Met Police given further £150,000 for Madeleine McCann investigation

Met Police officers investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have been given a further £150,000 for their investigation.

The Home Office has granted Scotland Yard more funding in the search for the toddler, who disappeared 11 years ago in May 2007.

Madeleine was just three when she was last seen on holiday with her parents in Praia da Luz in Portugal.

The Met launched its own investigation, Operation Grange, into her disappearance in 2013 after a Portuguese inquiry failed to make any headway.

Force bosses have been applying for funding from the Home Office every six months to continue the inquiry, that has cost about £11.75 million so far.

Madeleine's parents, Kate and Gerry McCann, have always pledged never to give up the search for their daughter.

A Home Office spokesman said: "We have confirmed that Special Grant funding of £150,000 will be provided to the Metropolitan Police Service for the six-month period to 31 March 2019."

Additional reporting by Press Association