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09/10/2012
Checkpoints Remain As Search For April Jones Intensifies
As the search for 5-year-old April Jones enters its eight day police checkpoints remain in place around the town where she went missing.
The road blocks were put in place in Machynlleth, Powys, on Monday night as officers hoped drivers may remember crucial details from last week.
18 police teams are now involved as the search for April intensifies.
Commemorations were also held around the town exactly a week after she disappeared.
Hundreds of sky lanterns were released - including one by April's parents - and many people released balloons and lit candles between 19:00 and 19:30 BST on Monday.
Similar events were held in Aberystwyth and Tywyn, Gwynedd, 15 miles away, and the tower at Blackpool was also lit up in pink during the evening.
Local man Mark Bridger, 46, has been charged with April's murder, child abduction and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
He appeared before Aberystwyth magistrates on Monday and will appear at Caernarfon Crown Court on Wednesday via a video link.
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The road blocks were put in place in Machynlleth, Powys, on Monday night as officers hoped drivers may remember crucial details from last week.
18 police teams are now involved as the search for April intensifies.
Commemorations were also held around the town exactly a week after she disappeared.
Hundreds of sky lanterns were released - including one by April's parents - and many people released balloons and lit candles between 19:00 and 19:30 BST on Monday.
Similar events were held in Aberystwyth and Tywyn, Gwynedd, 15 miles away, and the tower at Blackpool was also lit up in pink during the evening.
Local man Mark Bridger, 46, has been charged with April's murder, child abduction and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
He appeared before Aberystwyth magistrates on Monday and will appear at Caernarfon Crown Court on Wednesday via a video link.
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