MADELEINES PARENTS VISIT SPAIN

The parents of abducted Madeleine McCann were in Madrid last Friday as part of a tour of several European countries to publicise their daughter's case. They met the UK ambassador to Spain, Denise Holt, and Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba. The McCanns also appeared on a Spanish television programme called Los Mas Buscados (The Most Wanted) which appeals for help to find missing people. As well as making their own plea, they mentioned Spain's own missing child - seven-year-old Yeremi Vargas, who disappeared in the Canary Islands two months ago. Mr McCann said: "We do realise that there are other families in Spain who have had similar experiences, particularly the family of the young boy Yeremi from Gran Canaria. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and with other families going through a similar experience to us." Earlier, the couple met representatives from child welfare organisations, including the Associacion Contra la Pornogafia Infantil, an anti-paedophile group.