OMG. Anybody just seen GMTV? 3 yr old girl abducted on holiday on the Algarve.

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kate said reports just in, cant find anything on bbc.

bloody awful.

o dear god. I hope its not true

I cant find anything else. She just said that they had just had a report in that a 3 yr old girl had been abducted in portugal on the algarve- more news when they receive it. I imagine they will repeat it at 0800 on the gmtv news.

they might say something on the news in a min

Did anyone see the news? 3 yr old gone missing from a hotel (mark warner), police feel she has been abducted.

On radio 4 too.

They were staying at a Mark Warner hotel in Praia Da Luz in the Algarve - parents put 2 children down to sleep then went to hotel restaurant for dinner when they went to check on children 3 yr old girl was missing.

I literally feel like I am going to throw up, we stay at this resort most years, have been going since I was a child - we are going in August with our 2 DD's who will be 3 & 9 months. I feel sick

family friend on tv now.

We have family frieds who have lived in Luz for the last 15+ years and I know they would do everything the could to help - how do I get in contact with GMTV to point these people towards them ?

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RING THIS MORNING COS THEY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IT

They have just said the room was broken in to and they beleive 3 yr old has been taken. Apparantly she is white, blonde and v pretty.

I feel sick. This is just horendous.

Did they leave the children alone in the hotel room?

What ages were the other kids?

OMG I hope not. But if the room was broken into, what other explanation could there be?

So sad. Hope there is some good news soon.

BBC story here

"A friend of the family told BBC News that the McCanns were having dinner a few hundred yards away from the apartment and had been checking on the children every half hour"

So looks like she went missing in the space of just 30 minutes

This has made me feel sick, sending positive vibes out to Portugal. Hope she is found safe and well.

I thought that too. She can't have been far away when they got to the hotel room then. Haven't seen any mention of the ages of the other dc

Awful Hope she is found soon. Surely they weren't alone in the room though?

Oh no poor little lass!

Aparently shutters of room where broken down

I have emailed GMTV - will ring This Morning now

Do you remember we had that heated thread here on mumsnet about whether we would leave a child unattended in a hotel room and go a check regularly on thme whilst having a drink or eating dinner?

Poor family. I hope it has a positive outcome.

what have you emailed about?

I just can't believe it, I can't count the number of times I have been there and I have never ever heard of anything like this happening before.
I feel sick

To say that I have family friends who have lived there for 15+ years and to hopefully put them in touch - being locals they may be able to help

but if she was in a room with 2 other dc, wouldn't they all have woken up when the shutters were broken?

This is just horrendous. It's something I would never have imagined happening, poor family.

OMG, my blood is literally running cold at hearing about this. We've been considering whether it would be safe to leave dses (2+4) alone in a hotel room while we go for a drink/dinner close by. Will have to think again after this.