British detectives working on the Madeleine McCann case are still pursuing "critical" leads as the 10th anniversary of her disappearance approaches, a Scotland Yard chief has revealed.

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Kate McCann has said she believes her daughter’s kidnapper did not take her “a million miles” from the Algarve.

Kate McCann has said she believes her daughter's kidnapper did not take her "a million miles" from the Algarve.

Met stresses ‘focused lines of investigation’ still to be pursued

Kate and Gerry McCann’s decision to close their Find Madeleine Campaign Twitter account because of online abuse has been criticised by the mother of snatched toddler Ben Needham.

A former detective has been ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of pounds to Gerry and Kate McCann following a libel case in a Portuguese court.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann were expected to begin questioning 11 people yesterday.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are expected to begin questioning 11 people today.

A British man and woman are among seven people due to be questioned over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, it has been reported.

A British man and woman are among seven people due to be questioned over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, it has been reported.

A "notorious" British paedophile — previously convicted for raping an eight-year-old girl in Australia — is being held in Malta, suspected of having links to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Competition between British police forces hindered the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and have had a long-term negative effect on the case, according to the author of an unpublished British Home Office report.

Competition between British police forces hindered the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and have had a long-term negative effect on the case, according to the author of an unpublished Home Office report.

The McCanns fear that their daughter Madeleine’s kidnapper may "strike again" and believe he or she will have been "laughing" at claims that they hid their daughter’s body.

The McCanns told a court of their “devastation, desperation, anxiety and pain” when a former Portuguese detective accused them of faking their daughter’s abduction and hiding her body.

Kate and Gerry McCann are back in Portugal today for the latest hearing in their ongoing libel trial against a former police chief.

British police have returned to Portugal to help interview suspects in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, according to reports.

The parents of Madeleine McCann have branded the latest delay in their libel case against former Portuguese police chief Goncalo Amaral as a "blatant and cynical" attempt to hold up the trial after he sacked his legal team.

Kate and Gerry McCann will appear in a Portuguese court today to deliver personal statements on how accusations in a former police chief’s book have affected them.

Residents and business owners in the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz spoke of their frustration at learning police activity is set to go on in the search for missing Madeleine McCann with one telling British police to "go home".

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have cordoned off a new area of land near where the youngster went missing seven years ago.

Police in Portugal investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have finished their first search of an area of scrubland in Praia da Luz.

British police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann were focusing their attention today on a new patch of scrubland close to where she went missing in Portugal seven years ago.

Sniffer dogs were being used today on scrubland close to where Madeleine McCann went missing in Portugal seven years ago as the search looks likely to go into a second week.

Forensics officers have begun probing an area of previously hidden ground during the search of scrubland close to where Madeleine McCann was last seen in Portugal seven years ago.

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have begun using ground-penetrating radar equipment to probe for disturbed earth on scrubland near where she was last seen.

British police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have arrived at the scrubland at the centre of their inquiries for a third day.

Sniffer dogs are being used to search an area of scrubland close to where Madeleine McCann went missing in Portugal seven years ago.

British police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal are continuing their investigations close to where the youngster vanished seven years ago.

British police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal seven years ago have started a search of waste ground on the Algarve.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are to stage "a substantial phase of operational activity" in Portugal in the next few weeks.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are set to stage “a substantial phase of operational activity” in Portugal in the next few weeks.

The parents of Madeleine McCann have hit out at the coverage of the latest developments in the probe into the disappearance of their missing daughter, as Scotland Yard detectives arrived in Portugal to meet with their counterparts.

Detectives from Scotland Yard are understood to have arrived in Portugal to help with the excavation of a number of sites as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Search teams are expected to start excavating a number of sites in Portugal as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Search teams are expected to start excavating a number of sites in Portugal as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are poised to stage operations in Portugal.

British detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are poised to stage operations on Portuguese soil.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are looking for a lone intruder who sexually abused five girls during break-ins at holiday homes.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are looking for a lone intruder who sexually abused five girls during break-ins at holiday homes.

British detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have flown to Portugal amid claims they are planning to make arrests.