1 hour ago Brit youngsters still missing after decades with cops still hunting for Madeleine McCann

With police still searching for Madeleine McCann clues years after the three-year-old went missing, the Daily Star looks at several other tragic cases of British children still not found

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4 h. ago Madeleine McCann search latest: Animal bones among limited findings as police hunt ends in Praia da Luz

The three-day search was called off after limited findings including animals bones were unearthed in Praia da Luz

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5 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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14 h. ago Madeleine McCann search update as £300k police operation comes to an end

Investigators applauded and shook hands after three days of searching.

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18 h. ago Madeleine McCann search called off after just three days as police pack up

German and Portuguese police began searching properties on Tuesday.

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19 h. 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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19 h. ago Madeleine McCann search ends after just three days as police pack up

A renewed search into missing Madeleine McCann, 18 years after her disappearance, has been called off - the search came to an end a day earlier than expected

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24 h. ago Madeleine McCann search latest: Neighbour recalls ‘angry’ rows with suspect on third day of hunt for missing girl

Police have limited time left to find concrete evidence in Praia da Luz connecting suspect Christian Brueckner with Madeleine’s disappearance

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25 h. ago New search for Madeleine McCann enters final hours as police hunting rundown buildings prepare to call off the hunt tonight

A collection of sinister, ramshackle derelict barns and cottages on scrubland covering more than eight square miles, covered with thick vegetation.

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26 h. ago Madeleine McCann cops 'searching wrong area' claims man who knew Christian Brueckner

A man who claims he was close to the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann disappearance says the police are currently looking in the wrong location as the search operation continues

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26 h. ago Madeleine McCann search development that police hope will end 18

A development in the search for Madeleine McCann has seen German police officers head to Portugal to scour buildings and land in a bid to bring an end to the 18-year hunt

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28 h. ago Madeleine McCann search latest: Neighbour recalls ‘angry’ rows with suspect as third day begins in hunt for missing girl

Police have limited time left to find concrete evidence in Praia da Luz connecting suspect Christian Brueckner with Madeleine’s disappearance

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28 h. ago Man who knew Madeleine McCann suspect makes dramatic plea to police searching in Portugal

Investigators continue to search abandoned buildings close to the area of Praia da Luz, where Madeleine McCann was last seen

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39 h. ago Madeleine McCann update as police continue search of Portugal farmhouse for 'potential evidence'

The new search is being carried out on the request of the German federal police alongside Portuguese police

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39 h. ago The search for Madeleine McCann intensifies with police using hi

Detectives continue to scour a deserted farming settlement for clues over Madeleine McCann’s disappearance 18 years ago

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40 h. ago Madeleine McCann police use radar to search scrubland and abandoned shacks

It's the third day of the latest search for the missing British three-year-old

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44 h. 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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47 h. ago Police focus on abandoned Portuguese buildings in Madeleine McCann search

German and Portuguese officers work in countryside near resort where toddler went missingSearches for Madeleine McCann have resumed in Portugal with police using a digger to clear debris around an abandoned building a few miles from where the British toddler was last seen in 2007. On Wednesday, Portuguese and German authorities continued focusing on derelict structures in countryside a few miles from the resort of Praia da Luz. The fresh searches for Madeleine began on Tuesday, 18 years after the three-year-old disappeared from Praia da Luz while her parents were out having dinner, leaving her sleeping in a nearby room with her toddler twin siblings. The sounds of chainsaws and strimmers could be heard as investigators appeared to continue clearing areas of scrubland in Atalaia, on the outskirts of Praia da Luz. Police used a JCB to clear rubble around one building and also appeared to have emptied another nearby disused structure of debris. Bricks and rocks could be seen piled outs...

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48 h. ago Madeleine McCann search latest: Police deploy drones, digger in farm building hunt near Praia da Luz

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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49 h. ago Madeleine McCann search latest as police find 'potential evidence' in Portugal farmhouse

The new search for Madeleine McCann is being carried out at the request of the German federal police

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