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Portuguese police are stepping up their efforts to find Madeleine McCann, who has been missing for five days. | Portuguese police are stepping up their efforts to find Madeleine McCann, who has been missing for five days. |
Officers said they had quizzed 100 people, followed up 350 pieces of information and searched 500 apartments to try to locate the three-year-old. | Officers said they had quizzed 100 people, followed up 350 pieces of information and searched 500 apartments to try to locate the three-year-old. |
But a reported sighting of Madeleine, from Leicestershire, was a case of mistaken identity, they said. | But a reported sighting of Madeleine, from Leicestershire, was a case of mistaken identity, they said. |
She disappeared from a resort in the village of Praia da Luz on Thursday. | She disappeared from a resort in the village of Praia da Luz on Thursday. |
Portuguese television had reported that a man and a child matching Madeleine's description were seen driving off in a car from the town of Nelas, about 300 miles (483km) north of Praia da Luz. | |
But Olegario de Sousa, of the Portuguese police, said: "It was not Madeleine. It was a child who looks like Madeleine, but she is a child who lives in the area." | |
Footballer appeal | |
Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, who is Portuguese, said he was moved by news of the little girl's disappearance. | |
Madeleine has not been seen since Thursday night | |
He made an appeal for information about her whereabouts on MUTV, Manchester United's television channel. | |
Meanwhile, staff at Leicester's three hospitals also joined in prayer for the McCann family. | |
Madeleine's father, Gerry, is a consultant cardiologist at the city's Glenfield Hospital and her mother, Kate, is a GP. | |
The McCann family have confirmed she was wearing white pyjama bottoms with a small floral design and a short-sleeved pink top with a picture of Winnie the Pooh character Eeyore when she disappeared. | |
She is believed to have been taken from her bed while her parents were eating at a nearby restaurant and regularly checking on her and their two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie. |