LEEDS, England, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A mother of seven in northern England was convicted Thursday of faking the kidnapping of her 9-year-old daughter in hopes of collecting a reward.

LEEDS, England, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- A jury in Britain was told Wednesday that a 9-year-old West Yorkshire girl was drugged and imprisoned in a plot by her mother to collect reward money.

LONDON, April 16 (UPI) -- Charges of child neglect and perverting the course of justice were filed Wednesday against the mother of a 9-year-old British girl who was missing for 24 days.

DEWSBURY, England, April 9 (UPI) -- The mother of Shannon Matthews made a brief court appearance Wednesday in northern England, where a magistrate ordered that she remain jailed.

DEWSBURY, England, April 8 (UPI) -- The mother of 9-year-old Shannon Matthews was formally charged Tuesday with staging a kidnapping that galvanized Britain and the world.

LONDON, April 7 (UPI) -- The mother of a 9-year-old British girl has been arrested for interfering in the investigation of her daughter's kidnapping.

LONDON, April 2 (UPI) -- Police sources in Britain say the stepfather of kidnapped schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography.

YORK, England, March 16 (UPI) -- A schoolgirl found in a man's apartment in northern England 24 days after she vanished will remain in police care for several days, officials said Sunday.

WAKEFIELD, England, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- British police have yet to find any sign of 9-year-old Shannon Matthews, despite an extensive search that has taken them through area ponds and storm drains.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Hollywood comic actress Molly Shannon signed on to play one of the title characters in the new NBC sit-com pilot, "Kath and Kim," the Hollywood Reporter said.