Madeleine detectives set for 'substantial phase of activity' in Portugal

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

Assistant commissioner Mark Rowley from Scotland Yard said that officers are working through every credible line of inquiry in the search for the missing three-year-old, as part of the “slog of a major investigation”.