Team searching for Ben Needham extend stay on Kos

Detectives searching for the missing toddler Ben Needham on Kos have said they will be extending their stay on the island by "another two or three days".

Officers have been searching a second area close to where Ben, then 21 months old, disappeared from a farmhouse in 1991.

Detective Inspector John Cousins said initial work at the site revealed the underlying ground was compacted material deposited over the last 30 years.

He told reporters the layer will be removed in the same way they excavated the first site, which means "extending our stay here".

On Saturday, Mr Cousins said he held a long conversation with Mrs Needham to update her on the search.

He said the family was fully supportive of what his team were doing.