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20/11/2013
UK Missing Persons Bureau Calls For Europe-Wide Database
The UK Missing Person Bureau has called for the establishment of a Europe-wide database of unidentified bodies, arguing that it would help families searching for missing relatives.
Last year the bureau launched its own website listing images and distinguishing features of around 500 unidentified bodies from across the UK, understood to be around a third of the total number of bodies.
According to the bureau four missing people have been identified to date using the sites information.
Joe Apps told BBC News that while the website was useful, a wider goegraphical pool of unidentified remains was needed.
(MH/CD)
Last year the bureau launched its own website listing images and distinguishing features of around 500 unidentified bodies from across the UK, understood to be around a third of the total number of bodies.
According to the bureau four missing people have been identified to date using the sites information.
Joe Apps told BBC News that while the website was useful, a wider goegraphical pool of unidentified remains was needed.
(MH/CD)
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Missing persons helpline receives cash boost
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Missing persons helpline receives cash boost
The National Missing Persons Helpline (NMPH) has announced that it has been saved from insolvency, thanks to emergency funding provided by the Home Office. The Home Office has agreed to provide £300,000 for the charity, which had recently announced that it would be forced to close at the end of this month if it did not receive more financial help.
30 January 2015
Two Bodies Found On Beaches In Scotland
Police in Scotland are working to identify two bodies found on separate beaches in Scotland on Thursday. The body of a man was found on a beach in St Andrews, while another body of a man was recovered on a beach near Glencaple, in Dumfries and Galloway.
Two Bodies Found On Beaches In Scotland
Police in Scotland are working to identify two bodies found on separate beaches in Scotland on Thursday. The body of a man was found on a beach in St Andrews, while another body of a man was recovered on a beach near Glencaple, in Dumfries and Galloway.
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