A collection of sinister, ramshackle derelict barns and cottages on scrubland covering more than eight square miles, covered with thick vegetation.

German police have launched a new search for Madeleine McCann in the same area in southern Portugal where the 3-year-old from England was last seen 18 years ago.

Recap MailOnline's coverage as police resume searches for Madeleine McCann in the Portuguese resort Praia da Luz where she vanished from 18 years ago during a family break.

Portuguese and German police launched joint searches of an area in the Algarve, a short distance from the resort of Praia da Luz where the British toddler disappeared.

Teams of German and Portuguese cops, as well as firefighters, face the daunting task of hunting for clues 18 years on from the disappearance of the British three-year-old in 2007.

German and Portuguese police Wednesday continued their search near the Praia da Luz resort in Portugal for Madeleine McCann, the British child missing since 2007.

A collection of sinister, ramshackle derelict barns and cottages on scrubland covering more than eight square miles, covered with thick vegetation.

The new search for clues related to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has ended, after dozens of police were seen packing up investigative equipment at the Portuguese site.

German and Portuguese officers searched area for three days close to where the British toddler went missing in 2007