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The attempt by pop star Madonna to adopt a Malawian boy made all the papers, with The Daily Telegraph reporting that the boy's family wanted to visit Madonna's home so they could examine what conditions he would be living in. Pofera Banda, uncle of the boy, David, said, 'If the child is going with Madonna we want our brother Yohane (David's father) to go and see where he is staying. If that is not going to happen, then as a family we are saying the child should not go.' Liverpool children aged nine and ten helped the police catch a gang of alleged armed robbers when they made up a chant to memorise the registration number of the getaway car as they witnessed a cash box being stolden during a delivery to a bank. The Times said the police were able to trace the suspected thieves less than 40 minutes later.

Liverpool children aged nine and ten helped the police catch a gang of alleged armed robbers when they made up a chant to memorise the registration number of the getaway car as they witnessed a cash box being stolden during a delivery to a bank. The Times said the police were able to trace the suspected thieves less than 40 minutes later.

Six-year-old Keely Reid has been reunited with the message in a bottle that she threw into the sea off the north-east coast of Scotland, hoping it might get as far as Scandinavia. Six-year-old James Wilson found the bottle 47 days later on a beach 20,000 miles away, on Whangamata on the North Island of New Zealand, the Independent reported.

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