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£1m reward offered for missing girl

Parents - Couple moved by people's help
Parents - Couple moved by people's help

A Scottish businessman has offered a reward of £1m for information leading to the return of Madeleine McCann.

The three-year-old English girl was abducted in Portugal a week ago.

Her parents spoke to reporters at Praia da Luz this morning. Gerry McCann said he had seen at first hand the resources being poured into the investigation.

He said that he and his wife Kate had been moved by people's willingness to do all they could to find Madeleine, whose fourth birthday is tomorrow.

The reward offer was passed on to the McCann family in Portugal, but it is unclear whether that country's laws will allow it to be put to the public.

It is not the first reward to be offered in the case. Last Saturday a colleague of Madeleine's mother offered a £100,000 reward for help in finding the toddler.

Police in the holiday resort where the child was abducted say they are scaling down their search of the local area.

Portuguese police have confirmed they are checking CCTV footage from several locations.

A source confirmed that it includes a tape from a service station close to Praia da Luz which shows a young girl with a woman.