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| Anxious wait over 'abducted' girl | |
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| Relatives of a three-year-old girl who is feared abducted on a family holiday are flying to the Algarve in Portugal as the search for her continues. | Relatives of a three-year-old girl who is feared abducted on a family holiday are flying to the Algarve in Portugal as the search for her continues. |
| Madeleine McCann's parents, from Leicestershire, were at a restaurant near the Mark Warner Ocean Summer Club in Praia da Luz when she went missing. | Madeleine McCann's parents, from Leicestershire, were at a restaurant near the Mark Warner Ocean Summer Club in Praia da Luz when she went missing. |
| Kate and Gerry McCann, who were checking her regularly, found her bed empty at about 2200 GMT on Thursday. | Kate and Gerry McCann, who were checking her regularly, found her bed empty at about 2200 GMT on Thursday. |
| The apartment has been cordoned off and a major search is under way. | The apartment has been cordoned off and a major search is under way. |
| Madeleine's parents, both 38-year-old doctors, had been dining in a tapas restaurant a few hundred yards from the apartment and had been checking on the little girl and her younger brother and sister, two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie, every half hour. | |
| Fellow holidaymakers, staff from the British travel firm Mark Warner - which has run the resort for two years - and police spent most of the night searching for the toddler. | Fellow holidaymakers, staff from the British travel firm Mark Warner - which has run the resort for two years - and police spent most of the night searching for the toddler. |
| The door was lying open, the window in the bedroom and the shutters had been jemmied open Gerry McCann | The door was lying open, the window in the bedroom and the shutters had been jemmied open Gerry McCann |
| But the manager of the resort, John Hill, said about 60 staff and guests at the complex had searched until 0430 GMT while police notified border police, Spanish police and airports. | But the manager of the resort, John Hill, said about 60 staff and guests at the complex had searched until 0430 GMT while police notified border police, Spanish police and airports. |
| The apartment was sealed off for forensic checks, extra police teams were brought in from Lisbon and sniffer dogs were deployed. | The apartment was sealed off for forensic checks, extra police teams were brought in from Lisbon and sniffer dogs were deployed. |
| The girl's aunt, Trish Cameron, who lives in Dumbarton near Glasgow, said Mr McCann rang her on Thursday night. | The girl's aunt, Trish Cameron, who lives in Dumbarton near Glasgow, said Mr McCann rang her on Thursday night. |
| Remembering the conversation, she said her brother had told her: "Madeleine's been abducted, she's been abducted. | Remembering the conversation, she said her brother had told her: "Madeleine's been abducted, she's been abducted. |
| "The door was lying open, the window in the bedroom and the shutters had been jemmied open. | "The door was lying open, the window in the bedroom and the shutters had been jemmied open. |
| "Nothing had been touched in the apartment, no valuables taken, no passports. | "Nothing had been touched in the apartment, no valuables taken, no passports. |
| "They think someone must have come in the window and gone out the door with her." | "They think someone must have come in the window and gone out the door with her." |
| 'Distressing time' | 'Distressing time' |
| Mrs Cameron was due to fly out to the resort from Manchester on Thursday night, along with her mother and Mrs McCann's parents. | Mrs Cameron was due to fly out to the resort from Manchester on Thursday night, along with her mother and Mrs McCann's parents. |
| Speaking from his home in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Madeleine's maternal grandfather Brian Healey said they were "worried sick". | Speaking from his home in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Madeleine's maternal grandfather Brian Healey said they were "worried sick". |
| "It's a very distressing time," he said. | "It's a very distressing time," he said. |
| The toddler's father is a consultant cardiologist at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital. | The toddler's father is a consultant cardiologist at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital. |
| Doug Skehan, another consultant cardiologist there, said: "The mood in the hospital is one of great concern and we hope that Kate and Gerry will have their daughter back very soon." Kate McCann is a GP at Latham House Medical Practice in Melton Mowbray, where colleagues said they would do everything to support the family. | Doug Skehan, another consultant cardiologist there, said: "The mood in the hospital is one of great concern and we hope that Kate and Gerry will have their daughter back very soon." Kate McCann is a GP at Latham House Medical Practice in Melton Mowbray, where colleagues said they would do everything to support the family. |
| The McCanns live in Rothley in Leicestershire and are believed to have moved there from nearby Queninborough last summer. | The McCanns live in Rothley in Leicestershire and are believed to have moved there from nearby Queninborough last summer. |
| The British Ambassador to Portugal, John Stephen Buck, was travelling to the Algarve on Friday, as was Mark Warner UK Operations Director Craig Mayhew and a counsellor. | The British Ambassador to Portugal, John Stephen Buck, was travelling to the Algarve on Friday, as was Mark Warner UK Operations Director Craig Mayhew and a counsellor. |
| Ocean Club manager John Hill said the McCanns remained at the police station in Portimao helping officers piece together what happened. | Ocean Club manager John Hill said the McCanns remained at the police station in Portimao helping officers piece together what happened. |