during a holiday in portugal 16 years ago. madeleine vanished from a portuguese holiday home 16 years ago on the 3rd of may, 2007. a week later portuguese police said they believed madeleine had been abducted but was still alive and in portugal. at the end of may 2007 police issued a description of a man seen on the night of madeleine s disappearance possibly carrying a child. byjuly 2008 portuguese police say they have submitted their final report on the case. weeks later authorities shelve their investigation. in 2022, a german man is declared an official suspect by portuguese prosecutors. joining me live now arejim gamble, a former police officer who helped with the madeleine mccann investigation, and jon silverman, a professor of media and criminal justice at university of bedfordshire and former bbc home affairs correspondent. thank you forjoining me. first, what exactly are we looking at? it s been many years now since we had any kind of fresh investigation. why is
also on the programme. the search for madeleine mccann begins around a reservoir in portugal 16 years after she disappeared. we re on campus as the government announces new immigration rules to stop some foreign students bringing theirfamily members here. rolf harris, the tv entertainer who was jailed for a string of indecent assaults on girls, has died aged 93. and we take you on a tour around the national collection of british art as tate britain gets a new look. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, we ll have more reaction to newcastle united qualifying for next season s champions league. can they be competitive among europe s elite? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the bbc has been given cctv footage which appears to show a police van following two teenage boys just moments before they were killed yesterday when the bike they were riding was involved in a collision in cardiff. a riot broke out afterwards with up to 150 people involved.
spanish league. this is the player, brazilian international, viniciusjunior, who reported what he said was racist abuse while playing for real madrid against valencia on sunday. the game was paused, before continuing. after the match, vinicius, who has been the target of racist abuse several times during this season, said that the spanish top division, la liga, belongs to racists. la liga s president responded by saying that the player had twice not attended meetings to discuss what the organisation could do saying. that comment led to criticism and an outpouring of support in brazilfor vinicius, including this moment, when the lights illuminating rio s statue of christ the redeemer were switched off as a gesture of support. brazil s government has requested urgent meetings with officials in madrid over the matter. well the episode has reverberated in football around the world. here s former england international micah richards speaking about it on the bbc a little earlie
In a twisted display of contempt for the women he sexually assaulted, Harris used to dismiss his victims as money-grabbing worms hell-bent on getting their hands on his £16million fortune.