3 d. ago Madeleine McCann: 'Smoking gun' might be found in search after 'new Christian Brueckner evidence'

German and Portuguese authorities spent three days searching a 120-acre stretch of land in Lagos, Portugal, in the latest bid to find evidence against suspect Christian Brueckner

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7 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect ‘told police questions about him can never be answered’

‘Was I or my vehicle clearly seen near the crime scene on the night of the crime?’ the man reportedly wrote

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7 d. ago The hunt for Maddie has unearthed a sickening stash, a chilling message and a 'confession'

This week masked police officers armed with pickaxes, shovels and even a mechanical digger could be glimpsed working their way through a neglected patch of Portuguese scrubland.

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8 d. ago The hunt for Maddie has unearthed a sickening stash, a chilling message and a'confession'

This week masked police officers armed with pickaxes, shovels and even a mechanical digger could be glimpsed working their way through a neglected patch of Portuguese scrubland.

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9 d. ago Madeleine McCann search latest: Hunt for clues ramps up with heavy machinery as deadline looms

Police used a JCB and ground penetrating radar in the search area near Praia da Luz, which is also close to Christian Brueckner’s former house

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9 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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9 d. 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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1 week ago Madeleine McCann search latest: New farmhouse building investigated by police after draining well in 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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1 week ago Madeleine McCann search latest: Police investigate another farmhouse building as day two of new hunt begins

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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1 week ago Madeleine McCann search latest: Investigators resume efforts on day two after scouring abandoned farmhouse

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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1 week 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

Events

1 week ago Watch live: Madeleine McCann police search continues in Portugal

Watch live as Portuguese and German police continue their search for Madeleine McCann in the Algarve, Portugal.

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1 week 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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1 week ago Madeleine McCann search: Police scour abandoned farmhouse and drain well as major operation in Algarve under way

German police investigating disappearance over 18 years ago to carry out searches ‘for signs of body’

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1 week ago Police launch new Madeleine McCann search in Algarve near prime suspect Christian Brueckner's former home

German police investigating disappearance over 18 years ago to carry out searches ‘for signs of body’

Politics

1 week 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.

Society

1 week ago Madeleine McCann search latest: Investigators scour abandoned farmhouse near suspect’s home in Portugal

Searches will take place between Praia da Luz and one of houses where suspect Christian Brueckner lived

Society

1 week ago Police launch new Madeleine McCann search in Portugal near prime suspect Christian Brueckner's former home

German police investigating disappearance over 18 years ago to carry out searches ‘for signs of body’

Politics

1 week ago New Madeleine McCann search to start in Portugal near prime suspect Christian Brueckner's former home

German police investigating prime suspect Christian Brueckner to carry out searches ‘for sign’s of body’

Politics

1 week ago New Madeleine McCann search to start in Praia da Luz and at prime suspect Christian Brueckner's former home

German police investigating prime suspect Christian Brueckner are said to have requested the search

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