The Met Police has thanked the media for its co-operation around coverage of eight days of new investigations in Portugal into the disappearance of Madeline McCann.

At the onset of Operation Grange DCI Andy Redwood said: “If media interfere with police work, that work will stop. I suspect that the boundaries around what that is will be apparent and I asked you to cooperate with the requests of the Portuguese authorities as the most important thing is to make this inquiry go as smoothly as possible.”

The Met Police said in a statement this morning: “At this time no evidence relating to Madeleine McCann has been identified. However it has given us an essential understanding of the activity on and people that have used this piece of land…