also on the programme. the search for madeleine mccann begins around a reservoir in portugal 16 years after she disappeared. we re on campus as the government announces new immigration rules to stop some foreign students bringing theirfamily members here. rolf harris, the tv entertainer who was jailed for a string of indecent assaults on girls, has died aged 93. and we take you on a tour around the national collection of british art as tate britain gets a new look. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, we ll have more reaction to newcastle united qualifying for next season s champions league. can they be competitive among europe s elite? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the bbc has been given cctv footage which appears to show a police van following two teenage boys just moments before they were killed yesterday when the bike they were riding was involved in a collision in cardiff. a riot broke out afterwards with up to 150 people involved.
also on the programme. the search for madeleine mccann begins around a reservoir in portugal 16 years after she disappeared. we re on campus as the government announces new immigration rules to stop some foreign students bringing theirfamily members here. rolf harris, the tv entertainer who was jailed for a string of indecent assaults on girls, has died aged 93. and we take you on a tour around the national collection of british art as tate britain gets a new look. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, we ll have more reaction to newcastle united qualifying for next season s champions league. can they be competitive among europe s elite? good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the bbc has been given cctv footage which appears to show a police van
it has turned much worse. we have been watching police officers using dogs, boats, posts, to search through the undergrowth, and all of it is another attempt to find out what happened to madeleine mccann 16 years ago. working methodically through the undergrowth, probing for anything that could provide a clue to what happened to madeleine mccann. german and portuguese police officers, with british police in attendance, searching the edge of a reservoir in the algarve. this was a planned operation that also involved dogs and a rigid hull inflatable boat, and it is expected to run into a second day tomorrow. that promontory, which has been the focus of the search, has a car park and impromptu campsite on it, and what the police have been doing is searching down from the car park to the edge of the water. madeleine mccann vanished from a holiday apartment 30 miles away in may 2007, just a few days before her fourth birthday. it s become one of the most infamous
the arade reservoir where the search is taking place, is about 30 miles away. police are focusing on a car park and impromptu campsite on a small peninsular on the west side of the lake. jim gamble, who was head of the child exploitation and 0nline protection centre and was involved in the original madeleine mccann investigation, hopes the search will be significant. given the portuguese police are supporting and facilitating this search, then i think it s reasonable to be hopeful twofold. 0ne search, then i think it s reasonable to be hopeful twofold. one is that the german police are continuing at pace and they are not taking off the pressure and they are continuing to invest resource. and number two, at some stage there has got to be a breakthrough. but madeleine mccann vanished 16 years ago, so the chances of proving what happened to her must now be limited. daniel sandford, bbc news at the arade dam. rolf harris who was jailed for a series of indecent assaults on girls
missing persons cases. her parents, kate and gerry mccann, have never given up hope of finding her alive. earlier this month they released a simple statement. the police investigation continues and we await a breakthrough. that investigation has led to the arade reservoir because the main suspect was a regular at the impromptu campsite. he is christian brueckner, a german man currently serving a prison sentence for rape. it is german prosecutors who are leading this investigation. they ve not charged brueckner and he s denied any involvement in madeleine mccann s disappearance. the prosecutor said today s search was based on intelligence. you can imagine we don t start searching somewhere in portugal on the off chance, he said. there must be a good reason for it. we do have one, but i ask you for understanding that i cannot disclose it for tactical reasons. madeleine mccann vanished from a holiday apartment in praia da luz in may 2007.