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Missing Date: Friday 14th September 2007 Missing From: Doncaster, South Yorkshire England Missing Country: UK Sex: Male DOB: 10/Jul/1993 Age Now: 16 |
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| Specific Details: Andrew has been missing since 14th September 2007. He was aged 14 years (d.o.b. 10.07.93). He missed school for the first time that day and took a train to London Kings Cross Station from his home in Doncaster. We have been searching for him ever since. |
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Known Circumstances:
Andrew has been missing since 14th September 2007. He was aged 14 years (d.o.b. 10.07.93). He missed school for the first time that day and took a train to London Kings Cross Station from his home in Doncaster.
He took only £200 with him along with his portable Playstation and favourite bag which was black canvas with rock/metal band patches sewn on.
What happened to him after arriving at 11.30 a.m. is unknown. His reasons for leaving remain a mystery.
On 14 September 2007, Andrew was last seen at 8-30am he was heading down Littlemoor Lane, Balby, Doncaster towards Westfield Park. Andrew returned from school after his parents had gone to work, and changed out of his uniform. He emptied his bank account – taking around £200 – and without leaving a note went to Doncaster station and bought a one-way ticket to London King’s Cross (refusing a return even though the cost was about the same). It is thought that he boarded a train at Doncaster Railway Station at 9-35am on the day he went missing arriving at London Kings Cross Station at 11-20am. South Yorkshire Police released CCTV footage from Kings Cross Station on 14 September 07, the day he went missing, there are no confirmed sightings after this one. 
In the first few months after Andrew’s disappearance, Kevin and Glenys took it in turns to visit London, postering, leafleting, covering museums, stations, pizza restaurants, all the refuges they could find, anywhere they could think of. Last year Andrews parents appeared on daytime talk shows, TV and radio news programmes (both regional and national), Comic Relief and Missing Live, among others. Andrew’s photo appeared on electronic screens in hospitals and GPs’ surgeries, and on milk cartons, bus shelters, rubbish vans. This year with us here at HFMC Kevin worked on an email campaign, contacting every school in the UK, museums, churches and Goth scene as his music taste was heading in that direction. Do you know of anyone new to your area that may fit his description? Andrew is now 16 Years Old He may have changed his name, his appearance may have altered, below is an age progressed photo of how Andrew may look now:  Andrew is described as slim build, 5'3 tall with brown straight hair and brown eyes, at the time he went missing, but please bear in mind his appreance has likely changed from the photo on the top right of this page. Andrew was planning on growing his hair long and dying it black, but he is just as likely to have shaved it off and changed his style. Andrew does need glasses or contact lenses, and is in to the heavy metal goth scene; bands like Evanescence, Slipknot, Iron Maiden, Marilyn Manson and Muse (who he saw in concert with his dad). Andrew is familiar with many of the London Tourist attractions. He is also academically gifted and was always interested in museums of of all types. Subjects such as Mathematics, sciences, history and philosophy particularly interested him.
Despite TV and radio appeals, poster and e-mail campaigns, Andrew Gosden is still missing, his reasons for leaving are completely unknown. There is concern for Andrew's safety as he has never gone missing before and this is totally out of character. can you help find him? Anyone with information should call South Yorks Police on 0114-220 2020 or Missing People on 0500 700 700.
Andrew if you are reading this please let us know you are safe you can even call the Runaway Helpline on Freefone 0808 800 7070 for confidential advice and support or just phone home we love you and miss you.
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Andrew Gosden - Family anguish over missing teenage son
Mr Gosden reckons the move is part of getting over a psychological barrier which has been in place since Andrew disappeared in September 2007 after heading off from home at Littlemoor Lane, Balby, to school.
He and wife Glenys have been campaigning to try to find their son ever since.
He said: "I just got to the point when I couldn't stand looking at it any more, and I think Glenys felt the same. The police took all Andrew's posters away to look for fingerprints about a year ago - unfortunately they didn't find any.
"It has never really been the same place since Andrew ran away, so it seemed easier for us to make the place look a bit different.
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http://www.thestar.co.uk/doncaster/Family-anguish-over-missing-teenage.5...
Missing teen's parents turn to concert-goers
Parents Kevin and Glenys Gosden, whose son Andrew disappeared from their Balby home more than two years ago, will continue their search efforts next week by handing out 10,000 leaflets at a concert by his favourite band Muse.
They will give out the leaflets with the help of around 20 friends outside the gig at Sheffield Arena on Wednesday night.
Dad Kevin said: "Muse were definitely up there with Andrew's favourite bands. His favourite album was probably 'Absolution' and his favourite track was 'Plug In Baby'.
"It may make him think again about getting in touch."
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http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/free/Missing-teen39s-parents-turn-to...
Muse teams up with MissingPeople to find Andrew Gosden
Andrew Gosden disappeared September 14, 2007, when he took a train to London King's Cross Station in Doncaster. He is now 16.
One of his favorite bands when he went missing was Muse, and now his father will be going to Muse concerts to look for his son.
The band is teaming with MissingPeople reports Help Find My Child in hopes of finding young Andrew.
http://digitaljournal.com/article/280704
Muse Nov 2009 - Offer Free Tickets to Missing Fan
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Our last chance of finding runaway son is at Muse gig -A. Gosden
Dad's torment in agonising 2-year hunt for his music-mad teenager
It will be a night on which fans of award-winning band Muse will go wild with excitement.
But among the thousands of screaming black-clad youngsters at the group's latest sellout concert, one figure will look awkwardly out of place - 43-year-old Kevin Gosden.
Twice as old as most of the Muse devotees who will pack out the Sheffield Arena, Kevin won't be there to enjoy the music.
Instead the dad will hand out leaflets and anxiously scan the crowd. This, he believes, may be his last chance of finding his longlost son Andrew again.
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http://tinyurl.com/lvr5qh
MISSING TEENAGER URGED TO TEXT CHARITY / A. GOSDEN
14 Sep 2009 - 15:22
A teenager who went missing two years ago today is being urged to get in touch with a charity's confidential text service.
Missing People has issued the direct plea to Andrew Gosden to mark the second anniversary of his disappearance.
Andrew went missing from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, aged 14, on September 14, 2007. He left for school as normal, but was later seen on CCTV at King's Cross station in London on the same day.
Since then Missing People has received numerous sightings of Andrew via media appeals.
Chief executive of Missing People, Martin Houghton-Brown, said: "Andrew is one of the 100,000 young runaways each year in the UK. These young people face many dangers while away and we can provide a lifeline of hope with our Runaway Helpline.
"We are asking Andrew to contact us directly by texting 80234. We just want to hear from him directly."
Andrew's parents, Glenys and Kevin, sent their own message to Andrew: "We have all missed you so much since the day you left. You were always so witty, polite, caring and intelligent that we desperately miss your company. We only want to know that you are safe and well."
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http://www.communitynewswire.press.net/article.jsp?id=6121711
EVENTS that were scheduled for that day?
If only a small fraction of the available funds were withdrawn, perhaps he intended to attend some event. Deduct the travel and meal expenses... see if you can find some event that required an entry fee for the balance.
A mathematics challenge of some sort?
A Goth Convention of some sort?
He obviously intended a short trip.
Did he have access to a computer? Emails?
Thank You
Thank you for you post, I can confirm that all these avenues have been checked, hopefully someone out their will see Andrew's details and remember something or come forward with any information no matter how small that might help shed light on where he is.
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Family holiday?
Any family holiday of some sort? An upcoming birthday or anniversary? Anything that might show a specific purpose of the trip and therefore show his specific direction from the train station?
electronic data
I bet you did that already but just to make sure. Did you check all his email accounts and messenger logs. Did he have a crush on someone somewhere in the country/world who he didn't see before? I will keep my eyes open on the London gigs and I'd be willing to hand out flyers in Switzerland if you think it's worth the try.
New Video for Andrew Gosden - 2 Years Missing
Please watch and share this video especially with contacts in the UK
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Age-progressive photographs created in hunt for missing Andrew
The admission hints at the torment endured by a couple who lost a child two years ago and still have no idea whether he is alive or dead.
Andrew Gosden does not fit the profile of a likely runaway. A prize-winning mathematician from a stable, loving home, he should have been celebrating his GCSEs this summer. He would also have been toasting his elder sister, Charlotte, 18, who has just gained five A grades at A level and a place to study philosophy, politics and economics at Balliol College, Oxford.
On a Friday morning two years ago, Andrew, then aged 14, left his home in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, but did not catch the school bus. He waited until his parents left for work, let himself back into the house, changed out of his school uniform, went to a cash machine, withdrew £200 and bought a one-way train ticket to London.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6830992.ece
Missing Poster for Andrew
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Family's hope over new pictures of missing teen
Last year, the family marked the first anniversary of Andrew’s disappearance with a moving church service and a huge leaflet drop in London. This year, Mr Gosden will spend the day with friends, while his wife and daughter will be away on a much-needed holiday before Charlotte, who gained five A grades in her A-levels, leaves for Oxford University next month.
But Andrew will be at the forefront of all their minds.
Asked what message he would like to pass on to his son, Mr Gosden said: “It’s always been the same. We love you, we care about you, as a minimum we just want to know that you’re okay and happy.
“If you’ve got problems, we’d like to be able to have the opportunity to help with it.
“There’s no problem making contact or coming back, the worst thing that’s waiting for you is a lot of hugs because I’ve got millions saved up. Just please, please, please let us know you’re okay.”
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http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Family39s-hope-over-new-pictures.5635725.j...
Family refuses to give up hope lost son is alive
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Mr Gosden, who has struggled with depression since his son's disappearance, says he hopes the images may bring about a new sighting.
He said: "We would ask people to think laterally and consider if they may have met someone Andrew's age just in the last two years, as well as look at the images. That would really be a help."
On Monday, he will be remaining at home to deal with any possible sightings while his wife Glenys and daughter Charlotte are holidaying in Tunisia.
Mr Gosden said: "That may sound strange, but it's a last holiday together before Charlie goes to university and also a way of being at least physically distant from that difficult day.
"We are not all going as we have not come to terms with the idea of all being out of the country at once, and also because Charlie finds holidays with three of us particularly poignant and difficult still.
"What the day may hold for me, I do not know. If I don't get any 'bites' then I shall spend it with friends and we will pray a lot for Andrew."
He added that there was still no clue as to why his son decided to run away.
Mr Gosden said: "I'm as baffled as ever. Did he decide to do the Reginald Perrin thing and reinvent himself? Or was there something troubling him that he felt he couldn't tell us?
"I still think that his disappearance was spur of the moment. But who knows. It's all speculation.
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http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/Family-refuses-to-give-up.5634434.jp
Family release digitally-aged pictures of missing son.
[b]Family release digitally-aged pictures of missing son on second anniversary of his disappearance[/b]
The father of a teenager who has been missing for two years said today he hoped new age-progressed pictures will help him find out what has happened to his son.
Andrew Gosden was just 14 when he left his family home in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on September 14, 2007.
He headed for London with just a couple of hundred pounds in his pocket and the only confirmed sighting since then is CCTV images showing him leaving Kings Cross station on the day he vanished.
Now posters with pictures showing Andrew as a 16-year-old have been created as the second anniversary of his disappearance approaches.
Kevin Gosden, 43, said the new images were 'reassuring' and hoped they might encourage people to remember something that could help with the search for Andrew.
'I can see the family in it. One of the things I guess that all of us have feared or worried about is you end up thinking "It's two years, how's he changed? If I bumped into him in the street, would I know who he was?"
'It's reassuring to look at that and think "Yes, I'd know you anywhere",' Mr Gosden said.
'The picture doesn't tell us things like what he's done with his hair or how tall he would be now. We don't know.
'But it gets him out there, in the hope that somebody, somewhere might put two and two together and be able to tell us something. And, if he's alive and well, Andrew himself might see it and respond.'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1212506/Family-release-digitally-aged-pictures-missing-son-second-anniversary-disappearance.html#ixzz0Qiy4CnRQ
New age progressed posters of Andrew
The father of a teenager who has been missing for two years said he hoped new age-progressed pictures will help him find out what has happened to his son.
Andrew Gosden was 14 when he left his family home in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on 14 September 2007.
The only confirmed sighting of him was at Kings Cross in London the same day.
Posters with a photographic impression of Andrew aged 16 have been created as the second anniversary of his disappearance approaches.
They will be put up across the capital.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/8247774.stm
Latest news article on Andrew Gosden
Bexley Times Article 09/09/09
THE devastated family of a missing teenager are hoping new age-progressed images of him will help bring him home.
On the right is how he might look like now.
Next Monday will mark two heartbreaking years since Andrew Gosden, who has family in Chislehurst, Sidcup and Blackheath, disappeared from his home in Doncaster.
He boarded a train to London Kings Cross where CCTV footage shows him leaving the station at 11.30am, but after that the trail of his whereabouts goes cold.
His father Kevin Gosden, 43, who suffered a breakdown as a result of his son's disappearance, has released images which show how the now 16-year-old may now look.
Speaking from his home in Doncaster, he said: "It's almost two years since he went missing. It's quite hard to guess how I will feel on Monday. Two years ago is as fresh in my mind as yesterday but I have no idea where I have been in the meantime except crazily running around trying to find him. It does feel like a big milestone.
"We are hoping that the pictures will maybe give people an idea of how Andrew looks now. They may unwittingly know him. We are stubbornly refusing to give up, but I don't know how much more we can do to publicise it."
The teen took £200, a portable Playstation and his favourite black canvas bag which had rock and metal band badges sewn on it. The reasons for his disappearance remain a mystery - the family were close and had no arguments prior to him leaving.
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Sky Television Feature Andrew Gosden's Story
Andrew Gosden's Story
On 13th September 2007 Andrew (14) left home for school in Doncaster. As he’d overslept he rushed around getting ready. But Andrew never made it into school that Friday. Instead, he walked to the local park and waited for his parents Kevin and Glenys to leave the house for work. He then let himself back into the house and calmly changed out of his school uniform.
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http://www.skyoneonline.co.uk/missing_children/profile.php?id=6
Where Are You Andrew?
Chat Magazine Article this week on Andrew ahead of Sky Real Lives program Missing Children.
Andrew Where Are You - Chat Mag Aug 09
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the light of love
Lighting a candle for Andrew. Watching the light of love shine forth.
Andrew, you are so precious! And you too, Charlotte! You're a hero!
Fourth Advent Sunday
Today is Fourth Advent Sunday. Like many folks, I am lighting four candles. I am dedicating them to four missing kids. Andrew is one of those precious kids.
Searching for Andrew Gosden - Sky Mag Aug 09
If you receive the Sky Magazine in the UK Please turn to pages 24 and 25 to read about the ongoing search for Andrew Gosden by his family. Once you've read the article could you pass it on to your friends, take it in to work, show neighbours the more people that know Andrew, his story and the age progressed photo the more chance we have of finding him. We really need your help
http://scribd.com/doc/17725690
Searching for Andrew Gosden - Sky Mag Aug 09
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I just wanted to wish Andrew
I just wanted to wish Andrew a happy 16th Birthday.
xxx
Andrews Father On the Radio
Graham Liver - Wed, 06 May 2009
Listen to an interview with Andrews Dad Kevin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p002yp4g/Graham_Liver_06_05_2009/
1hour 3mins in is where the interview starts.
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Search for Andrew goes on
A DESPERATE father is to make a trip to Whitby this weekend in the hope of finding his missing son. Fifteen-year-old Andrew Gosden, disappeared from his home in Doncaster on 14 September 2007 and travelled to London.
His reasons are still a mystery to his family.
Since this time, despite a massive publicity campaign, there has been no confirmed evidence that he is alive and well.
His father Kevin will be handing out leaflets and putting up posters this goth weekend as his son was a member of the gothic scene
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http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/Search-for-Andrew-goes-on.5199078.jp
My thoughts are with you all
I have recently come across this story on a MSN thread. I am a mother of a 5 year old and missing children storyies break my heart. I hope that Andrew returns home soon,safe and sound. My thoughts are with you all. Please do not give up hope xx And Andrew, if you read this, please call hope and let them know your ok xx
Andrew Gosden's case on Missing Live 27/3/09
Andrew's case will again be featured on the BBC's Missing Live on Friday 27th March. Details of the live programme can be found here.
http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/missinglive/
Church prays for missing schoolboy
The church will open on Saturday from 6pm to 8pm and will include prayers for all missing children and young people.
"Everyone is welcomed to join in this event, for as much or as little time as they wish, to join us in praying and thinking of all missing children," said the Rev Mary Gregory, Rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe.
Anyone with information on Andrew's whereabouts is urged to contact the police, or Missing People on freephone 0500 700 700.
Source: the star
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Special prayers for missing children
THE FAMILY of missing South Yorkshire teenager Andrew Gosden is urging people to attend a church service tomorrow to mark 18 months since his disappearance.
St James' Church in St Sepulchre Gate West, Doncaster, will be open between 6pm and 8pm tomorrow, offering special prayers for all missing children.
Mr Gosden said that anyone was invited to attend tomorrow's service, regardless of their faith.
He said: "We have been supported in prayer by people throughout the world, by many different denominations and faiths.
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Tomorrow's drop-in event will include video projections, displays from charities, DVDs, information about missing children and places to write a prayer or light a candle.
Mr Gosden added: "Many children who go missing are from difficult backgrounds and do not have parents who will speak up for them and search for them in the way that we have been able to continue searching for Andrew.
"We want to pray for all these kids and give them a voice to the best of our ability."
The Rev Mary Gregory, rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe in Doncaster, added: "Everyone is welcome to join in this event, for as much or as little time as you wish, join us in praying and thinking of all missing children."
Anyone who may have information on Andrew's whereabouts should call Doncaster Police on 01302 385146 or the Missing People Helpline on 0500 700700.
Source: News
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Andrew Gosden - YouTube Video
As we approach 18 months since Andrew went missing Forever Searching have made a video for him
Andrew Gosden - Church prayers for son who vanished
SOUTH Yorkshire church will host an event next month to mark 18 months since the disappearance of teenager Andrew Gosden.
Between 6 and 8pm on Saturday, March 14, St James Church on St Sepulchre Gate West in Doncaster, will be open to people wanting to pray for both Andrew and other missing children.
Information will be available and there will also be a number of displays from charities for the missing.
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Their latest campaigns have involved writing to every school across the country, urging youngsters who may have seen the missing teenager to come forward, setting up groups on social networking websites, and appealing to the "goth" scene in and around London.
Mr Gosden, 43, said there had been a "great response" from schools, but still no news of his son.
He added: "We hope that people will reflect and think about whether they have encountered someone who may be Andrew and contact Missing People, or ourselves, so that any information may be swiftly passed to the police.
"We desire nothing more than to know he is alive and unharmed, to be re-united if possible and to offer him our help and support if he finds himself in a difficult situation of any kind."
Anyone who may have information on Andrew's whereabouts should call Doncaster Police on 01302 385146 or the Missing People Helpline on 0500 700700.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/Church-prayers-for-son-who.5014...
Andrew Gosden - Appeal to goths to help find missing teenager
The family of 15-year-old Andrew Gosden, who was last seen at king's Cross station in London on September 14 2007 - the same day he left the family home in Doncaster, are hoping that his fellow music lovers may be able to supply a clue to his whereabouts.
Dad Kevin is hoping that visitors to Whitby's Goth Festival in April may be able to help in the search and has contacted a charity with links to the organisers to publicise the family's desperate hunt for the youngster.
There have been two possible sightings of Andrew, who was 14 when he went missing, this year.
But Kevin is refusing to raise his hopes too far.
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http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/Appeal-to-goths-to-help.5013593.jp
jus a passer by.. never give up hope
One of the most touching stories.. :(
Its worse 'not knowing'...
but, never give up hope... my prayers r with the family... I hope Andrew is happy and safe where ever he is... and is found by his family one day soon...
I came across this story, whilst gen' surfing... One of the saddest stories.. I lost my lil nephew in a road accident a year ago- he was 13.
Worst feeling losing a loved one, but may he RIP.. we know he's a fallen angel and in heaven... :(
As for Andrew, I hope he is safe, happy where ever he is.. and makes a safe return home...
Well done to his sister Charllotte.. wish her all the best and success in her studies and life...
Love Shaz
x
Search for Andrew goes to every school
THE FAMILY of Doncaster's missing boy are to sound a desperate rallying cry to every seconday school in Britain.
McAuley Catholic High School pupil Andrew Gosden was 14 when he disappeared 16 months ago.
He left for school as normal on the morning of September 14, 2007, but bought a one-way train ticket to London - and CCTV pictures of the teenager leaving Kings Cross Station remain the only definitive sighting of him since.
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http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/free/Search-for-Andrew-goes-to.48977...
Oxbridge offers for students - Andrew
Speaking about her achievement Charlotte, 17, said: "I fell in love with Oxford - the city, the atmosphere, the student body and the university itself is fabulous."
Charlotte,who will study politics, philosophy and economics is among four McAuley Catholic High School pupils to be offered an Oxbridge place.
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http://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/free/Oxbridge-offers-for-students.4899653.jp
Well done Charlotte
Family of missing boy to contact every school in Britain
THE FAMILY of missing South Yorkshire teenager Andrew Gosden are planning to take their campaign to find him into schools across the country....
Their latest campaign to find their son involves writing to every school across the country, urging youngsters who may have seen the missing teenager to come forward.
Groups have also been set up on social networking sites in a bid to uncover more information on Andrew's whereabouts.
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http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/Desperate-family-of-missing-boy...
Andrew Gosden - Missing Boy Plea
Andrew's family has drawn up a letter which will be sent to every school including a picture of the youngster, now aged 15, who has not been seen since he disappeared from his Doncaster home on September 14 2007.
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http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Missing-boy-plea.4890186.jp
Kevin Godsen on GMTV
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Torn between hope and despair
THE family of a South Yorkshire teenager who has been missing for the past 15 months were today preparing to start another new year stuck between "hope and despair".
Andrew Gosden was aged 14 when in September 2007 he left his family home in Doncaster and headed to London with just a couple of hundred pounds in his pocket.
The only confirmed sighting of the teenager since then remains grainy CCTV images of him leaving King's Cross station in the capital on the day he vanished.
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http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/Family-torn-between-hope-and.4830107.jp
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A second christmas without Andrew
FESTIVE campaigns to help find Doncaster's lost boy are proving to be a "double-edged sword", according to Andrew Gosden's distraught father.
Kevin Gosden and his wife Glenys are this week facing up to a second Christmas without their teenage son who went missing in September last year.
The pair have appeared on national television several times this month in the hope of raising awareness of Andrew's mystery disappearance. But with no further clues or sightings on record, the couple of Littlemoor Lane, Balby, admit they are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with the lack of leads.
Kevin, said: "We've both reached a point where in a sense the publicity is becoming a bit of a double-edged sword. There's been so much of it but we've not had one bit of concrete information. "It just makes us think he's either dead or being held by somebody. "There's no evidence to say he's not alive somewhere," he added. "The statistics aren't very cheering either.
"We're told that only one per cent of children are missing for longer than a year and half of them are found to be dead. "We really have been pretty low and exhausted."
A possible sighting of Andrew in Herefordshire which came to light hours after the Gosdens recently appeared on BBC's The One Show came to nothing, Kevin told the Free Press. Since then the couple have appeared on BBC Switch, aimed specifically at a teenage audience, Channel Five news and Sky News - all to no avail.
Kevin and Glenys have been boosted, however, by 17-year-old daughter Charlotte's forthcoming interview for Oxford University. The McAuley Catholic High School pupil, who was also shortlisted in the council's Doncaster Pride awards, is preparing to take her final A-level exams next year. "Charlotte's just awesome, I don't know how she's doing it," said Kevin. "I'm just so impressed she's passed her entry exam and has got an interview. "To have got that far after the year we've had is unbelievable. I'm so proud of her."
Sky news feature on andrew gosden
"It never occurred to us that we'd come home one day and our son would just be gone.
"We've been up and down to London countless times leafleting and looking for him. Emotionally it's been massively difficult.
Andrew's parents Glenys and Kevin
"I tried to take my own life and I still struggle a lot with depression. It's impossible to describe a worse year."
"At least we still have hope that he may be out there somewhere and we may see him in 10 years' time when he might turn up," adds Glenys.
"We always have that 'tomorrow might be the day when we get that phone call or he'll make
Sky News
Andrew Gosden
More than anything I wish Andrew could return home in time for Christmas.
Christmas is a time for families,how can Andrew not celebrate this wonderfull time without his mum,dad and sister Charlotte who misses him greatly?.
Please contact your mum and dad Andrew and let them know you are safe and well,a simple phone call would end the heartache for your devastated parents.
Wherever you are Andrew,I pray that you are safe,well and most importantly happy.
Merry Christmas sweetheart,take good care of yourself.xx
Bernardine (Manchester,UK)
wishing andrew home
Wishing you home Andrew
More Runaways using text service
There's been a dramatic increase in the number of young runaways contacting the UK's main helpline for missing people since the launch of a free-to-text service.
Approximately 140,000 under-18s are reported missing every year.
Most of them will turn up safe and well within a couple of days, but thousands end up having to sleep rough.
A new free-to-text service run by the Missing People charity launched last week and received 100 texts from missing children in the first seven days.
But the mum of a teenager who has been missing for more than a year says that there aren't adequate systems in place to trace missing people.
Glenys Gosden's son Andrew ran away from home in Doncaster in September last year.
He was spotted on CCTV leaving King's Cross station in London but there haven't been any confirmed sightings of him since.
Glenys says that charities like Missing People need more funding. She said: "It's those vital early hours, and early days "Getting information out there can be so important to try and locate people and unfortunately a lot of that time was lost in Andrew's case."We don't know if he's alive. We would just love to hear.
"Just a phone call via Missing People, a postcard from miles away just with his writing on, just so we can feel that that's genuinely him and he's alive and living the life he's chosen would just mean so much to us."
Runaway Helpline can be contacted by text (80234), email (runaway@missingpeople.org.uk) and phone (Freefone 0808 800 8080).
Revealed....Missing People is on BBC Two on Saturday 6 December at 1.45pm.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_7765000/7765861.stm
Agony for lost boy's parents after sighting
The informant, however, who reported the sighting through a police intercom box at Leominster Station, left before officers had the chance to talk to him.
"It's becoming a new form of subtle torture," said Andrew's dad Kevin on the ongoing search for clues. "We don't really know whether this person had something really concrete.
"Andrew knows that part of the world - we've been on holiday there - but we don't really know enough."Perhaps there's somebody that knows something that we don't," he added. "But the longer it goes the more we get thinking he's probably either dead or not free.
"If he's still alive I suspect that he'll wait until his 16th birthday next July to show his hand."I think he'd be more worried about what the police, psychologists or education welfare officers might do with him. It's all speculation though."
Man with missing boy information finds police station shut
A MYSTERY caller who went to Leominster Police with information about a missing boy found the station to be closed.
The man went to the Enterprise Way station with information on Andrew Gosden, who disappeared from the south Yorkshire area on September 14, 2007, aged 14.
When the man arrived, the station was closed so he contacted HQ on the external phone, but by the time an officer returned he had left.
The man has since written anonymously to the BBC, which recently featured the case on its One Show programme, giving details of a possible sighting of the youngster in Shrewsbury last month.
South Yorkshire Police are now liaising with colleagues in Shropshire to follow up the possible lead.
http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/3950070.Man_with_missing_boy_information_finds_police_station_shut/
Andrew Gosden update, December 3, 2008 - The One Show
The film focussed on two missing persons - Andrew Gosden, just 14 when he disappeared from his home in Doncaster last year. And Sean Durkin who went missing back in 1993 when he ran into serious financial struggles
Andrew's parents shared their story and told us of the pain of "not knowing".
Glenis Durkin, Sean's wife, was left to pick up the pieces after he vanished from her life. Fifteen years on, she says she has never lost hope that Sean will one day come back into her life.
Andrew Gosden
Andrew has been missing from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, since 14 September 2007. Although he was seen on CCTV footage at King's Cross Station in London later that morning, he has not been heard from since.
His family are extremely worried for Andrew's safety and they urge him to get in touch. He can call the Runaway Helpline on Freefone 0808 800 7070 where he can get confidential help and support from the Missing People charity.
Andrew, who has since turned 15, is 5ft 4in tall, of slim build with collar length, light brown hair and brown eyes. He wears strong prescription glasses and was last seen wearing a black T-shirt and jeans, and carrying a black canvas satchel with patches of rock/metal bands on it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theoneshow/consumer/2008/11/26/missing-at-christmas.html
Last week we asked you to look out for two missing people - and we
might just have some good news on one of them. Fifteen-year-old Andrew Gosden went missing 15 months ago from his home in South Yorkshire and had not been seen since.
However, police in the Midlands may be on to something. They're desperate to hear again from a man who saw Andrew's picture on The One Show and strongly believes he's seen him in Shrewsbury.
The man tried to leave details at Leominster police station - and we think the same man's now written to us. What he hasn't done is leave a name or contact details of his own.
So, if you are that man, please go into any police station in the country and tell them what you know. The Missing People number is 0500 700 700.