Superintendent Ian John has insisted that police still hope to find missing five-year-old April Jones alive.

Former lifeguard Mark Bridger was charged today with the abduction and murder of April Jones – but the five-year-old Welsh schoolgirl remains missing despite an intensive, ongoing search.

The man being held by British police searching for missing five-year-old April Jones is now being questioned about her murder, it was announced today.

British officers investigating the disappearance of April Jones have until this afternoon to question abduction suspect Mark Bridger.

Search teams hunting for missing April Jones have been spurred on by pink ribbons of hope donned by hundreds in the community.

British police looking for April Jones said they are trying to “piece together” Mark Bridger’s movements around the time the five-year-old disappeared after they were given until 5pm tomorrow to question him.

British schoolgirl April Jones remained missing today despite a third night of extensive police searches and a desperate plea from the five-year-old’s distraught mother.

The search for Welsh five year old April Jones widened into hostile terrain, as police questioned suspect Mark Bridger, 46, for clues about her whereabouts.

The search for April Jones continued to widen in hostile terrain last night as police questioned her suspected abductor for clues about her whereabouts.

The search for missing April Jones continued to widen in hostile terrain tonight as police questioned her suspected abductor for more clues about her whereabouts.

An overnight search involving 40 officers, dog handlers and mountain rescue teams has failed to find April Jones, police said today.

The man arrested over the abduction of missing 5-year-old April Jones was known to her family, it emerged last night.

A 46-year-old man was arrested today by police investigating the abduction of April Jones from near her mid Wales home, Detective Superintendent Reg Bevan of Dyfed Powys Police said.