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Police believe Ben died in digger accident

Police searching for Ben Needham who disappeared 25 years ago on the island of Kos have said they believed he died in a digger accident.

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Kerry Needham: I don't want to believe my son is dead

Kerry Needham has told ITV Calendar that she does not want to believe her son, Ben, who vanished 25 years ago on the Greek island of Kos, is dead.

Kerry has been told by South Yorkshire detectives that they think Ben was killed in a tragic accident on the day he disappeared.

She says she is in a state of shock and is struggling to process the new information that has come to light.

"We don't want to accept it. We don't want to believe it. We've lived for 25 years with that hope that one day he will come through the door. We don't want to accept it. It's going to be difficult, really really difficult"

– Kerry Needham

Watch the full exclusive interview with Kerry Needham on ITV Calendar at 6pm tonight.

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