• People in Madeleine’s home village of Rothley, Leicestershire, hold a silent vigil for the family.
• Portuguese reports claim detectives are investigating British paedophiles with links to the Algarve.
• Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo makes his own appeal for help in tracing the missing three-year-old, and is later followed by fellow footballers John Terry and Paulo Ferreira.
• Portuguese police say an apparent sighting of the youngster is a false alarm, and also reveal that more than 350 suspicious incidents have been investigated.
• British Ambassador to Portugal John Buck defends the Portuguese investigation after meeting with the McCanns.