Madeleine McCann has been missing for almost a decade and Britain’s Scotland Yard boss Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe says the hunt for her will be over if no more evidence comes forward.
Sir Hogan-Howe told LBC radio there is only one line of interest “everybody agrees is worth pursuing” but if nothing comes of it then authorities have no other leads left to go on.
“There’s been a lot of investigation time spent on this terrible case,” said Hogan-Howe.
“It’s a child who went missing, everybody wants to know if she is alive, and, if she is, where is she, and sadly if she’s dead then we need to give some comfort to the family.
“It’s needed us to carry out an investigation together with the Portuguese and other countries have been involved.”
He added: “There is a line of inquiry that remains to be concluded and it’s expected in the coming months that will happen.”
Last year the Metropoltian Police in the UK confirmed that the number of police looking for Maddie had gone from 29 to four.
Madeleine, of Rothley, Leicestershire, was three years old went she missing from her family’s Portuguese holiday apartment on 3 May 2007.
Despite a high-profile hunt, no trace of her has ever been found.
Sarah Jessica Parker might have been known for her shopaholic character Carrie Bradshaw but in real life the actress is super thrifty.
A few days ago the proud New Yorker was walking home when she noticed someone chucking out a perfectly good sink on the sidewalk.
The star told her 2.3 million Instagram fans that she couldn’t bare to walk by the cream cast iron and enamel sink – almost hidden among bags of rubbish on the street in New York’s West Village. Instead, with help from a friend and a yellow cab she salvaged her find.
“I named her Bedford and with the help of a friend and the good fortune to flag a taxi, she is now home with us. Right where she belongs. Just waiting for a good scrub and some new hardware. Isn’t that a wonderful bedtime story?”
Well what is nice to hear is not every celebrity these days is a fan of a throwaway society.
A 13-year-old boy has been missing from Loganlea for four days.
According to Police media he was last seen around 10.30am on Friday April 22 at an Evergreen Avenue Address in Loganlea, a suburb just south of Brisbane.
He was last seen wearing a brown polo shirt, black shorts, black cap and carrying a black backpack. It is not known if he has a change of clothes or not.
Police said the missing boy has not made contact with family or friends and there are concerns for his safety.
Police are appealing for the public’s assistance to locate the boy.
If anyone has seen the boy or has further information please contact Policelink on 131 444.
Ali Elamine shares a picture of what life is like since his estranged wife Sally Faulkner was forced to return to Australia without the couple's children.
The father at the centre of 60 Minutes’ botched child recovery Ali Elamine has taken to Facebook to share the first photo of himself with his children since their mother was forced to return to Australia.
The shot shows Mr Elamine with his two children, daughter Lahela, 5, and son Noah, 3 out in public – eating at what appears to be a shopping mall – smiling for the selfie.
Mr Elamine’s estranged wife Sally Faulkner spent two weeks in a Beirut prison alongside Channel 9 journalist Tara Brown following a foiled snatch and grab of the children by professional child recovery specialists in Lebanon.
Ms Faulkner was forced to relinquish her custody over the two children in a deal that saw her able to leave prison without further charges and get back to her four-month-old baby from her current relationship.
In the days after the release Mr Elamine, who lists on Facebook that he is from Huntington Beach, California, was asked on radio if he would ever take the children to Australia to see their mum. The surf shop owner said: “Maybe down the track, when things cool off, we talk a bit more, maybe, why not?
“I mean I wouldn’t mind going surfing there.”
According to the Daily Telegraph Ms Faulkner also uploaded a picture of her daughter this week and when asked by a commenter if she saw the kids while in Lebanon she replied: “Yes I did. It was bittersweet. I have many photos of them with me. I’ll put them up soon”.
Prince Harry showed off his theatrical talents by performing a short cabaret with ventriloquist Nina Conti as present to Queen Elizabeth for her 90th.
And according to Hello, the 31-year-old had everyone in stitches!
According to royal insiders, Harry happily stepped in as Nina’s dummy and managed to nail his performance. The comedian is famous for her mannequins, including the irreverent Monkey.
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“It was genuinely brilliant. He must have been practising it because he had to do the actions in time with her speaking. It was intensely funny because he was so good,” a royal pal quipped.
The Queen celebrated her 90th birthday on Thursday.
Her eldest, Prince Charles organised the intimate soiree inviting her 71 closest friends and family members for a black-tie dinner in the grand Waterloo Chamber of Windsor Castle.
Royals in attendance included her eldest granddaughter Zara Tindall, her lady-in-waiting Lady Susan Hussey and late Princess Margaret’s children Viscount Linley and Lady Sarah Chatto.
Guests tucked into a delicious three course meal of poached filled of salmon trout, beef in a port-wine sauce and a passion fruit and mango gateau for dessert.
“Prince Charles had arranged some nice entertainment after dinner,” the Queen’s cousin Margaret Rhodes told Hello.
“We had a three-course dinner at little round tables which sat about eight people at each. The Queen looked very marvellous and very happy. And it was lovely to see her there surrounded by all her family.”
According to sources close to the couple, the heiress and her Austrian boyfriend have split up after one year together.
“They are both friends and remain close but with their busy work schedules and the long distance it just got too difficult,” an insider told Life & Style.
Paris, 35, and the handsome millionaire first met at the Cannes Film Festival in May of 2015, where the immediately hit it off.
It wasn’t long after that the former reality star gushed about her new love, calling him her “soulmate” in July via an Instagram post.
Paris pictured on a yacht in Formentera, Spain with her millionaire beau.
“Thomas is my soulmate. I’ve never been happier. He doesn’t like fame, he just wants me. With previous boyfriends I felt there was always an intention, but with him I know it’s all about love,” the blonde beauty reiterated to Closer Magazine.
“He’s very private so he’d never want cameras following us around,” she went on to the British publication.
“I’m so busy with my work that when I do get time at home, I don’t have time to watch reality TV. I like to cook for my boyfriend and watch movies.
In the midst of her breakup, the starlet attended Coachella over the weekend.
But Paris, despite the tough nature of breakups, has a thick skin from her time in the Hollywood lights, and will no doubt go on to find a partner she can start a family with – which is something the star recently admitted was her next goal.
“One day I’d love to get married and have kids,” she quipped. “I see how happy Nicky is. That’s the true meaning of life: to find the love of your life and start a family.”
It’s been approximately 1.5 hours since you ate lunch and you’re starving. Sound familiar?
We’ve rounded up the main culprits to why that feeling of devouring an entire pizza is eating away at you – and they don’t all relate to food.
Distractions
We’re all guilty of eating a meal (or an entire packet of Tim Tams) without even realising we’ve actually done it because our mind is off in other places – just like when you’re digging into your salad while typing a reply email to your boss, or inhaling dinner as you’re trying to put your child to sleep. Always take time out to focus on what you’re eating; your brain will catch up and you’ll notice you’ve actually satisfied your hunger levels.
Boredom or procrastination
All of us have done this at one stage (or many). We look through the fridge for a snack just because we don’t want to be doing the task at hand – whether that be the ironing or work reports.
If you feel like you’re hungry in this situation, you’re probably not. So get moving with that particular job you need to do, there’s no point putting it off! Once you do that, you might even forget you’re hungry at all.
Refined foods
Cookies, white bread and chocolate are all amazing for a 3pm fix, but they’re not exactly the best option. The refined sugar found in these processed foods can spike your blood sugar levels, but then crash which ends up making you hungrier than you were in the first place. Such a vicious cycle! It’s these types of foods that have been scientifically proven to have an impact on mood-regulating chemicals in the brain which can lead to overeating. Sticking to the good foods should help ease the faux hunger pangs.
Thirst
A lot of people don’t drink enough water during the day, and as a result, they often mistake hunger for thirst. Keep hydrated and you’ll find you need to snack less.
Time of the month
We’re all familiar with the comfort-food binges we tend to go on during our periods; it’s inevitable. But this has actually been proven as a scientific fact – our appetites are increased particularly during the second half of the cycle. Eat foods that are rich in iron (like red meat, fish and leafy greens) to replenish the iron levels lost during your period. If you’re hungry not long after a meal, wait 20 minutes or so. If you’re still ravenous, make yourself a healthy snack!
Stress
For a lot of people, stress and sadness can affect hunger – appetite can either drop or soar sky-high. Stress can often make people turn to fatty or sugary foods which can be so comforting and delicious at the time, but can also leave an empty feeling. Try to identify the triggers that are making you feel this way. Consider taking a yoga class or listening to some soothing tunes – whatever makes you feel calm.
Habits
We’re creatures of habit who love regularity, so when it hits 7pm AKA ‘dinner time’, our stomachs seem to switch to raging hunger mode. Try to determine how hungry you really are by listening to your body, and if you’re not, make yourself a smaller portion or put off the meal for an hour.
Rachel Roy, the stylist that was rumoured to be affiliated with Jay Z, has cancelled an event amid speculation that she is the woman referenced in Beyonce’s new album.
On Monday, fashion designer, Rachel Roy cancelled a scheduled public appearance in New York City amid speculation that she was the infamous “Becky with the good hair” – a representation of infidelity in Beyonce’s new song, Sorry.
The stylist was signed on to present a talk at the Mastering Your Metier seminar on Monday evening, but she decided to back out despite the short notice.
“Due to a personal emergency, Rachel Roy has had to cancel this evening’s event. Our apologies for any inconvenience,” read the email sent to the guests.
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The news of her abrupt cancellation comes just days after Beyonce released her new album, Lemonade.
A song on the record entitled Sorry explores the themes of marital infidelity with the lyrics, “He only want me when I’m not there / He better call Becky with the good hair”.
Fans quickly assumed that Queen Bey was alluding that her husband, Jay Z, had cheated with a mystery woman with the code name ‘Becky’.
It wasn’t long after the track dropped that Rachel became the centre of speculation, encouraging fans to believe that the evocative lyrics referred to her.
Is this the “Becky” the world can’t stop talking about?
Further adding fuel to the already-fierce fire, Rachel took to Instagram to share a now-deleted photo along with a suggestive caption.
“Good hair don’t care, but we will take good lighting, for selfies, or self truths, always. Live in the light #nodramaqueens,” Rachel penned alongside a selfie on her account, which has now been changed to private.
Despite changing her account preferences to private, her post didn’t go unnoticed as she later took to Twitter to defend herself against the social media storm that resulted from the pic.
“I respect love, marriages, families and strength. What shouldn’t be tolerated by anyone, no matter what, is bullying, of any kind,” Rachel, who was previously married to Jay Z’s business partner Damon Dash, penned.
Rachel was linked to the 99 Problems hitmaker in 2014 after Beyonce’s sister Solange was famously caught punching and kicking Jay Z in an elevator at a Met Gala after-party at the Standard Hotel in New York.
At the time, a source alleged to E! News that “Rachel was being flirtatious” at the event.
“Rachel is a little too close to Jay Z,” a source said to The Daily News. “Solange doesn’t like it, and Beyoncé doesn’t like it.”
A mother from Staffordshire, England, has thanked her baby daughter for saving her life.
Catherine Dell, 39, was enduring a 38-hour labour when doctors had to perform an emergency caesarean to bring little Jessica to the world.
But just hours after the police detective welcomed her baby girl in February 2014, she suffered a violent seizure.
When doctors ran a CT scan to find the root of the cause, they discovered Catherine had a tumour on her brain that was 4cm long – the size of a golf ball.
“I had no symptoms whatsoever, no headaches or eyesight problems. I would never have known,” she said.
Medics believe that the long labour had deteriorated her body’s natural defences of the tumour, then resulting in the seizure.
Two months after it was discovered, she had an operation to remove it. It was a benign Ganglioglioma Grade One tumour that is usually only found in one per cent of children affected by brain tumours.
Speaking about how terrified she was of the operation, she said: “My mortality was thrown into stark focus and I struggled to bond with my daughter in the fear that I was going to die and never be there for her.”
Catherine’s recovery has been a long road. She was suffering seizures for a little while as an after-effect of the surgery, and her hair took a long time to grow back over the scar across her scalp.
She’s now using her story to raise awareness and funds for The Brain Tumour Charity.
“I regained my confidence and fitness and crucially I’ve caught up on the time I lost with my daughter,” she said.
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Anthony Michael Sanders is charged with murdering his two-year-old daughter Ellie.
A man murdered his own two-year-old daughter in a “fit of rage” after she interrupted his video game at a crucial moment, police have claimed.
Ellie Sanders, two, had been home alone with her five-year-old brother and her father Anthony Michael Sanders on December 12 last year while her mother attended an art show in their Texan home town.
When her mother returned home at around 8.30pm, she asked where Ellie was and was told she was asleep in bed.
Half an hour later, her brother raised the alarm when he went in to check on her and found her unresponsive.
Paramedics were called but Ellie was pronounced dead in hospital at 10.10pm. Doctors found bruising around her eyes, blood behind one ear and adult-sized bite marks.
Her official cause of death was asphyxiation, allegedly when her father clamped his hand over her mouth and nose until she stopped breathing.
When questioned, Sanders said he had no idea what had caused Ellie’s injuries. He claimed she had been fine when he changed her nappy shortly before his wife’s return.
He was arrested on April 15, the day after the medical examiner ruled Ellie’s death a homicide.
Police claim he attacked his daughter after she distracted him from his video game, which he was an avid fan of.
“Just a fit of rage-type deal, anger,” Sergeant Jason Babcock told the Star-Telegram. “He’s very involved in computer gaming. That’s something he did constantly. She may have interrupted him somehow. His day may have been interrupted.”
Sanders has been charged with murder and remanded in custody awaiting his trial.
