After university, Carol worked in America with elderly people with mental illness: she worked with men with head injuries, and for a time, living in British Columbia, she was a contributing copy editor for a newspaper.

Kate and Gerry McCann have said they have “no doubt” the Portuguese authorities will eventually reopen the investigation into their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance.

I RECENTLY saw a film called I Don’t Know How She Does It, which portrays the trials and tribulations of a woman who dares to juggle that holy trinity of husband, children and — whisper its name — a high-flying career.

Runelight

IN a way it’s almost a pity that Daniel Craig stars in Cowboys and Aliens (15A).

POLICE were hunting a masked man who chained a fake bomb to a young woman’s neck after breaking into her wealthy family’s home in an extortion attempt that Australia’s prime minister said resembled “a Hollywood script”.

A masked man broke into the home of a wealthy family, chained a fake bomb to a teenage girl's neck and left a note of demands behind as part of an elaborate extortion attempt, Australian police said today.

Katie Price has branded ex-husband Peter Andre a “liar” following revelations he has dated a glamour model since their divorce.

THE decision of a Portuguese policeman to launch his second book on the day a libel trial is to start concerning his first book on Madeleine McCann was described as “regrettable” by her parents’ spokesman yesterday.

The first pictures of a couple seen by a woman who reported a potential sighting of Madeleine McCann in Holland were released today.

A SUSPECT in the case of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann is to sue 12 top British media outlets, his lawyers said on Sunday, in what could be the country’s biggest-ever libel claim.

THE parents of Madeleine McCann are facing up to the possibility that she is dead — but cling to the hope that their next phone call will tell them she has been found alive, their spokesman said yesterday.

DOZENS of balloons were released into Irish skies yesterday as cities across the globe marked the 50th day since the disappearance of four-year-old Madeleine McCann.

Neil Walker closed in on victory in the latest PGA EuroPro Tour event with a fantastic performance on the second day.

Police were tonight able to offer the family of missing youngster Madeleine McCann no firm assurance that she is still alive.

Disney animators are going royally politically correct by creating the company's first black princess.

Australian jockey Mark Goring died on Monday as a result of severe head injuries he suffered when his mount Starbond fell in a three-horse pile-up during a maiden race at Tatura racecourse on Sunday.