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Search goes on for body of missing British hiker in France in act of solidarity

Tom Doherty is presumed dead after disappearing on August 6, but search continues in ‘wave of solidarity’

Search for missing British hiker, 60, underway in south-east France

Kirk Handley was last seen September 7

Search for Swedish woman who disappeared at Nice airport

The 62-year-old has not been heard from since September 17

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Search for missing British hiker in France called off after five days

The retired doctor texted his family to say he had fallen but has not responded since. It is thought his phone may have run out of battery

Search for British hiker missing in south-west France

He sent his family a text saying ‘Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t move’ and has not been heard from since Tuesday

Death of Emile, 2: what is known about new bone found in Alps hamlet?

Additional searches have been carried out after Emile’s clothes and skull were found

Bones found of Emile, 2: What French police say and what happens now

Investigations are focusing on the weather and detailed analysis of the soil near where the bones were found

Why police reconstruction in Alps village where boy, 2, went missing?

Investigators are focusing on witness statements, but the family’s lawyer has questioned why it is happening now

Bones of Emile, 2, found in area already searched near Alps hamlet

A hiker made the discovery and took the partial remains to a police station

Missing boy, 2, could possibly still be alive, say French gendarmes

A full-time team of 20 investigators is still looking at ‘all possible leads’

Missing mother seen in Dordogne: call for witnesses

Her car was reportedly seen in Charente-Maritime

Appeal for help to find missing boy, 9, in south-west France

Helicopters are searching for him. His school bag and phone has been found in a ditch

Hunt for missing boy, 2, from French hamlet focuses on motorway toll

Investigators are cross-referencing 50,000 CCTV images with phone records in the latest on the case

Abduction alert for missing baby in France

Police say the mother took the infant from hospital

'Abducted' British boy Alex Batty found in south-west France

Gendarmes say 17-year-old found in Ariège is the boy who went missing in 2011

‘Final sweep’ for boy, 2, missing in French Alps since Saturday

Emile went missing while staying with his grandparents

Boy, 2, missing in French Alps: Chances of finding him alive narrow

Investigators are now focussing on searching homes and interviewing people in the hamlet at the time of Emile’s disappearance

Boy, 2, missing in French Alps: Outsiders banned from search site

The search has taken a new turn with ‘more targeted and selective’ investigations getting underway

Boy, 2, still missing in French Alps nearly three days on

The search for Emile, who went missing at the weekend while staying with his grandparents, resumed again on Tuesday.

Hunt in France for woman last seen at Dordogne motorway rest area

The 35-year-old, who suffers from ‘disorientation episodes’, vanished on Tuesday after her car broke down

Daughter pleads for missing French mum to ‘give us a sign’ she is okay

Karine Equivillon has not been seen since March 27

Missing jogger found safe and well in France: she left with a friend

Search parties had been launched after the 20-year-old failed to return home after leaving to go jogging early on Friday morning

Police appeal for help to find girl, 16, missing from Marseille

Thalya Aid was last seen on January 23 and may be staying in Toulon or La Seyne-sur-Mer

Bordeaux: Police appeal for information on missing 16-year-old girl

The girl disappeared between 23:00 on Sunday and 07:15 on Monday

French mountain rescue search for American man missing on Mont Blanc

Scott Putnam was last seen at the Tête Rousse refuge at 3,165m, where he spent the night from August 28-29

Body of missing British hiker found by her partner in Pyrenees

The remains of Esther Dingley have been discovered along with items of her equipment in the mountains on the border of France and Spain; part of a skull found last month has also been confirmed to be hers

Bones found in Pyrenees near where British hiker went missing

Esther Dingley has been missing since November 2020 after going for a solo hike in the mountains along the French-Spanish border

Gendarmes appeal for information on jogger missing in Paris

Woman, 41, disappeared near a towpath beside River Oise

International student missing from Paris lycée is 'well'

In published exchanges with family, Senegalese student says she is 'sorry' for the upset her disappearance has caused

Concern for international student, 20, missing in Paris

Senegal's 'Best Student' award-winner has not attended classes since before Christmas

Missing hiker: French police reject UK press 'speculation'

Briton Esther Dingley went missing while hiking in the Pyrénées two weeks ago

Missing person

Search goes on for body of missing British hiker in France in act of solidarity

Search for missing British hiker, 60, underway in south-east France

Search for Swedish woman who disappeared at Nice airport

Search for missing British hiker in France called off after five days

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