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Intimate detailsVideoPremiumMum’s posts paint picture of Cleo before disappearance

Sweet posts from Cleo Smith’s mum Ellie have given an insight to life growing up in Carnarvon for the four-year-old and her young family.

Kristin Shorten

Disaster and EmergencyScaffolding damages Kremlin wall 'tooth'

One of the dovetail-shaped teeth decorating the Kremlin wall has been broken by scaffolding that collapsed due to strong winds in Moscow.

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Still out thereVideoPremium
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Carnarvon campers at Cleo site ‘yet to come forward’

Police have revealed they believe there are people who were staying at the same camp site as Cleo Smith when she vanished who have failed to come forward.

Daryna Zadvirna

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Pilot says Cleo ‘already gone’ when cops started search

Justin Borg was out mustering when he got a phone call in the early hours of Saturday morning from a distressed member of the Smith family, pleading for him to help find a missing four-year-old girl.

Brianna Dugan

Hopes fadingVideoPolice leave campsite as land search for Cleo ends

Police have left the Blowholes campground where Cleo Smith was believed to be abducted, and have re-opened the site.

Caitlin Law-Davis and Brianna Dugan

Disaster and EmergencyWarrant for train derailment investigation

Police have released the name and images of a man they believe could be responsible for the derailment of a passenger train south of Sydney earlier this week.

Jack Gramenz

Accidental shootingVideoAlec Baldwin kills set worker in prop gun accident: Police

Hollywood star Alec Baldwin has shot and killed a cinematographer on the set of the upcoming Western movie Rust, authorities say.

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Disaster and EmergencyWeekend search for missing Tas boatie

Searches will continue over the weekend for a man who went missing in a boating mishap that killed two other people off northwest Tasmania.

Ethan James

‘My Princess’‘Where are you?’: Mum pleads with missing Cleo

Cleo Smith’s mum Ellie has made another desperate plea to her daughter six days after she disappeared from their tent near Carnarvon.

Grim twistVideoNo ‘body’ found as cops confirm Cleo likely kidnapped

WA Police have confirmed the high probability that four-year-old Cleo Smith was kidnapped, saying they have ‘not yet located her body’.

Peta Rasdien

Desperate searchVideoPremier announces $1 million reward for Cleo’s return

A $1 million reward is now on offer for information which leads to the return of missing four-year-old Cleo Smith.

Brianna Dugan

Search continuesStill no suspects in Cleo case after five days missing

Police this afternoon did not have any suspects in relation to the investigation, despite a large amount of information including CCTV and dash-cam footage taken from the area.

Sarah Steger and Phoebe Pin

Community reelingPremiumPsychologists called in for Cleo’s classmates

A Carnarvon school has enlisted the help of psychologists to support the classmates, teachers and families who have been shattered by Cleo Smith’s disappearance.

Phoebe Pin

Disaster and EmergencyTwo bodies found in search for Tas boaties

Police have found the bodies of two people who were aboard a boat that went missing off Tasmania's northwest, with searches continuing for a third person.

Ethan James

Disaster and EmergencyMan wanted over NSW train derailment

NSW Police say it's a miracle no-one was killed or injured when a passenger train smashed into a stolen van that was left on the tracks near Wollongong.

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Praying for Cleo’s safe return to parents

Our thoughts — and no doubt those of everyone in WA — are with Cleo and her family as we all desperately hope for a positive conclusion.

Frantic searchPremiumRemote, harsh, rocky: The rough terrain at Cleo’s tent

If Cleo Smith ventured out of her family tent on Saturday night she would have been faced with a pitch black abyss, with loud crashing waves, howling winds and rocky terrain.

Kate Campbell

Holding out hopeVideoComments‘Someone has to know’ where missing Cleo is, says mum

SEE THE FULL INTERVIEW. Speaking through tears, Ellie Smith said Cleo was not the sort of child to wander off, and she would have asked for her mother’s help to unzip her one-piece sleeping suit.

Bethany Hiatt

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‘No expense spared’: Inside the police search for Cleo

Police are going ‘full tilt’ in their search for missing four-year-old Cleo Smith and ‘no expense is being spared’ in the investigation to find her.

Phil Hickey

MysteryCommentsParents to speak for first time since Cleo vanished

Cleo Smith’s parents are set to speak to the media this afternoon as the desperate search for their daughter continues.

Peter Devlin

Disaster and EmergencyTen charged over Mexico subway collapse

Charges have been brought against 10 individuals and companies over the collapse of a subway line in Mexico City that killed 26 people.

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How you can helpVideoCommentsFundraising page set up as locals join search for Cleo

Homicide squad detectives and a tourism helicopter business have joined the search for Cleo who vanished from a campsite in WA’s north amid fears she was abducted.

Disaster and EmergencyTrio found after search at NSW-Vic border

Three people have been found safe and well after a couple were reported missing on a boat trip near the NSW-Victoria border.

Jack Gramenz

Disaster and EmergencyMan dies in NSW outback accident

A 25-year-old man has died after falling from the rear of a moving vehicle while on a property southwest of the NSW outback town of Broken Hill.

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