13/10/2013 BBC Weekend News

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann

are to reveal e-fit pictures of men they want to trace.

Madeleine went missing in Portugal six years ago. Detectives say a

fresh approach has led to significant developments.

What we sought to do from the beginning is try to draw everything

back to zero, if you like, take everything back to the beginning and

then re-analyse and re-assess everything, accepting nothing. A

mass evacuation prevents major loss of life as a huge cyclone brings

flooding and destruction to India. And a fifth consecutive victory for

Sebastien Vettel now on the verge of another driver's World Championship.

Good evening. British detectives investigating the

disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal say that the accepted

version of events when she went missing has significantly changed. A

BBC Crimewatch appeal to be broadcast tomorrow will feature the

most detailed reconstruction of the case to date.

It will also reveal e-fit pictures of a number of men the police want

to identify. From Portugal, our Special

Correspondent, Richard Bilton, reports.

It's been six-and-a-half years since Madeleine McCann disappeared. Her

parents say it's still hard. When it's a special occasion when you

should be at your happiest, Madeleine's not there, that's when

it really hits home. Obviously Madeleine's birthday it

goes without saying... Yes, big family occasions really. That's

basically it, a family occasion when you haven't got your complete

family. It was May 2007, the family were staying in this apartment in

family. It was May 2007, the family pariah Da husband. Her parents went

to a restaurant on the complex, when they got back, Madeleine has gone --

Prai a Deb de-Luz. The careful and critical analysis of the timeline

has been key. We sought to draw everything back to zero, take

everything back to the beginnings, if you like, then re-analyse and

re-assess everything, accepting nothing.

T Crimewatch appeal follows two-and-a-half years of work from

the British police. In Portugal, there's no active investigation,

though there is a review of the case. I think everything's

positive... The first suspect, long since cleared of any involvement,

says he hopes this appeal will produce results.

It's gone on and on and every time something new comes up, you know, it

brings hope and then it seems to fade away and disappear, so I'm

hoping that's not going to be the case again.

At the church in Luz today, there were similar views. This appeal

should have been done sooner. Six years is a long time for people

to remember. I think we all want to find her.

Much rides on this appeal. Years of work and the hope that at last we

might find out what happened to a lost little girl.

Richard Bilton is with us now in husband where Madeline was last seen

-- in Luz. The Crimewatch programme will be broadcast tomorrow but how

significant are the developments the police are talking about? I think

they are significant, particularly in a case where there haven't been

many new developments in six years. I spoke to DCI Redwood last week. He

said the appeal was very, very important. What they've done is go

back to basics. They are looking at the timeline in detail to try and

work out exactly what happened here on that night. Then there are the

e-fit pictures of people of interest, people around there on

that date. Then there are the phone records, as best they can they are

tracing the phone records of communication that was going on in

this town en that night. The other thing to bear in mind is this is not

a police case only, the a diplomatic case. Running an investigation

abroad is complicated and the Met have worked hard to keep port Gees

detectives on side for tomorrow's appeal -- Portuguese police. The

Head of The ternational Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has warned

that any default of debt by the US could tip global economy into

recession. Undergrounds politicians have yet to agree a deal to increase

America's debt limit if there is no agreement by Thursday. A default on

its mull trillion dollar debt is possible. Our business

correspondent, Joe Lynam, reports. It's day 13 of a US government

shutdown which has paralysed swathes of Public Services and kept almost a

million people away from their jobs. Let if the Government remains

closed, America might start running out of money in four days.

That could lead to a potential default, which is scaring the wider

world. If there is that degree of

disruption, that lack of certainty, that lack of trust in the US

signature, it would mean massive disruption the world over and we'd

be at risk of tipping yet again into recession.

America is one of the few recession.

governments which needs to consult its Parliament or congress in order

to allow it to borrow more money. The centre right Republican Party in

the US Senate won't permit the debt ceiling to be raised until the

President's public health programme is postponed or even scrapped.

A re-elected Barack Obama won't budge on his cherished Obamacare and

the polls seem to back him and blame the Republicans for keeping the

government closed Though the mewed music between the

republicps and democrats has improved, compromise is no closer in

Washington. I had a piece of legislation on the

floor today to extend the debt ceiling for a year.

It's hard for me to comprehend, but every republican voted against this.

The good news is that some iconic monuments such as the Grand Canyon,

have already re-opened, thanks to private donations.

With the global economy inching out of the economic crisis which began

five years ago, many fear that political stubbornness in the

world's largest economy could plunge the rest of us back into the

doldrums. Ministers have been urged to review

provision for children are disabilities after a study found

some are going without basic food and clothing. They said families

couldn't afford them. The DWP says the report for the chirp's

commissioner was based on a small sample and presented a partial

picture. Police in Scotland have begun a

murder inquiry after a 46-year-old woman was killed and a man seriously

injured in a fire at a hair salon in sterling yesterday morning. The man

is receiving treatment for his injuries. -- Stirling. Police are

not looking for anyone in connection with the incident.

Labour's revealed a change of approach in its policy on free

schools. The Shadow Education Secretary said

a future Labour Government would support good ones. He'd previously

labelled free schools vanity projects. Our Political

Correspondent, Carole Walker, reports. Free schools with a

Correspondent, Carole Walker, flagship policy for the Prime

Minister and his Education Secretary, Michael Gove. 174 have

been set up since the coalition came to power, with far greater control

over their own budgets, curriculums and staff. At the last election,

Labour condemned the idea. This was the newly elected MP, Tristram Hunt

in 2010. £250 million allocated for Building Schools for the Future is

under threat from Michael Gove, the Department for Education, to fund

the vanity projects for yummy mummies in West London and under

employed professionals to set up their Swedish schools. Now he's the

new Shadow Education Secretary and the tone is rather different.

I've got one message for you this morning and for viewers which is

that if you are a group parent, social entrepreneurs, teachers

interested in setting up a school in areas where you need new school

places than the Labour -- then the Labour Government will be on your

side. We are in favour of enterprise and innovation. Labour says its

policy hasn't changed, it won't accept the current system. It says

local authorities should have a role to ensure free schools are set up in

areas of real need. They have no say at the moment.

Labour says teachers must be qualified, currently free schools

can hire who they want. And Labour wants greater financial

transparency. This is the same old Labour policy,

this is what they've been saying for months. It's no different from his

predecessor, exactly almost to the word what he said, free schools will

only be allowed in specific circumstances, in specific areas,

with a whole load of bureaucracy attached. Free schools remain

controversial. The Al-Madinah School in Derby closed for a while after

Ofsted said it was inadequate in all areas. Others like the West London

School have proved popular with parents and Labour say they won't

close down good free schools. A huge cyclone has brought flooding

and destruction to India's eastern coastline. Thousands of hopes have

been destroyed, but the mass evacuation of up to a million people

seems to have averted disaster. The cyclone generated winds of up to

130mph. 14 people are reported to have died and a big relief operation

is under way. From Orissa, Andrew North reports.

The start of the clear-up. The day after India's worst cyclone

in years. There's a lot to do, hundreds of

trees ripped up by roots of winds of over 130mph.

The cyclone also caused widespread flooding, leaving swathes of

farmland underwater. The devastation continued for mile

after mile. When we drove out to the coastal villages, where the cyclone

first hit land. Many of the tens of thousands evacuated before the storm

had begun returning home. For some though, it's been a grim

home coming. This woman survived the last big

cyclone, but now her tiny home is in ruins.

TRANSLATION: Last time, there was not much damage. Now, my home is

broken and everything is gone. What do I do? I've got nothing to eat.

Despite the destruction, the Indian government is earning some rare

praise for the way it handled the disaster.

Everyone we have spoken to tells us that this cyclone was far stronger

than the one that killed thousands more than ten years ago. The

difference though is that this time the Government seems to be much

better prepared and has got far more people out of harm's way.

As the waves start to die down, there's a widespread feeling Cyclone

Phailin could have been much worse. Elsewhere in India, up to 90

pilgrims, mostly women and children, Elsewhere in India, up to 90

have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu Festival. Dozens of others

were injured as thousands of people walked across a narrow bridge

towards a temple in the Madhya Pradesh state.

It may have been due to a rumour that the bridge was about to

collapse. A Chinese bank has announced plans to invest in a

Manchester business park as two separate British trade missions to

China get under way. George Osborne and the Mayor of London are leading

separate delegations in China, promoting UK business and hoping to

drum up investment. John Sudworth reports from Beijing.

For British businessmen, of course, it's now a well-worn path and today,

the world's second biggest economy welcomed another hopeful deal-maker.

I see China as a great opportunity, not a threat. We want to sell more

to China, but we also want more Chinese investment in Britain.

Like the deal he announced to these business leaders, a Chinese

state-owned company is taking a 20% stake in a major development at

Manchester Airport, one of the largest ever UK/China joint

ventures. It's a notable forefollowing the chill in relations

caused by this photograph. China considers Tibet's exile spiritual

leader, the Dalai Lama, to be an enemy of the state.

Help!... # Wait more than a year for someone to

help mend the rift and two turn up at once.

On day one of his trip, the London Mayor stopped off at this UK trade

fair in Beijing, complete with cover band.

Very important that Britain at all levels, both in London and

nationally, should show our absolute determination to build on what is

happening. Do you know, in the last four years, trade with China's more

or less doubled. It's unusual, of course, to have two

high profile trade visits to the same country at the same time,

particularly when the men in question are potential rivals in any

future Tory leadership race. Pointed then perhaps that the Chancellor

told me that he's here drumming up business for the whole of the UK,

not just London. Some UK businesses say there's one

easy step he could take, simplify and streamline the visa application

rules to bring more Chinese tourists to Britain.

Thank you again... Time now for the sport.

Thank you again... Good evening. Sebastien Vettel's

moved within touching distance of his fourth straight Formula One

title with victory at the Japanese Grand Prix. It wasn't a

straightforward win. He needed to drive a strategecally clever race.

He's a fans favourite in Japan. Seb Vettel had claimed victory in three

of the last four races here. But for the first time this season, his Red

Bull team-mate, Mark Webber, outqualified him to start from poll.

Neater got away well. -- neither got away well.

Unlike Roman Grosjean who stormed from fourth to the front of the

grid. The Frenchman had been branded a nutcase by Webber last year after

they collided on the opening lap. There can be no complaints this

time. Grow January left others floundering in his wake. Vettel

clipped by Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes, giving the brush driver a

puncture which forced him to retire. The lead changed during pit stops.

The key moment came from Vettel's final change of tyres.

And the German followed his team's orders. Three laps later, he was

ahead of the Frenchman and on his way to taking the lead. When Webber

made his final stop, victory for Vettel was assured but not quite yet

the world title. Best team in the world. Thank you

very much, guys, I love you... .. Alonso's fourth place in Japan keeps

the Championship alive for the Indian Grand Prix, but with a 90

point lead, there is no disputing who is number one.

Ashley Cole will definitely miss England's final World Cup qualifier

against Poland with a rib injury. His replacement, lay don Baines,

says there is a feel-good factor in the squad ahead of Tuesday's

showdown. With the ence of some of the young

players has brought that excitement back to it. That combined with the

experience of some of the other players is vital in big competitions

like the World Cup. So, you know, that mix and that blend, if you get

it right, puts us in a great position really to go there and

really try and do something. The reigning champions Toulon, have made

a blistering start to the defence of the Heineken Cup. They saw off a

second half comeback by Glasgow Warriors to win 52-28. There were

ten tries in the game and the day's other match was a ten try thriller.

Exeter beat Cardiff. The Blues had four tries in the

second half but Exeter held on to win 44-29.

That is all the sport for now, back to you.

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