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Despite the devastating loss of their little girl, Madeleine McCann, parents Kate and Gerry fought valiantly to give her twin siblings as normal an upbringing as possible

Respected Portuguese media has said an informant gave detectives "details" they took "very seriously" which prompted the first search for Madeleine McCann in nine years

Police officers looking for Madeleine McCann have been concentrating their search at one area of the reservoir - around 30 miles from Praia da Luz - erecting white tents on a hill

The search for missing Madeleine McCann continues as police scour a remote reservoir in Portugal - but what does life look like for parents Kate and Gerry 16 years on from their little girl's disappearance?

Christian Brueckner, who was identified as the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance, is currently in a German jail for a rape he committed in Portugal in 2005

Speaking to the Mirror hours after fresh searches for Madeleine McCann began in Portugal, Jim Gamble said he is confident we will find out what has happened to the missing Brit

New searches for missing Madeleine McCann have this week begun in Portugal, 16 years after the British girl went missing on a family holiday at the Praia da Luz parish

An overnight no-fly zone covering the whole of the dam in Portugal was put in place, ahead of a major police search for Madeleine McCann 16 years after the toddler vanished

German paedophile Christian Brueckner, 45 – the prime suspect in the case – described the reservoir, Barragem do Arade, as his “little paradise” and he is believed to have lived there for a time in a motorhome

Police are planning to search a man-made dam near the town of Silves tomorrow, hoping to find evidence that could help the search for missing British toddler Madeleine McCann

Madeleine McCann went missing from her mum and dad's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, back in May 2007, and ever since her family have been hoping for her safe return

Madeleine McCann vanished from her parents' holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in May 2007, and ever since they have continued to hope she is alive and will be reunited with them one day

Dr Fiona Payne is part of what became referred to as the 'Tapas Seven', who are the friends that were dining with Kate and Gerry while on holiday in Portugal on the night the three-year-old vanished in May 2007

Amelie, now 18, and applying to go to university was pictured for the first time since she was a toddler and gives a glimpse of what her older sibling may now look like as an adult

Kate and Gerry McCann say daughter Madeleine - who vanished in 2007 age three - is “still very much missed” as they mark the 16th anniversary of her disappearance

Christian Brueckner, 45, is believed to be responsible for the disappearance of the Madeleine McCann from her parent's holiday home in Praia de Luz, Portugal in 2007, when she was just 3

The Orange County Sheriff's Department in California has contacted police in Wroclaw, Poland's largest city after obtaining a device which has been said to belong to 21-year-old Julia Wendell

Julia Wendell, 21, sent the internet into a frenzy after creating an Instagram account called "@IamMadeleineMcCann" where she questioned whether she could be Madeleine

Julia Wendell, 21, recently learned she isn't the British toddler after taking a genetics test that showed is almost 100% Polish - pals now say this isn't the first time she's claimed to be another child

Polish girl Julia Faustyna believed she was Madeleine McCann but DNA results proved she is "absolutely 100% from Poland". Her parents have since broken their silence regarding their daughter's claims

The parents of Julie Wendell who told the world she believed herself to be the real Madeleine McCann who went missing in 2007 have spoken out over their horror at the statements made by their daughter

Julia Wendell, 21, drummed up a huge Instagram following after creating an account called "I am Madeleine McCann" - and even obtained the seal of approval to get a DNA test from Maddie's own parents Kate and Gerry

Julia Wendell made headlines around the world when she came forward to suggest she could be Madeleine McCann, with an investigator suggesting she helped the missing person case

Julia Wendell, 21, from Poland, claims the McCanns earlier approached her to take a DNA test, and says she has a freckle on her leg as well as a speck in her eye in the same places as Madeleine

Julia Wendell finally discovered the truth after DNA results revealed she is not missing person Madeleine McCann, but that doesn't stop her from needing 'to be protected'