Kate and Gerry McCann wrote that although “uncertainty creates weakness”, they need closure on what happened to the toddler in 2007.

Her parents say they haven’t lost hope of finding her.

The pair have spoken to the BBC to mark 10 years since the disappearance of their daughter.

A former investigator made the claims in a book about her disappearance.

It is Kate and Gerry McCann’s ninth Christmas without their daughter.

That number has been cut from 29.

The area in Praia da Luz on the Algarve was cordoned off and police officers were seen in the area with sniffer dogs.

Police hope that analysis of mobile phone data from thousands of people who were in the Portuguese resort of Praia da Luz when the toddler disappeared could provide a new lead.

Some scenes from a recent film where he played a cheeky Dublin tax driver from 1802.

McCann’s eldest sister told Joe Duffy on Liveline that the actor was a “beautiful person, inside and out”.

The missing man was last seen on Thursday morning.

47-year-old Gerry McCann was last seen in Stillorgan at 10am and it is believed that he then went to the Ballsbridge area.

Officers from the Metropolitan Police say they are looking to have the investigation into the girl’s disappearance nearly five years ago reopened. One detective said that they were working off the possibility that Madeleine could still be alive as a new age progression photo was released today.

Detectives investigating McCann’s disappearance four years ago met with Spanish authorities recently following reports the child was taken to Barcelona.

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The Leveson Inquiry has been hearing evidence for a third day from people whose lives were affected by the UK press.

The Leveson inquiry today also heard evidence from a former advisor to supermodel Elle Macpherson and the parents of a boy who say he took his life after upsetting media coverage of his sister’s death.

David Cameron writes to the McCanns to pledge a fresh inquiry into missing Maddie, who would turn 8 yesterday.

Mother of young girl missing for four years speaks of the night her daughter was taken and the terrible fears she’s had about what’s happened to her since.

Kate and Gerry McCann welcome new information suggesting their missing daughter may be in the US, over three years after her disappearance.

Leaked cables detail how British police developed evidence against Kate and Gerry McCann after they were declared to be formal suspects in the disappearance of their daughter Madeleine.

Kate and Gerry McCann reveal that they are running out of cash to continue looking for their daughter.