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Police to examine two more sites in Madeleine search

The latest on the search for Madeleine McCann in Portugal, as British police continue investigations at a number of sites around the holiday resort where the three-year-old from Leicestershire went missing seven years ago.

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Police shift attention to new patch of scrubland

Officers have shifted their equipment, and attention, to another spot just a few yards away Credit: ITV News

British police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. from Rothley in Leicestershire, have focussed their attention on a new patch of scrubland in Praia da Luz.

The search, which has entered its fifth day, is close to where Madeleine went missing in Portugal seven years ago. Her parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, said in a statement earlier that they are 'encouraged' by the progress police have made.

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