I really hope they find Madeleine safe and sound!

What happened to Madeleine is very tragic. She is in all our hearts. However, as a foreigner living in Portugal, I am appalled by the constant criticizing of the Portuguese Police. I feel that the Police, the media and the Portuguese public have been doing everything to find Maddie. Thank you for publishing this article.

With that said, the most important thing is Maddies safe return. My thoughts and prayers are with Maddie and her family at this difficult time

What about start to tell that they are swingers ? At 19:00 hours, the sun still good to go to beach but the kids, in holidays, are sleeping (drugs ?)Are now more than 100 pedofiles from UK in Algarve and the fabolous Britsh nothind tould ?

We know in our hearts that Madeleine will be fine, this is not a time for criticism or retribution but this is a time to think of Madeleine and her safe return, positive thoughts for her every day - to the people who are holding Madeleine, if she were your child please think how you would feel now,please give her back to her mummy and daddy.

Thank you Martim Cabral for giving a more balanced view of the news coverage surrounding this story. SkyNews you are, as well as a British News station, part the global scene. Your reports should be balanced and you should explain the reasons behind the Portuguese Police's methods of working. Different strokes for different folks!
They way you are reporting this is clearly designed to cause a fog of emotion where the public forget the underlying reason why Maddie is missing - she was left with her siblings without care.
Also clearly the Portugese Police are doing everything they can to find Maddie
As for Anna in Praia da Luz who reported yesterday (Maddies birthday)with a tear in her eye and a frog in her throat - "no" - where is your anger as a woman and maybe also a mother that a mother can leave not just Maddie but her twin siblings alone at night while she goes out. Thay night will forever be on their conscience.
Every child has the right of care and clearly for one moment Maddie wasn't given the care she should have been.
Every child also has the right to be free from fear and abuse and like all other parents sincerly hope that by some miracle now Maddie is found alive and well.

What can I do?
Dear God,what can I do for You
To calm another's fear,
One who dreads another dawn,
Who drowns in troubled tears?
Help me,God,to ease the pain
That rends that heart with sorrow,
To shed a glimmer of Your light
To brighten a tomorrow.

i have already messaged but feel i need to send another, i feel so desperate for this situation, l know everyone is praying hard for the safe return of little madeline, the new poster is great, and the distinguished eye feature could be the recognition needed to secure the happy outcome, ihave been passing the new poster to my relatives in usa and have requested a close family friend who is an airhostess in usa could pass them about as she travels all over the world, Tony Blairs lasting legacy could be how he organised something that would help find madeline. god bless everyone helping and praying for the positive outcome of this traumatic event.

To Kate, Gerry, and family.

I hope that your beautiful family are soon put back together again...

Myself, my husband and three children are praying for Madeleines safe return to you all where she belongs.

My two older children have told me that Madeleine and yourselves have been included in their prayers at school.

She is a beautiful little angel and we will be praying for her and you especially today... her fourth birthday.

Happy birthday Madeleine....

Please let Madeleine home to her mummy, daddy, Amelie and Sean.She needs them and they need her.

Good luck and stay strong for each other.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the family and little madeline . This is a parents worst nightmare, I prayer to god that she is safe and well I will be lighting a candel at my catholic church tonight when I go to mass,

I cant believe how anyone can take a sleeping child away from their mother, it makes me sick to the stomach that these people are allowed to even exist, isnt it about time in this day and age that the world toughened up and stop kidding themselves that people can be rehabilatated into the community! I was shocked to hear that known sex offenders are even allowed to travel even more so to a country that doesnt have border controls to spain. If ever there was a need for capital punishment it is for sick people who harm children. I pray that Madeline is found and returned to her family and hope the bastards who have done this pay for their crime in the worst way! They should be handed over to the public!!!

I have two young children, one of which went missing when he was 3 years old also.

Luckily for me, he was only gone for an hour or so but it was the most terrifying time of my life and I would never wish it upon my worst enemy.

Having said that he was playing in my garden and I was making tea nad feeding the baby, not sat in a restaurant with friends getting sloshed.

I think the police in potugal have put in a tremendous effort but I think the point that the McCann family were making is that the police didn't react quickly enough to the fact that the child was abducted.

I hope that this is over for the family soon, whatever the outcome as not knowing is probably the worst thing.

God bless you Maddy xxx

Please, keep Maddy amongst the top stories. If there is any chance that showing her picture and details, will help find her, then her story must be aired for as long as possible. I and many others are so distressed about her dissapearance, this is all we can ask to do to help.
Many thanks
Kim Haughey.

my thoughts and prayers are with the Mccann family... please God Madeline will return home to her family soon...

I would like to say that the Portugal has no longer any effectively controlled borders with Spain. Our borders are a shame! We have terrorists, pedophiles, arms and drugs dealers passing through so easily by the major international motorways, if you Britons could only witness this shame to our country! Our government must enforce our borders immediately, but European laws prevents us from doing it.

Every single child who's been abducted,deserves the same attention that little madeleine is having ,i hope they find her unharmed ,but i also know that the phisicological scars will stay there forever...half of the world is praying for her...

THE PORTUGUESE POLICE ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB, UNDER DIFFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, I HOPE AND PRAY FOR MADELEINE TO BE RETURNED TO HER FAMILY SOON.

it looks like the world has been gripped by this story and rightly so we all need to keep a look out many eyes and ears can do wonders i watch the news and have dsktop alerts on my work computer i feel sick with worry god only knows the enormous pain the family are going through, i fly to praira de luz 21st may
i have a 12 year old son i will be ewxtra careful as i guess most parents will be
GIVE MADDY BACK YOU WILL BE CAUGHT AND IF I HAD MY WAY ALL CHILD ABUSERS OR CHILD TRAFFICKERS HUNG HUNG HUNG

It's true. As an american living in Portugal since 1991 I can tell that the PJ, the investigation officers, are extremly effective. They are very "stealth" but aggressive when they have something in their hands.

I'm absolutly sure that they are doing the best they can. Even if their methods seem strange for a foreigner. That's how portuguese law works and in my opinion it works well.

as a mum myself my heart is going out to you both my son is 5 yrs old and i have been trying to explain to him about your wee angel i hope you both get her back very very soon

With all due respect to both sides of the argument, I have to agree with the way the Portuguese authorities are dealing with matters only they are best equipped to deal with, taking into consideration national terrain.
Many an armchair detective will no doubt come forward during the 24hour timelines of broadcasting, and as such if the Judiciary Division cannot attend a briefing then why the fuss if for valid operational reasons they want to channel their attention and expertise elsewhere?
The age of the internet has no doubt made more views that much easier to disseminate and understand, bringing about many a desired change, however, if as stated, history has been made insofar as this event, surely we must further take into consideration previous successes stories, that should not be undermined, and if there are changes to be applied, they be bought about in a manner befitting the Portuguese tradition.

Leaving young children on their own is a crime both here and in Portugal..The parents should face charges. However, I hope Madeleine is found safe and well.

elo i am kirsty me n my mum have been watching the poor breaking news bout that 3 year old girl we all think that is bear sad so hear i am showing my love 2 every1 who is helping search for the 3 year old girl who ever has her give her bck 2 her parents she is only 3

Please let just forget who is doing what and who is not doing enough and just ****** find the child alive.

THIS IS THE RIGHT OPINION.
I REGRET THAT BRITISH MEDIA AND MADDIE'S FAMILY ARE CRITICISING PORTUGAL'S EFFORTS.
IT IS THE BIGGEST SEARCH EVER DONE IN THIS COUNTRY AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T SEE THE SAME EFFORT BEING DONE ON BEHALF OF MISSING PORTUGUESE CHILDREN.
I HOPE MADDDIE IS FOUND SOON AND THAT BRITAIN REALISES HOW MUCH MONEY AND HUMAN RESOURCES ARE BEING USED IN THIS CASE.

The portuguese police are doing everything to find this little girl, it's not fair the way they have been critised. The law is different in other countries and people must respect that!!

My thoughts are with her parents!!