Cops search home of British singer Cliff Richard

(ANSA) - London, August 14 - Police on Thursday searched the home of British singer Cliff Richard after allegations surfaced that he sexually assaulted a minor in the 1980s.
    The singer was reportedly on holiday in Portugal when eight plain-clothes police officers swooped on his Sunningdale, Berkshire home in five unmarked cars.
    The allegations were made by a man who was 16 at the time that he says he was molested by the pop star, a police spokesman said.
    Richard, born Harry Webb, is one of the most successful British musicians of all time. He has sold 21.5 million singles - more than any other male British artist - and is the only performer to have had at least one UK top-five album in each of the last seven decades. He was knighted in 1995.