The Daily Mirror says the latest search for Madeleine McCann has officially begun, 18 years after the British toddler disappeared.
German teams armed with shovels and strimmers are sweeping the area between Praia da Luz, where the three-year-old vanished on May 3 2007, and a house near the holiday resort where principal suspect Christian Brueckner used to live.
A well-placed Portuguese source confirmed this week’s operation would be a land search only. “The main objective is to look for any signs of Madeleine’s body,” he added.