Madeleine McCann

Local newspaper sees high traffic for online memorial

By creating an online version of the newspaper’s announcements page, the Limerick Leader has made its site the ‘focal point for entire community’s grieving,’ a press release from iAnnounce, the company which developed the page,...

British media group warns of tough times

LONDON (AP) - The head of Britain's Society of Editors warned Tuesday that the global economic crisis was putting added pressure on newsrooms already suffering from declining circulation and ad revenue. Ipswich Evening Star...

Clarence Mitchell criticises 'lazy' Madeleine McCann coverage

British journalists following the Madeleine McCann case in Portugal last year were responsible for lazy and distorted stories, the press adviser to the missing child's family, Clarence Mitchell, has said.Speaking at the Society...

Angelina Jolie's new film has eerie shades of the McCann tragedy

A mother leaves her child while she goes out - and returns to an empty house. Then, one spring morning, Christine Collins kissed her little child goodbye (leaving him under the eye of neighbours), before returning in the...

Maddie Parents Battle On

THE parents of Madeleine McCann revealed yesterday police files relating to their daughter's disappearance contained far less information than they had hoped. Dad Gerry also told how he and Kate had battled through a tough week...

SoE08: Robert Peston and Clarence Mitchell on blogging

Following his comments at the Society of Editors (SoE) conference that suggestions that the media had caused the current banking crisis were ‘laughable’, BBC Business editor Robert Peston was questioned about his use of a blog...

Gary Glitter Teaches GCSE Students How To Sparkle

GLITTER remains on open sale, Glitter bins lurk in our parks and on our pavements and now to compound the madness Gary Glitter is to be studied by GCSE students. And not students of crime, rather students in music. “OUTRAGE,”...

A mother leaves her child while she goes out - and returns to an empty house. No, not the McCann...

A mother leaves her child while she goes out - and returns to an empty house. Then, one spring morning, Christine Collins kissed her little child goodbye (leaving him under the eye of neighbours), before returning in the...

Madeleine McCann: Reporting Going Cheap

THE GUARDIAN continues to beat the Star and Express with a big Madeleine McCann-shaped stick: The price cut follows a string of high profile problems for Express Newspapers, owner of the Daily Star, which was forced last month...

Making The Brand: SS Georgina Baillie

HAD only Andrew Sachs just been in when Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross called? Had only Sachs not been taking his granddaughter out to the shops for a packet of sweets, some new school shoes or a push on the swings, Ross and...