The hunt for missing Welsh girl April Jones resumed today after searchers were stood down overnight due to atrocious weather.

Private prayers for April Jones were being said last night as the desperate search for the schoolgirl continued.

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

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.