SARAH VINE: I fear for Britain’s future if we erase the past (good and bad) 

Well, I don’t know about you, but events over the past few days have left me feeling very depressed. I think it’s a combination of things: revisiting the Madeleine McCann case; the shaming Prince Andrew saga; the spiralling cost — both human and economic — of coronavirus; the fact that our children’s education is being … Read more

Pictured: The teenage girlfriend Maddie McCann suspect used to beat up, who could help solve mystery

EXCLUSIVE – Pictured: The teenage girlfriend Madeleine suspect Christian Brueckner ‘beat black and blue’ before they split who police believe may hold vital clues over three-year-old’s disappearance Nakscije Miftari was a teenage girlfriend of Maddie suspect Christian Brueckner German and Brit detectives want to quiz her on what she knows about his past  Family friend … Read more

Madeleine McCann suspect’s British ex-girlfriend is quizzed by police after year-long relationship

The British ex-girlfriend of the new prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case has been quizzed by police – as a close friend last night raised fears she is terrified he will ‘come after her’. The unnamed woman, from Berkshire, is said to have lived in Praia da Luz where she dated German paedophile Christian Brueckner … Read more

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner was linked to knife

Christian Brueckner was investigated over the grisly murder of a young prostitute, the Daily Mail can reveal. The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann was under suspicion, but was never charged, by German detectives probing a 2010 killing in Hanover, police documents show. In line with German privacy laws, the victim is not … Read more

Owner of villa where Madeleine McCann murder suspect lived urges police to search grounds 

The owner of a remote villa where the Madeleine McCann murder suspect lived after she disappeared has urged police to search her extensive grounds. Lia Silva said she would fully cooperate with British and Portuguese police if they suspected the toddler’s body could be buried somewhere on her land. Christian Brueckner stayed at the house … Read more

Pictured: Adoptive mother of Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner

Distraught and alone, the adoptive mother of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has been spotted for the first time since her son was linked to the youngster’s disappearance and the rape and murder of many others. Brigitte Brueckner left her modest home near Wurzburg this morning to seek comfort in the company of the stray … Read more

Christian Brueckner said ‘you can make corpse disappear quickly when discussing Madeleine McCann’

Christian Brueckner shouted ‘the child is dead now – and that’s a good thing!’ when colleagues discussed Madeleine McCann – before screaming ‘you can make a corpse disappear quickly! Pigs also eat human flesh!’ Lenta Johlitz, 34, worked at a kiosk shop in northern German town Braunschweig She said  Christian Brueckner wanted her friends to stop … Read more

Pictured: Mother of Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner

Pictured: Mother of Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner is seen for first time since her son was linked to the youngster’s disappearance and string of other abductions EXCLUSIVE –  Brigitte Brueckner spotted outside her home near Wurzburg Her son, Christian, has been linked to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann   Ms Brueckner was seen sitting … Read more

Madeleine McCann suspect ‘tipped off about tourists leaving apartment doors open’ by ‘inside man’

Madeleine McCann suspect ‘was tipped off about British tourists leaving their apartment doors open while they dined out by an ‘inside man’ at Praia da Luz complex’ Christian Brueckner was ‘friends’ with an Ocean Club employee in Praia da Luz Reports say suspect was ‘tipped off’ about British tourists leaving doors open  Brueckner took 30 minute … Read more

Italian police set a trap for Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner

‘When we arrested him we could see the surprise on his face’: Italian police set a trap for Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner ‘by making a fake appointment for a new passport’  Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner was arrested with a trap in Italy The Italian police made a fake appointment with him for  a new passport … Read more

Could evidence in this house lead police to Madeleine McCann?

Paedophile Christian Brueckner regularly visited a rundown house hidden away in the Portuguese countryside in the months after the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. The property – pictured exclusively and never before linked to Brueckner – could now become a focal point in the investigation into whether the German kidnapped and … Read more

Witness ‘saw Madeline McCann in German-owned VW van with unidentified man’ weeks after she vanished

A witness claimed to have spotted Madeleine McCann getting into a German-owned VW van with a man just weeks after her disappearance, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. A police file unearthed by this paper details how the witness saw Madeleine emerging from a restaurant in the Spanish seaside town of Alcossebre before climbing into … Read more