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Shannon search enters seventh day | Shannon search enters seventh day |
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House-to-house inquiries in the search for missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews aimed to build up a clearer picture of her lifestyle, police have said. | House-to-house inquiries in the search for missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews aimed to build up a clearer picture of her lifestyle, police have said. |
Operations to find the nine-year-old will resume at first light as the search enters its seventh day. | Operations to find the nine-year-old will resume at first light as the search enters its seventh day. |
Officers have received more than 300 calls about Shannon who failed to return to her West Yorkshire home on Tuesday. | Officers have received more than 300 calls about Shannon who failed to return to her West Yorkshire home on Tuesday. |
Police said they were "gravely concerned" for the girl. | |
Shannon is described as timid, about 4ft 1in tall, with shoulder-length hair that may have been tied in a ponytail. | |
She was last seen leaving Dewsbury Sports Centre where CCTV footage showed her wearing distinctive pink Bratz boots. | She was last seen leaving Dewsbury Sports Centre where CCTV footage showed her wearing distinctive pink Bratz boots. |
Church service | Church service |
The gardens and outhouses of more than 200 homes within half a mile of the family home in Moorside Road, Dewsbury, have been searched. | The gardens and outhouses of more than 200 homes within half a mile of the family home in Moorside Road, Dewsbury, have been searched. |
On Sunday the service at St James Church, Heckmondwike, was dedicated to Shannon. | On Sunday the service at St James Church, Heckmondwike, was dedicated to Shannon. |
Rev Simon Pitcher said: "We lit a candle and we had a silence so we could pray for her family and for her safe return." | Rev Simon Pitcher said: "We lit a candle and we had a silence so we could pray for her family and for her safe return." |
Specialist divers have searched a pond, along with sewers and drains in the hunt for any trace of her. | Specialist divers have searched a pond, along with sewers and drains in the hunt for any trace of her. |
On Saturday her family handed out leaflets at Leeds United's Elland Road ground before the fixture with Crewe Alexandra. | On Saturday her family handed out leaflets at Leeds United's Elland Road ground before the fixture with Crewe Alexandra. |
Posters in English, Urdu and Hungarian, have also been displayed in shop windows in the area. | Posters in English, Urdu and Hungarian, have also been displayed in shop windows in the area. |