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| Villa searched in Madeleine hunt | Villa searched in Madeleine hunt |
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| A detailed search is under way at a villa close to the apartment where Madeleine McCann went missing. | |
| Police have sealed off the house, known as Casa Liliana, 150 yards from the holiday complex in Praia da Luz, Portugal, but no-one has been arrested. | |
| The BBC's correspondent Jane Hill, who is in the Algarve resort, said it was the first time a villa has been sealed off during the hunt. | The BBC's correspondent Jane Hill, who is in the Algarve resort, said it was the first time a villa has been sealed off during the hunt. |
| Madeleine, from Rothley, Leicestershire, disappeared on 3 May. | Madeleine, from Rothley, Leicestershire, disappeared on 3 May. |
| Ms Hill said the single-storey villa was owned by a British woman named Jenny Murat and that her son Robert was a frequent visitor. | |
| Local media are reporting that the search has been going on since dawn, she added. | |
| At least one forensic officer has been seen at the property. | At least one forensic officer has been seen at the property. |
| Searches had been scaled back in the area immediately around where Madeleine disappeared. | Searches had been scaled back in the area immediately around where Madeleine disappeared. |
| Resilience | Resilience |
| Earlier, her parents Kate and Gerry McCann said they would not return home to the UK until she was found safe and well. | Earlier, her parents Kate and Gerry McCann said they would not return home to the UK until she was found safe and well. |
| As the building was being searched, the British ambassador to Portugal, John Buck, spoke outside the resort. | As the building was being searched, the British ambassador to Portugal, John Buck, spoke outside the resort. |
| He said the McCanns were showing "remarkable resilience and dignity in very distressing circumstances". | He said the McCanns were showing "remarkable resilience and dignity in very distressing circumstances". |
| He also said there were "impressive resources" being devoted to the investigation by the Portuguese authorities. | He also said there were "impressive resources" being devoted to the investigation by the Portuguese authorities. |
| "When I spoke to the chief investigating officer today he said that the collaboration between the Portuguese and British police was truly exceptional," Mr Buck added. | "When I spoke to the chief investigating officer today he said that the collaboration between the Portuguese and British police was truly exceptional," Mr Buck added. |
| Mr McCann said the couple would continue to believe their child was being cared for until they received "concrete evidence to the contrary". | |
| And he said he and his wife had drawn "tremendous strength from the warmth and the spiritual outpouring" the couple had received "here and from all around the world". | |
| Fighting fund | |
| Rewards of £2.5m have been offered to anyone with information leading to the four-year-old's safe return | |
| A "fighting fund" to which members of the public can donate to help in the search for Madeleine is also being set up by her family's lawyers. | |
| The legal team, which has flown out to Portugal, will reveal details of the fund within the next few days. | |
| Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett said her Portuguese counterpart was "very concerned" about the "difficult and terrible situation" the McCanns are facing. | |
| "I think we're all very conscious, what we want is to get as much as attention to Madeleine's case as possible because what we want is to get her back," she said. | |
| In the UK, a text message urging mothers to pray for Madeleine's safe return to her family is being passed on by mobile phone and in internet forums. |