THE vast, almost bottomless and uncharted, internet can enrage and inform, entertain and educate, mislead and have a negative or positive influence, but even in this huge resource, the sites devoted to trying to find missing people are amongst the most poignant.

Madeline McCann's family have welcomed an admission from Portugal's top detective.

Spanish police have passed on to Interpol a photograph of a girl taken by two Spanish tourists recently in Morocco which the couple suspect could be of missing British girl Madeline McCann.

THE father of missing Madeleine McCann said yesterday he was “100% confident” his wife had nothing to do with her disappearance.

An Italian man and Portuguese woman who allegedly tried to extort money from the parents of missing British four-year-old Madeline McCann remained in custody in southern Spain today pending further questioning, a police spokeswoman said.