Code Madeleine tracks down children

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The code - similar to the Code Adam scheme in the US which is named after abducted six-year-old Adam Walsh - was developed by the Federation of Tour Operators, the Association of British Travel Agents and the News of the World which will launch the plan in Sunday's newspaper.

Earlier, police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine in Portugal started again searching the home of Robert Murat - the only official suspect in the case.

The objective of Code Madeleine is to trigger a system of securing premises and systematically searching for a missing child in the critical hours immediately after they are reported missing.

Madeleine's parents Gerry and Kate McCann are supporting the scheme. "Kate and I fully endorse the Code Madeleine scheme," said Mr McCann.

"Kate and I hope that this new code will help protect British families when they are on holiday."

Andy Cooper, director general of the Federation of Tour Operators, said: "All of our major members have agreed to support Code Madeleine and adopt the six-point plan to help make children safer while on holiday."

In Portugal, about 10 police officers, including two from Britain, started searching the land surrounding the house of Mr Murat, his spokesman, Tuck Price, said.

They cleared undergrowth and cut down trees on the property in Praia da Luz, just yards from where the little girl was snatched from her family's holiday apartment more than three months ago. Mr Murat was not at home and the search is expected to last up to four days.

The latest search in Portugal came as police in Belgium investigated a possible sighting of the four-year-old there. A customer at a restaurant in the Flemish town of Tongeren, not far from the Dutch border, said she was "100% sure" she had seen the youngster.