A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the theft of papers from a Home Office civil servant’s car detailing Maxine Carr’s release, Scotland Yard said.

The families of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were clinging to a “little hope” today after a search of two mounds of earth by police found no trace of the 10-year-olds.

SIGNIFICANT new leads have emerged after detectives searching for Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman studied a computer the girls used before they disappeared, police said yesterday.

POLICE hunting missing schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman want to speak to four people shown on closed circuit television footage.

The Sun and The News of the World newspapers today put up a joint reward of £150,000 for anyone who solves the disappearance of missing 10-year-olds Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells.