Police use metal detectors to search for missing Ben
Police from the UK are using metal detectors in Greece to search the farmland where missing toddler Ben Needham was last seen alive.
New search for Ben Needham
Police have begun searching a plot of land on the Greek island of Kos where it's believed Ben Needham may have been buried.
Latest: Ben Needham search
A man in Greece is claiming to know the whereabouts of Ben Needham from Sheffield, but wants half a million pounds before talking.
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Last-minute preparations for Ben search teams
A team of British police officers has arrived on the Greek island of Kos to examine a mound of earth and rubble close to where Yorkshire toddler Ben Needham went missing 21 years ago.
The officers are leading a group of specialist search advisers who will be supporting
the Greek authorities as they decide whether to excavate the mound. Ben, from Sheffield, vanished on the island in July 1991, when he was 21 months old, after his mother and grandparents moved there. A Calendar reporting team is on site as police prepare to start .
South Yorkshire police to aid Ben search
A team of British police search experts are to begin digging for the possible remains of Ben Needham, the toddler from Sheffield who vanished on the Greek island of Kos 21 years ago. A Calendar reporting team is on site as police prepare to start. David Hirst reports.
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New search for Ben Needham
A new search is to start on a plot of land on the Greek island of Kos in the hope of finding Ben Needham. A forensic search is to be carried out at this mound of rubble, which it's thought the Sheffield toddler may have accidentally been buried under. Duncan Wood sent this report from Kos.
New search for Ben Needham
Police have begun searching a plot of land on the Greek island of Kos where it's believed Ben Needham may have been buried.
Read the full storyHeartache for the Needham family
There is more heartache for the mother of Ben Needham as we can reveal a man in Greece is claiming to know the whereabouts of her son, but he wants half a million pounds up front before he will reveal what he knows.
Negotiations with the man have been ongoing for three weeks and the revelation has caused huge upset to Kerry Needham, as she feels her family is being held to ransom.
Although police on Kos say they are not aware of the development, Kerry's MP Angela Smith will be contacting the Foreign Office, asking for the Greek authorities to intervene. Mark Witty has this exclusive report.
Latest: Ben Needham search
by Mark Witty
A man in Greece is claiming to know the whereabouts of Ben Needham from Sheffield, but wants half a million pounds before talking.
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Video: Kerry Needham claims she is being held to ransom
Exclusive: More heartache for mother of Ben Needham
There is yet more heartache for the mother of Ben Needham as Calendar can reveal a man in Greece is claiming to know the whereabouts of her son - but wants half a million pounds up front before he will reveal what he knows.
Negotiations with the man have been ongoing for three weeks, and the revelation has caused huge upset to Kerry Needham, as she feels her family is being held to ransom. Kerry's MP Angela Smith will be contacting the Foreign Office, asking for the Greek authorities to intervene.
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