Ben Needham search teams may knock down house as they carry out fresh dig for toddler's remains
Teams carrying out a search for the possible remains of the missing British child Ben Needham are hoping to knock down part of a house as they explore a possible new lead.
Police digging at a site where it is said the child may have been buried have entered negotiations with the homeowners at the farm site on the Greek island of Kos, reports ITV News correspondent Duncan Wood.
It is understood that the extension they wish to bulldoze was built after the toddler disappeared in 1991.
Detective Inspector Jon Cousins said the property had been identified as an area of interest for the search after a picture dating from 1991 showed that part of the building was not there when Ben went missing.
He told reporters: "I'm in negotiation with the family that own the farmhouse.
"There is reason for me to consider removing a small part of this farmhouse in order so that I can be sure that I have not missed any opportunity to find the answers that I need to."
South Yorkshire Police launched the new dig at two sites near to where the then 21-month-old toddler disappeared on a family holiday more than two decades ago.
They received fresh information suggesting that Ben may have been accidentally run over and killed by a mechanical digger driver Konstantinos Barkas, who then allegedly buried the toddler's body in a nearby field.
Mr Barkas has since died but one of his friends approached police with the information.