Madeleine McCann has been missing for 16 long years, but her parents have recently been given fresh hope thanks to a new investigation into her disappearance.
Police in Germany ordered the search of an area of woodland on a peninsula at the Barragem do Arade in Portugal, and this week a digging operation commenced.
But today, it is understood that Portuguese police have been told they will no longer be needed after 4pm, signalling a likely end to the operation which started on Tuesday morning.
