Madeleine McCann: German police to start fresh searches in Portugal

Madeleine vanished 18 years ago and no trace of her has ever been found. File picture: PA

Fresh searches are to be carried out in Portugal by German police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Madeleine, then aged three, disappeared in 2007 while on holiday with her family in the resort of Praia da Luz after her parents went out to dinner and left her sleeping in a room with her toddler twin siblings.