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"Thames Valley Police has denied claims that it alerted the media ahead of yesterday&amp;#039;s (August 14) search of Cliff Richard&amp;#039;s home. The singer&amp;#039;s Berkshire property was searched in his absence after an allegation of an historical sexual offence involving a boy under the age of 16 was made.  Richard said all allegations against him were &amp;quot;completely false&amp;quot; and added that he would &amp;quot;co-operate fully&amp;quot; should the police wish to interview him. He added: &amp;quot;The police attended my apartment in Berkshire today without notice, except it would appear to the press.&amp;quot; In response, a Thames Valley Police statement read: &amp;quot;Thames Valley Police did not speak to any media outlets prior to the warrant being executed in Sunningdale, Berkshire, yesterday. &amp;quot;This is a South Yorkshire Police investigation and local officers from Thames Valley Police assisted South Yorkshire officers in their search of the property.&amp;quot; Exclusive: police searching apartment belonging to Sir Cliff Richard after allegation of a sexual nature from 1980s pic.twitter.com/BvIYdxQfvX \u00E2\u20AC\u201D Dan Johnson (@DanJohnsonNews) August 14, 2014  It has emerged that the search is related to allegations of a sexual assault in 1985 at Sheffield United&amp;#039;s football stadium Bramall Lane, during a rally held by US evangelical preacher Billy Graham, who is now 95. Richard has released 100 albums in his music career and has had a top five LP in each of the last seven decades. He won Brit Awards for Best British Male in 1977 and 1982, with a lifetime achievement gong following in 1989. He represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1968 and 1973. Richard received an OBE in 1980 and became a Knight Bachelor in 1995. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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