15 h. ago Madeleine McCann: Former detective brands search 'pointless' and based on 'sketchy' information

Former British Police detective Mark Williams-Thomas, who has worked on some of the world's most high profile missing persons cases, has given his take on the new searches for Madeleine McCann

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26 h. ago Madeleine McCann police 'found something they were looking for' says detective

A detective who was brought in to help find Madeleine McCann, has said he is "convinced" that German police have found important evidence

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52 h. ago What police found during Madeleine McCann search and what happens next in race against time

A team of German and Portuguese investigators have finished an extensive search

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56 h. ago Heartbreak as human remains found in search for missing teenage girl

Tributes have been placed near Bundaberg Airport with Pheobe's sister Kaylea placing cards and flowers near a fence.

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58 h. ago Pheobe Bishop UPDATES: Human remains found in search for missing teenage girl

Police searching for missing teenager Pheobe Bishop have found a body - it comes hours after her two roommates faced court on murder charges

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60 h. ago German police brand search for Madeleine McCann a 'waste of time' as sources claim three

Rainer Grimm, boss of the BKA, Germany's equivalent of the FBI, is in Portugal overseeing the search which ended yesterday.

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61 h. ago Madeleine McCann detective's haunting final words to friend before 'last throw of dice'

The head of the German force leading the fresh searches for Madeleine McCann confided in a friend before this week's search and shared a candid four word statement

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66 h. ago Revealed: The four words a top German detective said before 'last

Rainer Grimm, boss of the BKA, Germany's equivalent of the FBI, is in Portugal overseeing the search which ended yesterday.

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3 d. ago New search for Madeleine McCann ENDS with dozens of police seen packing up equipment at remote Portuguese site

The new search for clues related to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has ended, after dozens of police were seen packing up investigative equipment at the Portuguese site. 

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3 d. ago Police search in Manchester to find missing girl, 15, not seen since last month

Anyone who sees Bayan is urged to call 999

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4 d. ago Madeleine McCann search latest: Police ramp up Praia da Luz hunt for missing girl with radar and excavator

Investigators are focused on an area between Praia da Luz, where she disappeared 18 years ago, and Christian Brueckner’s former house

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4 d. ago Madeleine McCann detectives begin digging with excavator on second day of new search for missing girl in Portugal after investigating run

Teams of German and Portuguese cops, as well as firefighters, face the daunting task of hunting for clues 18 years on from the disappearance of the British three-year-old in 2007.

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4 d. ago Former Portuguese detective says new search for Madeleine McCann is over the top and German police 'have got nothing' on Christian Brueckner as hunt for clues continues

The ex-detective accused his own former police force of 'connivance' with 'shoddy' German cops in a foul-mouthed blast 24 hours after the start of a fresh operation to find Maddie's body

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4 d. ago Madeleine McCann search: Police 'bring in radar equipment' as hunt for missing girl continues near Portugal's Praia da Luz

Search teams seen draining a well and clearing areas of dense vegetation near abandoned buildings in an area near Praia da Luz

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5 d. ago Madeleine McCann cops prepare to drain two wells as they search derelict Portuguese farmhouse for signs of her body

Portuguese and German police launched joint searches of an area in the Algarve, a short distance from the resort of Praia da Luz where the British toddler disappeared.

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5 d. ago Pictures show German and Portuguese police carrying out fresh Madeleine McCann search 18 years on

The first search in two years is being led by German investigators in Portugal

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5 d. ago What happened to Madeleine McCann? Timeline of the 18 year missing girl mystery as new search launched in Portugal

Police have begun a renewed search for Madeliene, nearly two decades after the three-year-old disappeared, Joe Sommerlad and Rachel Clun report

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5 d. ago Madeleine McCann investigators search rundown farmhouse as German cops hoping to find signs of her body return to Portugal

Portuguese and German police launched joint searches of an area in the Algarve, a short distance from the resort of Praia da Luz where the British toddler disappeared.

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5 d. ago Madeleine McCann: Latest search sees teams drain well and clear dense vegetation

German investigators are working with Portuguese police officers and firefighters to search countryside around 3.5 miles from Praia da Luz.

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5 d. ago Watch live: Madeleine McCann investigators scour abandoned farmhouse near Christian Brueckner home in Portugal

Watch live as investigators searching for Madeleine McCann scour an abandoned farmhouse near the home of prime suspect Christian Brueckner.

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