father. Money for the international search operation was dwindling, said Gerry McCann. "There's still money in it. I can't give you the ...
Why I'm now helping other tragic families
Bath Chronicle, 16 April 2009, 282 words
...Mr Mitchell told Woman's Own magazine that although he was paid a monthly retainer by the Madeleine Fund , he did not take a penny from other families...
McCANNS FLY OUT FOR OPRAH INTERVIEW
Press Association National Newswire, 12:52 PM GMT, 22 April 2009, 777 words, By Sam Marsden, Press Association Chief Reporter
...Neither the McCanns nor their official Find Madeleine Fund will receive any payment for their appearance on the Oprah Winfrey Show....
McCanns to show Oprah how missing Maddy may look now
Irish Independent, 23 April 2009, 194 words
...age-progression picture around the world, combined with the morein-depth Channel 4 documentary, they just felt that now was the right time," he said. Neither the McCanns nor the Find Madeleine Fund will receive any payment for their appearance....
McCanns go on Oprah to mark 2-year anniversary
The Irish Examiner, 23 April 2009, 222 words
...The McCanns and their Find Madeleine Fund will not receive any payment for their appearance on show....
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2009 MAY
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STALKED FOR DAYS
The Sunday Mirror, 3 May 2009, 536 words, SIMON WRIGHT; JUSTIN PENROSE
...The files have been painstakingly examined by two former British detectives - Dave Edgar and Arthur Cowley - hired by the Find Madeleine Fund two years after she vanished....
McCanns to mark their day of sorrow
The Express on Sunday, 3 May 2009, 456 words, By James Murray
...This Friday when there will be an auction of promises for the Madeleine Fund at Bishop Ellis Roman Catholic school in the nearby village of Thurmaston. People will bid for volunteers to do chores...
DID THIS MAN TAKE MADDIE?
Daily Mail, 7 May 2009, 663 words, BY VANESSA ALLEN
...A couple from Cheshire then saw the man on either May 2 or 3 staring at apartment 5A, and standing near a parked white van. An artist's impression of the man, commissioned by the Find Madeleine fund , shows a dark-haired, heavily scarred man....
Madeleine McCann detectives release new suspect image
Guardian Unlimited, 8 May 2009, 369 words
...More than £100,000 has been spent by the Find Madeleine Fund on translating the documents released by the official Portuguese police inquiry....
Madeleine hunters' 50 fresh leads
Mirror, 9 May 2009, 151 words, ROD CHAYTOR
...Portuguese authorities but heard nothing back while others told us of new potential sightings." Now all the input is being analysed by retired British detectives Insp Dave Edgar, 52, and Sgt Arthur Cowley, 57, the duo hired by the Find Madeleine fund ....
WE'RE HUNTING ONE KIDNAPPER
Mirror, 11 May 2009, 648 words, MAEVE QUIGLEY
...Gerry and Kate McCann used cash from the Find Madeleine Fund to pay the duo to undertake a new investigation after Portuguese police failed to follow up leads....
PRIVATE EYES HEAD CASE
Mirror, 11 May 2009, 147 words
...Gerry and Kate McCann used cash from the Find Madeleine Fund to pay the duo to undertake a new investigation after...
Marathon mum appeals for help
Leicester Mercury, 12 May 2009, 130 words
...She is looking for corporate sponsorship in order to secure her place and begin raising money for the Find Madeleine Fund and the Laura Centre, which provides bereavement support for people under 25....
Madeleine investigation: man denies link to abduction
Guardian Unlimited, 22 May 2009, 459 words
...A spokesman for Kate and Gerry McCann confirmed that investigators hired by the Find Madeleine Fund were looking into claims that Raymond Hewlett, 64, a former soldier, was living an hour's drive from the holiday resort...
MADDIE: A NEW BRITISH SUSPECT
Daily Mail, 22 May 2009, 816 words, BY VANESSA ALLEN AND JULIE MOULT
...Mr Edgar and Mr Cowley now run the Alpha Investigations Group and have been hired by the Find Madeleine Fund to investigate missed leads....
New McCann suspect 'was questioned by police but had an alibi'
The Independent, 23 May 2009, 1174 words, By Cahal Milmo CHIEF REPORTER
...The officers, who have experience in "cold case" reviews, were hired by the Find Madeleine Fund to re-examine leads from the initial investigation....
Former town detective heading up Madeleine hunt
Warrington Guardian, 26 May 2009, 295 words, Nicola Davies
...The duo, who now run the Alpha Investigations Group have been hired by the Find Madeleine Fund to examine missed leads, and believe five separate sightings of a suspicious man could hold the key to solving the...
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2009 JUNE
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PAY ME TOTALK ABOUT MADDY
Mirror, 5 June 2009, 190 words, RYAN PARRY
...Hewlett, 62, has refused to speak to detectives hired by parents Kate and Gerry McCann unless they pay him with cash from the Madeleine Fund ....
Pay me to talk on Maddy
The Daily Express, 5 June 2009, 231 words
...Investigators hired by her parents Kate and Gerry wanted to speak to the 62-year-old convicted child abuser, but he allegedly deman ded a slice of the Madeleine Fund in return....
CRUNCH-HIT TYCOON SCALES DOWN CASH AID FOR MCCANNS
The Mail on Sunday, 7 June 2009, 610 words, BY DANIEL BOFFEY
...The Madeleine Fund - which is down to £500,000 and expected to be empty by the end of the year - is now paying for the media relations work of former BBC reporter Clarence Mitchell, although at a reduced rate. The McCanns continue to regard a high-profile...
Tycoon stops McCanns' PR man's wages
Scottish Daily Record, 8 June 2009, 196 words
...Mitchell is now having to be paid out of The Madeleine Fund ....
MADDY FUND CUT
Mirror, 8 June 2009, 116 words
...Ex-BBC reporter Mr Mitchell is now having to be paid out of The Madeleine Fund , which is likely to be empty by the end of the year. He also receives a separate salary from PR firm Freud Communications...
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2009 AUGUST
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Madeleine police bill hits £745k
The Daily Express, 4 August 2009, 117 words
...The costs, which do not include officer time, are separate from Kate and Gerry McCann's private search, financed by the Find Madeleine Fund . The couple live in Rothley, Leics....
£3M MADDIE FUND EMPTY IN MONTHS
People, 16 August 2009, 254 words, Russell Myers
...has been spent on private detectives, £123,000 on campaign managers, £100,000 on posters and ads and £110,000 on legal fees and expenses. And public donations to the Find Madeleine Fund - which peaked at £260 an hour - have almost dried up....
WHY DID DETECTIVES ASK SO FEW QUESTIONS?
The Mail on Sunday, 16 August 2009, 1603 words, BY TOM WORDEN IN BARCELONA, MARTIN DELGADO AND ANDREW CHAPMAN
...According to the Find Madeleine Fund website, 'the majority of the fund money has been and continues to be spent on investigative work to help to find Madeleine'....
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2009 SEPTEMBER
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McCANNS' ANGER AT POLICEMAN'S BOOK
Press Association National Newswire, 8:38 PM GMT, 9 September 2009, 818 words, By Theo Usherwood, Press Association
...Any money awarded by the courts as compensation would be ploughed back into the Find Madeleine Fund , which is paying private investigators to search for the youngster....
MADDIE BLUNDER COP'S BOOK BANNED BY JUDGE
Scottish Daily Record, 10 September 2009, 348 words, Rod Chaytor
...Any money awarded to the McCanns over the lawsuit would be ploughed back into the Find Madeleine Fund ....
Inside the Maddie ...
The Sunday Life, 13 September 2009, 473 words
...They were translated at a cost of £100,000 to the Madeleine Fund , and are now stacked neatly in 17 volumes....
ONE case file stands out more than the other in Dave's office -- the one marked 'Hate Mail'.
The Sunday Life, 20 September 2009, 315 words
...One of the most haunting messages falsely accuses the McCanns of misusing public donations sent to the Find Madeleine fund ....
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2009 OCTOBER
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EXPERT WINS PAYOUT OVER MADELEINE FUND CLAIM
Press Association Regional Newswire - East Midlands, 11:40 AM GMT, 16 October 2009, 270 words
...Her solicitor, Amber Melville-Brown, told Mr Justice Eady that Ms McGuinness was the communications strategist for the Find Madeleine Fund from June to September 2007....
Justine McGuinness: An apology
People, 18 October 2009, 104 words
...ON October 7, 2007 we reported that Ms McGuinness had charged the Find Madeleine Fund £20,000 in excess of her agreed fee, which had come as a surprise to the Fund's managers, and that following a discussion...
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2009 NOVEMBER
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MADDIE DETECTIVE £1M FRAUD CHARGE
The Mail on Sunday, 22 November 2009, 520 words, BY DANIEL BOFFEY AND MARK HOLLINGSWORTH
...Halligen's firm, Oakley International, was hired by the Madeleine Fund but was dropped after six months over claims he was making little progress and spending too much....
McCann fund hired 'spy' conman; INSIGHT
The Sunday Times, 22 November 2009, 219 words
...working to find Madeleine McCann. Kevin Halligen, a Dublinborn security consultant, was paid £500,000 by the Find Madeleine fund but allegedly failed to pass it on to private eyes who worked for him....
McCann fund hired 'secret agent' conman; INSIGHT
The Sunday Times, 22 November 2009, 506 words
...Halligen's company Oakley International, which is based in Washington DC, was paid £500,000 after being hired by the Find Madeleine fund ....
On the run from friends, the FBI and his fake wife too; INSIGHT
The Sunday Times, 22 November 2009, 2264 words
...After the first tranches of the Madeleine fund money went into the account, Halligen withdrew more than £130,000 for his personal use. The payments were often disguised as transfers to Dybczak, but she has confirmed the money was for his benefit....
Ex Maddie detective 'on the run'
The Express on Sunday, 22 November 2009, 289 words
...His firm, Oakley International, as hired by the Find Madeleine Fund in 2007. A spokesman for Kate and Gerry McCann last night confirmed they had used Halligen, described by sources close to the investigation as someone who believed he was a "James...
National: FBI searches for Madeleine detective
The Observer, 22 November 2009, 373 words, Ben Quinn
...Oakley International secured the contract from the Find Madeleine Fund to monitor the phone hotline, sift through CCTV footage of possible sightings and carry out investigative work....
FBI hunts for investigator paid £500,000 by McCanns
The Independent, 23 November 2009, 669 words, By Jerome Taylor
...The following year Halligen's firm was hired by the Madeleine Fund to help in the search for the three-year-old, who went missing from her parents' holiday home in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz in May 2007. But he was dropped from the investigation...
McCann consultant in pounds 1.3m fraud row
The Daily Telegraph, 23 November 2009, 278 words, By Alastair Jamieson
...Mr Halligen's firm, Oakley International, was given a six-month contract by the Madeleine Fund in 2008 to carry out detective work and review CCTV footage of possible sightings of the missing girl, but was dropped...
'PRIVATE DETECTIVE' FLEECED MADDIE FUND OF £300,000
Daily Mail, 23 November 2009, 642 words, BY NEIL SEARS
...The first year of accounts for the Find Madeleine fund revealed donations had totalled £1.8million, and that total outgoings were £815,000....
Most read at timesonline.co.uk
The Times, 23 November 2009, 67 words
...Sir Trevor 'mimicking' lawsuit 5 Review: Land Rover Discovery 6 Mandelson tells Brown: make me Foreign Secretary 7 Madeleine fund hired conman 8 'Build Thierry Henry a statue' 9 Obama dream fades after visit 10 Citizenship scam exposed...
Maddie 'spy' facing fraud allegations
Liverpool Echo, 23 November 2009, 409 words, LIZA WILLIAMS
...Around £500,000 was paid to his firm, Oakley International, by the Find Madeleine fund . Halligen is said to have offered to provide satellite photos from the night Maddie - whose mother Kate is from Allerton...
Detective hired in the hunt for Madeleine is charged with £1m con
The Daily Express, 23 November 2009, 611 words, By Mark Reynolds
...Mr Halligen's company Oakley International, based in Washington DC, was paid half a million pounds after being hired by the Find Madeleine Fund ....
Madeleine detective arrested
The Daily Express, 25 November 2009, 181 words
...Mr Halligen's company Oakley International, based in Washington DC, was paid £500,000 by the Find Madeleine Fund ....
MADDIE FRAUD SUSPECT ARRESTED
Liverpool Echo, 25 November 2009, 631 words, LUKE TRAYNOR
...in custody being questioned by officers. Around £500,000 was paid to his firm, Oakley International, by the Find Madeleine Fund , set up by Liverpool-born Kate and Gerry McCann, Maddie's parents. It followed the disappearance of their daughter...
Journalist's tip-off led to Maddie fugitive
Daily Post (Liverpool), 26 November 2009, 380 words, LUKE TRAYNOR
...disappeared from a flat in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007. But, after £500,000 was pocketed by him from the Find Madeleine Fund , his contract was cancelled after he had delivered precious little to the investigation....
'MADDIE RAT TRIED TO SUE FUND FOR £150k'; Charity contract wrangle
The Sun, 26 November 2009, 540 words, EXCLUSIVE by ANTONELLA LAZZERI and TOM WELLS; ANTONELLA LAZZERI; TOM WELLS
...MADDIE McCann "fraudster" Kevin Halligen tried to SUE the Find Madeleine fund for £150,000, The Sun can reveal today....
MADDIE INVESTIGATOR DIDN'T LISTEN TO ANY TIP-OFFS GIVEN TO HOTLINE; FROM DANIEL BOFFEY
The Mail on Sunday, 29 November 2009, 1676 words
...His investigations company, Oakley International, was taken on in March last year by the Find Madeleine Fund and her parents Kate and Gerry McCann....
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Hotel axes student for Maddie tip-off
Liverpool Echo, 2 December 2009, 378 words, LUKE TRAYNOR
...But after £500,000 was pocketed by him from the Find Madeleine Fund , his contract was cancelled after he had delivered precious little to the investigation....
DISTORTION, LIES FABRICATION AND SLANDER
Mirror, 12 December 2009, 417 words, EMILY NASH
...The McCanns are asking for £1million compensation which they plan to donate to the Find Madeleine fund . Yesterday's hearing was postponed until January because Amaral's solicitor has swine flu. Asked if she was disappointed...
Madeleine search cash set to run out in three months
Leicester Mercury, 21 December 2009, 538 words, by Dan Martin
...The Find Madeleine fund , set up by the youngster's parents, Kate and Gerry, is down to £500,000 and could be gone by March or April, according to the family's spokesman, Clarence Mitchell....
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2010 JANUARY
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COURT AGONY FOR MCCANNS; FROM VANESSA ALLEN IN LISBON; COUPLE LISTEN IN DISBELIEF AS PORTUGUESE POLICE SAY MADDIE IS DEAD AND ABDUCTION WAS...
Daily Mail, 13 January 2010, 749 words
...Portuguese police were suspicious of the couple's 'merchandising' operation in the months after Maddie disappeared. The Madeleine Fund they set up sold wristbands and T-shirts publicising the case and used the money to support the search....
Maddy case adjourned
Loughborough Echo, 22 January 2010, 126 words
...Also, the McCanns are reportedly hosting a star-studded fund-raising bash to top up the Find Madeleine Fund ....
Celebrities backing maddie fund-raiser
Leicester Mercury, 22 January 2010, 435 words, by Oliver Wright
...Around 180 famous names and wealthy supporters of the Find Madeleine fund are expected to attend the private bash at the stylish Kensington Roof Gardens, in London, on Wednesday, January 27....
Maddie to light up skies
The News of the World, 24 January 2010, 188 words
...spokesman Clarence Mitchell said yesterday: "Kate and Gerry are overwhelmed by the support since their daughter's disappearance. "It is yet another initiative to boost the Find Madeleine Fund and, of course, another difficult milestone for them....
Lights mark 1,000 days for Maddie
Mirror, 27 January 2010, 158 words
...Cash raised by the dinner will be shared between the Find Madeleine Fund and two other charities, Missing People and Missing Children Europe....
Celebrities mark 1,000 days since Madeleine McCann disappeared; Advance Media Information; Future News Item; Find Madeleine McCann Campaign
Precise Media Planner, 27 January 2010, 225 words
...Sean and Amelie. Madeleine's 7th birthday is 12 May * Around 180 famous names and wealthy supporters of the Find Madeleine fund expected to attend fundraiser at Kensington Roof Gardens in London. Attendees reportedly incl Harry Potter creator...
NEW MADDIE SLUR; McCanns face 2nd vile book..1,000 days after she vanished
The Sun, 27 January 2010, 260 words, EXCLUSIVE by ANTONELLA LAZZERI and NEIL SYSON; ANTONELLA LAZZERI; NEIL SYSON
...The Find Madeleine Fund has dwindled below £500,000 and could run out by March....
MADDIE. .1000 DAYS SINCE SHE VANISHED 1000
Daily Star, 27 January 2010, 203 words, by JERRY LAWTON
...Family spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "It is another initiative to boost the Find Madeleine Fund , and another difficult milestone."...
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2010 FEBRUARY
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Candlelight service for Maddie
Loughborough Echo, 5 February 2010, 144 words
...- On the same evening, Gerry and Kate McCann hosted a gala event in London which raised £45,000 for the Find Madeleine Fund ....
MADELEINE FUND FRAUD ACCUSED'S COURT BID
Mirror, 6 February 2010, 205 words, MIRROR REPORTER
Irishman fighting extradition to US AN Irishman accused of conning EUR343,000 from the Madeleine McCann Fund will fight extradition to the United States in connection with a separate alleged fraud, a court heard yesterday.
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2010 MAY
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Madeleine: A new film to remind us of her disappearance
Independent On Sunday, 2 May 2010, 585 words, By Susie Mesure
...They intend to ask police to reopen the case to follow new leads uncovered by private detectives working for the Find Madeleine fund . A team including two retired British police officers, Dave Edgar and Arthur Cowley, is still working to find her....
Parking charges at hospital are a rip-off
Leicester Mercury, 11 May 2010, 120 words
...I would much prefer to give the difference to the " Madeleine " fund or the hospital....
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2010 AUGUST
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Wasted funds for Maddie
MX (Brisbane), 30 August 2010, 125 words
...The Daily Mail says Halligen went on a spending spree on hotels, cigar bars and restaurants while being paid by the Find Madeleine Fund ....
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Uncle quits Maddy fund; Key McCann out as strategy gets revamp
The Express on Sunday, 26 September 2010, 482 words, By James Murray
...THE brother of Gerry McCann has quit the Madeleine Fund amid a drive to inject new dynamism into the search for the missing seven-year-old....
News
The Express on Sunday, 26 September 2010, 94 words
...PAGE 7 Maddie uncle quits THE Scottish brother of Gerry McCann has quit the Madeleine Fund amid a drive to extend the hunt for the seven-year-old....
Tony Bennett
People, 26 September 2010, 80 words
...organisation which does not accept that Madeleine McCann was abducted - was under police investigation in respect of allegations that he had pocketed up to £90,000 of donations from people who thought they were helping the official Find Madeleine Fund ....
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2010 NOVEMBER
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McCanns demand action for missing Madeleine
Yorkshire Post, 2 November 2010, 825 words, Grace Hammond
...Private detectives employed by the McCanns are still investigating the case and as well as the petition, the couple are appealing for continued financial support for the official Find Madeleine fund which as it stands will run out in spring 2011....
WE NEED CASH TO KEEP HUNTING FOR MADDY
The Daily Mirror, 3 November 2010, 433 words, MARTIN FRICKER
...There is now less than £300,000 in the Find Madeleine fund and the desperate parents are publicly seeking donations for the first time since their little girl vanished on May 3, 2007....
MADDIE'S OUT THERE ..WE CAN'T GIVE UP
Scottish Daily Record, 3 November 2010, 356 words, Martin Fricker
...The Find Madeleine Fund , set up soon after the three-year-old was abducted, once topped £2million....
McCanns demand new Madeleine inquiry
Reuters News, 1:22 PM GMT, 3 November 2010, 334 words
...The couple said the Portuguese police effectively stopped searching for Madeleine a few weeks after she disappeared in May 2007 and they took over, drawing on public support to their "Find Madeleine Fund ."...
We have to face fact that we may never find maddie; KATE McCANN'S HEARTBREAKING ADMISSION
The Sun, 3 November 2010, 556 words, EXCLUSIVE by ANTONELLA LAZZERI
...Within weeks o f M a d d i e being snatched from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007, money from the public poured in to boost the Find Madeleine Fund ....
MADDIE HUNT IS OVER
The Sun, 3 November 2010, 89 words, By ANTONELLA LAZZERI
...They revealed the Find Madeleine Fund has dwindled from '2.3million to '350,000....
McCanns: We fear Maddie hunt is over; EXCLUSIVE: CASH FUND CRISIS
The Sun, 3 November 2010, 112 words, By ANTONELLA LAZZERI
...They revealed the Find Madeleine Fund has dwindled from £2million at its peak to £300,000....
Madeleine McCann search fund 'running out'
Guardian Unlimited, 4 November 2010, 511 words, Haroon Siddique
...Gerry and Kate McCann, both 42, said that the Find Madeleine Fund is running low and will only last until spring, after which they will no longer be able to pay private investigators....
McCanns' petition calls for review of Maddie's case
Loughborough Echo, 5 November 2010, 211 words
...The call comes as it has been revealed the Find Madeleine Fund being used to fund a private investigation is down to £350,000 -and will run out in Spring next year, bringing all proactive investigation to a halt....
Maddie 'tec boot
The Sun, 5 November 2010, 101 words
...Halligen was paid out of the Find Madeleine fund after promising he could use satellite technology to locate Maddie, who went missing aged three in Portugal in 2007....
Brave McCanns need your help to find Maddie
The Sun, 6 November 2010, 555 words, Lorraine Kelly
...They want the botched investigation into their daughter's disappearance to be reopened and re-examined. It is a race against time as in a couple of months the Find Madeleine Fund will run out of cash....
McCANNS 'DELIGHTED' AT SUPPORT FOR REVIEW PETITION
Press Association National Newswire, 2:45 AM GMT, 7 November 2010, 817 words, By Ellen Branagh, Press Association
...And on Wednesday the couple appealed for more donations to the official Find Madeleine fund , which is danger of running out in spring 2011 if they do not get more financial backing....
McCanns' joy over Maddie hunt support ...
The Sunday Life, 7 November 2010, 200 words, Ellen Branagh
...McCanns are still investigating the case. And on Wednesday the couple appealed for more donations to the official Find Madeleine fund , which is danger of running out in spring 2011 if they do not get more financial backing....
Fund nearly dry, McCanns reveal; Interviews of the week
The Sunday Times, 7 November 2010, 165 words
...all over the place ... without putting it together we can't do anything." There is only £300,000 left in the Find Madeleine Fund , which once held £2m. "When the money runs out it will just be me and Gerry left looking for her. I can't contemplate...
McCanns' joy at Maddie support
Liverpool Echo, 8 November 2010, 350 words, THOMAS MARTIN
...And on Wednesday the couple appealed for more donations to the official Find Madeleine fund , which is danger of running out in spring 2011....
MCCANNS: THE BOOK; Maddie parents tell of hell
The Sun, 15 November 2010, 333 words, By ANTONELLA LAZZERI
...They were introduced to him by Harry Potter author JK Rowling, who has donated thousands to the Find Madeleine Fund ....
The Maddie book they never wanted to write; McCANNS' CASH TORMENT
The Sun, 15 November 2010, 489 words, By ANTONELLA LAZZERI
..."They are desperate to keep the search for her going and see it as one of the best ways of raising money for the Find Madeleine fund ." The couple, both 42, are working with literary agent Christopher Little....
McCanns write book to tell truth about Maddie; NEW CASH BID AS JK HELPS OUT
The Sun, 15 November 2010, 514 words, By ANTONELLA LAZZERI
...And Scots author JK, who has donated thousands of pounds to the Find Madeleine fund , introduced the couple to an agent....
MCCANNS SIGN BOOK DEAL TO BOOST MADELEINE FUND
Daily Mail, 15 November 2010, 311 words, BY RYAN KISIEL
...Within weeks of Madeleine being snatched from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in May 2007, money from the public poured into the Find Madeleine Fund ....
Parents write book about missing British toddler Madeleine
Agence France Presse, 12:21 PM GMT, 15 November 2010, 397 words
...The advance and all royalties will go towards the Madeleine fund ....
Decisions decisions
Sunday Sun, 21 November 2010, 254 words, Ian Robson
...Now the couple are writing a book to raise money for the Find Madeleine Fund . I hope the book does what the McCanns hope it will do - raise awareness of the campaign and keep the Fund going for...
Our story; TOP STORIES FROM THE UK AND IRELAND Ireland is bailed out while publicist is shot
The Sunday Times, 21 November 2010, 110 words
...All proceeds will go to the Find Madeleine Fund , which was in danger of running dry. The McCanns, both doctors from Rothley, Leicestershire, were initially suspected by the Portuguese police of being involved in the then three-year-old's disappearance...
Our story; TOP STORIES FROM THE UK Detainees are paid off while Ireland is bailed out
The Sunday Times, 21 November 2010, 109 words
...a deal with the publisher Transworld to write a book about their daughter Madeleine's abduction from their holiday apartment on the Algarve three years ago. All proceeds will go to the Find Madeleine Fund , which was in danger of running dry....
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Madeleine fund dwindling
The Irish Examiner, 18 December 2010, 144 words
KATE and Gerry McCann’s fund to help find their missing daughter Madeleine saw its income drop by nearly two-thirds last year. The amount raised for the cause fell from £629,181 (€740,615) in 2008-09 to £233,099 (€ 274,419) in 2009-10, ...
McCann's fear as Madeleine fund donations dwindle
Express and Echo, 18 December 2010, 254 words
KATE and Gerry McCann's fund to help find their missing daughter Madeleine saw its income drop by nearly two-thirds last year. The amount raised for the cause fell from £629,181 in 2008-09 to £233,099 in 2009-10, newlypublished accounts ...
Madeleine fund donations dive
The Daily Mirror, 18 December 2010, 67 words
MISSING THE McCanns' fund to help find missing Madeleine saw its income fall by nearly twothirds last year. The amount raised dropped from £629,181 in 2009 to £233,099 in 2010, leaving a balance of £470,034.
Income of Madeleine fund falls two-thirds
The Herald, 18 December 2010, 157 words, NO BYLINE
THE income of Kate and Gerry McCann’s fund to help find their missing daughter Madeleine dropped by nearly two-thirds last year. The amount raised for the cause fell from £629,181 in 2008/09 to £233,099 in 2009/10, newly published accounts ...
McCanns angry at 'smears' fuelled by WikiLeaks files; REPEATED: PARENTS TELL OF HEARTBREAK AT 'CONTINUING INJUSTICES'
Leicester Mercury, 21 December 2010, 624 words, by DAN MARTIN
...The Find Madeleine fund , set up by the McCanns to help search for their missing daughter, stood at £470,034 at the end of March, according to accounts published at Companies House....
STILL MISSING STILL MISSED STILL LOOKING
Scottish Daily Record, 23 December 2010, 1426 words, Annie Brown
...NOVEMBER 3, 2010 McCanns appeal for cash as Find Madeleine Fund , which once topped £2million, runs dry....
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MADDIE GANG'S TAKEN DOZEN VICTIMS; DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE NEW PAEDOPHILE MENACE Suspects linked to States
The Sun, 18 February 2011, 671 words, EXCLUSIVE from EMILY NASH and JON CLARKE in Huelva, Spain; EMILY NASH; JON CLARKE
...the Algarve. Officers have passed the information to Portuguese cops while private investigators hired by the Find Madeleine Fund — set up by her parents Kate and Gerry — are also looking into the dramatic claims....
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2011 MARCH
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Kate's book helps search for Maddie
The Express on Sunday, 13 March 2011, 274 words, By Tracey Kandohla
...She hopes her account will raise millions of pounds for the dwindling Madeleine fund , which will pay private investigators to continue the search....
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KATE MCCANN FEARS ATTACK; Madeleine book tour abandoned as Kate is terrified of assault
The Express on Sunday, 10 April 2011, 462 words, EXCLUSIVE By James Murray , Tracey Kandohla
...Kate, 42, has written the book because the Madeleine Fund , set up by well-wishers, is getting through money fast....
JK'S MAGIC TOUCH TO HELP KATE RAISE £1¶
The Daily Mirror, 11 April 2011, 581 words, GREIG BOX TURNBULL
...Rowling, 45, is a supporter of the Madeleine Fund , which has dwindled to £200,000....
POTTER AUTHOR JK HELPS MADDY MUM WRITE BOOK
The Daily Mirror, 11 April 2011, 225 words, GREIG BOX TURNBULL
...Her book is expected to raise £1million for the Madeleine Fund . Rowling, 45, is a supporter. The cash will be a massive boost as the amount in the pot has dwindled to £200,000. The book, called Madeleine, will be published on May 12, the youngster's...
JK HELPS MADDIE MUM WRITE £1MILLION BOOK
Scottish Daily Record, 11 April 2011, 360 words, Greig Box
...The Harry Potter writer, who is a supporter of the Madeleine Fund , gave Kate advice and support as she planned and wrote the book....
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2011 MAY
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Opinion: For your Diary
PR Week, 6 May 2011, 251 words
...Gerry McCann publish 'Maddie' book. The McCann's book Madeleine, published on the missing girl's eighth birthday, is a personal account of the disappearance of and their search for their daughter. Profits will be donated to the Madeleine fund ....
Next chapter in the search for Madeleine.
The Irish Times, 7 May 2011, 1820 words
...the group’s other titles, Express Newspapers had to pay the McCanns £550,000 (plus £375,000 to the Tapas Seven, who announced they would be giving the money to the Find Madeleine fund ). He now regrets it, “of course”, he told Greenslade....
I've been to hell and back to revive the huge search for Madeleine, says Kate
The Daily Express, 7 May 2011, 779 words, By Padraic Flanagan, Tracey Kandohla; Padraic Flanagan; Tracey Kandohla
..."She only wrote the book because the Find Madeleine Fund set up to search for her daughter was running out of money....
Book reignited Maddie agony
The Daily Express, 7 May 2011, 363 words, By Padraic Flanagan, Tracey Kandohla; Padraic Flanagan; Tracey Kandohla
...key to unlock the mystery of her daughter's disappearance and is using it to appeal to whoever took the child to "let her come home". The publication is also aimed at keeping afloat the Madeleine Fund , which is steadily running out of money....
McCanns will never give up search for Maddie; THE AFTERMATH
The Express on Sunday, 8 May 2011, 915 words
...com. Kate McCann's book, Madeleine, is published on Thursday by Bantam at £20, with all royalties going to the Madeleine Fund . To order a copy, send a cheque/PO made payable to Sunday Express Bookshop to: Express Bookshop, PO Box 200, Falmouth...
Where is Madeleine McCann?
CNN: Piers Morgan Tonight, 11 May 2011, 8672 words, Piers Morgan
...MORGAN: So all the money from this book is going to -- actually to the Madeleine Fund ....
ON HER EIGHTH BIRTHDAY, PLEASE HELP US FIND OUR DARLING MADDIE
Daily Mail, 12 May 2011, 625 words, BY VANESSA ALLEN AND SAM GREENHILL
...All profits will go to the Find Madeleine fund , which employs a team of private detectives to comb through clues, and funds a hotline to gather information....
CAN THE YARD FIND MADDIE?
Daily Mail, 13 May 2011, 690 words, BY JAMES CHAPMAN AND VANESSA ALLEN
...Mr and Mrs McCann, of Rothley, Leicestershire, have used public donations to their Find Madeleine fund to pay for their four-year hunt for their daughter. They have spent more than £1million on their search, including...
McCann's 'Bad dream'
Loughborough Echo, 20 May 2011, 128 words
...Proceeds from the 384-page book will go to the Find Madeleine Fund ....
The silent screams of Kate McCann
Irish Independent, 21 May 2011, 924 words
...And if she shopped in Marks and Spencer, would people think she should be buying her groceries in Lidl and putting the savings in the finding Madeleine fund ?...
[Video] A Conversation With Ne-Yo
Wall Street Journal Video, 27 May 2011, 2714 words
...good it's insane especially now because now you know any little. Extra money that I have goes directly -- to what Madeleine fund really continue to watch you -- Thank you so much movement. ...
BIOGRAPHY
Sunday Herald Sun, 29 May 2011, 187 words, ELLEN WHINNETT
...It's made all the more difficult because the reader knows that, as of now, there is no happy ending to this incredibly sad story. All proceeds are donated to the Madeleine Fund ....
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2011 JUNE
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Kate's book raises £2m
The Express on Sunday, 5 June 2011, 137 words
...KATE McCANN'S book about the disappearance of her daughter has already raised £2million for the Madeleine fund ....
Kate book makes £2m; IN BRIEF
The Express on Sunday, 5 June 2011, 68 words
...KATE McCANN'S book about her missing daughter has already raised £2million for the Madeleine fund ....
Kate's Madeleine book has raised £2m already
Daily Post (Liverpool), 6 June 2011, 154 words
...LIVERPOOL-born Kate McCann's book about missing daughter Madeleine has already raised more than £2m for the Madeleine fund ....
Maddie book's £2m
Loughborough Echo, 10 June 2011, 64 words
...ROTHLEY resident Kate McCann's book about missing daughter Madeleine has already raised more than £2m for the Madeleine fund ....
Madeleine investigator fails in last-ditch extradition appeal
Daily Post (Liverpool), 22 June 2011, 346 words, John Siddle
...But, after six months, his contract was cancelled by the Find Madeleine Fund , after he delivered little to the investigation....
[HTML] The spirit of giving
Kuwait Times, 5:35 PM GMT, 28 June 2011, 877 words, Shamael Al-Sharikh
...The McCanns have set up a 'Find Madeleine Fund ' to help locate their daughter, who has been missing since the month of May 2007, but they cannot touch the fund to finance their defense fees and they even considered selling their home. It was at this...
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2011 JULY
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MADELEINE
The Star, 7 July 2011, 260 words, diane debeer
...Having ploughed through this book (and one can fully under-stand why Kate McCann has done this - to raise money for the Madeleine Fund ), it is sad to say she is not a good writer....
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2011 AUGUST
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A mother still clings to a thin thread of hope
Pretoria News, 15 August 2011, 268 words, elaine ash
...Having ploughed through this book, (and one can fully understand why Kate McCann has done this - to raise money for the Madeleine Fund ), it is sad to say she is not a good writer....
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