Madeleine McCann detectives ‘request more money' to fund £12m search

Gerry, left, and Kate McCann, parents of four-year old Madeleine McCann, missing from the Portuguese town of Praia Da Luz since May, present a picture of their daughter during a press conference in Berlin, Wednesday, June 6, 2007.  The parents of a British girl who disappeared in Portugal appealed Wednesday to German tourists for help in their search for their kidnapped 4-year-old daughter. (AP Photo/Sven Kaestner)
Gerry and Kate McCann, parents of four-year old Madeleine McCann, are 'encouraged' by the ongoing work (AP)

Detectives working on the investigation to find Madeleine McCann have asked for more money to fund the search, according to reports.

The taxpayer-funded cash that goes to the Metropolitan Police for the £12m search runs out in four weeks time.

The Home Office has now been asked for more money, on top of the £300,000 awarded to the team in June last year, according to The Sun.

Kate and Gerry McCann, whose daughter Madeleine disappeared from a holiday flat in Portugal ten years ago, during an interview with the BBC's Fiona Bruce at Prestwold Hall in Loughborough.
Kate and Gerry McCann have not giving up of finding their daughter (AP)

Madeleine’s parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, are said to be “greatly encouraged” by officers believing that “there is active work left to be done”.

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Family spokesman Clarence Mitchell told the paper: “Whilst an active investigation is ongoing it gives them hope that one day they will find out what happened to Madeleine after all these years.

"The Met has an iron will determination to find the answers Kate and Gerry so desperately want.”

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The Met Police would not comment on the reports of extra funding. A Home Office spokesperson told Yahoo News UK: “Requests for funding will be considered in due course, in line with our standard Special Grant process.

“The Home Office maintains an ongoing dialogue with the Metropolitan Police Service regarding funding for Operation Grange and regularly reviews its progress.”

The Ocean Club which is next to Apartment 5A in Praia Da Luz in Portugal, where Madeline McCann went missing from 10 years ago on May 3rd. Her parents Kate and Gerry McCann were eating in the Club with friends and other parents.
The Ocean Club which is next to Apartment 5A in Praia Da Luz in Portugal, where Madeline McCann went missing in 2007 (AP)

Maddie was three years old when she vanished from an apartment complex in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007.

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The search to find the missing girl received a boost of nearly £100,000 in royalties from a book about the toddler’s disappearance last year.

Donations were reported to have gone down in recent years but Kate donated £84,096 in royalties from her bestselling book, Madeleine.

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