The Latest Breaking News from Madeleine McCann

Christian Brueckner told Sky News he wanted the official to help him get his life back as he was being ‘hounded by the media’.

German national Brueckner, 49, told phone shop manager he is ‘sitting on crucial information’, reports say

The interview emerged as Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley suggested Brueckner could be extradited if new evidence came out in the case

Declan Minogue ordered a £5.90 Hot Ham and Cheese Panini but was ‘stunned’ to open it up and discover just one piece of ham and the ‘tiniest bit of cheese’

The crew were taken to the port of Cascais by a patrol boat after ‘repeated strikes’ by a killer whale on the vessel

There’s a voyeuristic feel from the start to this documentary, which deals highly in emotive assertions. It’s the worst time for manipulative, inflammatory television like this

Met chief Mark Rowley says many questions remain and detectives are liaising with German and Portuguese police

A German drifter identified as Christian B will be released under strict conditions, like wearing an electronic tag and surrendering his passport.

Madeleine’s case remains one of the most high-profile unsolved disappearances of recent decades – but 18 years on, investigators appear no closer to bringing a culprit to justice

Christian Brückner, der Hauptverdächtige im Fall des Verschwindens von Madeleine McCann im Jahr 2007, wurde nach Verbüßung einer Strafe in einem anderen Fall aus einem deutschen Gefängnis entlassen. Er steht weiterhin unter Ermittlungen im Fall McCann, wurde jedoch nie offiziell angeklagt.

A German man under investigation as a suspect in the 2007 disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann has been released after serving his sentence in an unrelated case