A Family Holiday in portugal has turned into a nightmare. A three year old girl, Madeleine Mccann, has disappeared from the apartment where she was sleeping. There are fears shes been abducted. The disappearance of Madeleine Mccann is one of the most widely reported Missing Persons cases of all time. What happened to the then three year old back in 2007 has gripped the world. Every Single Person can identify with going abroad on a holiday and going abroad on a holiday with young children. And what is the worst possible thing that can happen . Well, its that. The other issue was, is that there was no obvious resolution as to what happened. And that is why that case, still to this day, resonates in the way that it does. Earlier this year, my inbox was full of messages from people asking me whether a young woman in poland was really missing Madeleine Mccann. Shed gone viral online, and so ive tracked her down. And i want to ask her this question why did she decide to post this on social m
civil servants to help her book a private driving awareness course. sinn fein s vice president has called on the british and irish governments to restore a power sharing government at stormont. now on bbc news, the media show. hello and welcome to this addition to the media show. this week because s is need very little introduction. welcome to the media show. one of thoseis welcome to the media show. one of those is certainly ukraine, and we heard the news that the journalists had died by russian artillery at 32 years old. this is a conflict you know very closely. years old. this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the - know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east i know very closely. yes, he was i killed somewhere in the east near bakhmut, where i spent over the time, too. these things are tragic and unfortunately, i ve kno
for radio 4 called frontlines ofjournalism, billed as your reflections on the most difficult stories you have covered. one of those is certainly ukraine. we heard the news that the afp journalist had died, killed, we re told, by russian artillery. he was 32 years old and this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east, somewhere near bakhmut, where i have spent quite a bit of time, i was there at the end of last year. these things are tragic and in all the years i have been doing this, i have known quite a few people who have been killed. i was reading his twitter account today and if you go back to may 1st he has posted a video where he and some soldiers, who are accompanying him are lying down and he is describing them pure terror as artillery fire comes in. in those moments, and you must have been in those moments, there must be a decision to make about whether you stay? if you are in a situation where shells are landing, you don t ha
in northern ireland s council elections, sinn fein says the democratic unionist party must return to power sharing government at stormont. sinn fein is now the largest in local government as well as the assembly. now on bbc news. the media show. hello and welcome to this edition of the media show, and this week? our guest needs very little introduction. jeremy bowen joined the bbc as a trainee journalist in 1984 and he is now bbc news s international editor, one of the bbc s most recognised faces. welcome to the show. thanks very much for having me. you have a new series for radio 4 called frontlines ofjournalism, billed as your reflections on the most difficult stories you have covered. one of those is certainly ukraine. we heard the news that the afp journalist had died, killed, we re told, by russian artillery. he was 32 years old and this is a conflict you know very closely. yes, he was killed somewhere in the east, somewhere near bakhmut, where i have spent quite a bit o
attacks. benjamin hall was working around the clock to bring all of us real information on the ground. more on the ground is in kyiv tonight, the capital ukraine, fox s home, benjamin hall, benjamin, what s going on tonight? well, sean, you would have to look back today and see what we ve seen is a continuation, if not an escalation of what we ve seen over the last week. increasing number of attacks on civilian areas. an attempt to get humanitarian aid in the surrounded cities and the inability for people to get out of them. just a few days later, on march 14, hall was on a fact-finding mission on the outskirts of ukraine with two other journalists, pierre and sasha when they were viciously attacked by russian forces. pierre and sasha was killed and hall was left fighting for his life. here s jennifer griffin. a word about our colleagues, the loss and pain we feel is enormous, but if ever there was a time that the world needed journalist reporters risking their lives