Earlier this year Scotland Yard said detectives were still following a critical lead 10 years after Madeleine disappeared.
By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent
Scotland Yard is to ask for more money to continue its six-year investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
Detectives are struggling to resolve a final lead, which, if it fizzled out, could have brought the £11m Government-funded investigation to an end next month.
I understand that the Home Office is willing to carry on paying for the last bit of work to be completed.
A source said: "We will be asking for more money because we need to complete the work we are doing. It is complicated and not as straightforward as we had hoped, but it is worth doing."
http://news.sky.com/story/hunt-for-madeleine-mccann-needs-more-cash-to-continue-10999676
By Martin Brunt, Crime Correspondent
Scotland Yard is to ask for more money to continue its six-year investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
Detectives are struggling to resolve a final lead, which, if it fizzled out, could have brought the £11m Government-funded investigation to an end next month.
I understand that the Home Office is willing to carry on paying for the last bit of work to be completed.
A source said: "We will be asking for more money because we need to complete the work we are doing. It is complicated and not as straightforward as we had hoped, but it is worth doing."
http://news.sky.com/story/hunt-for-madeleine-mccann-needs-more-cash-to-continue-10999676