'Please do not hurt her' Madeleine's mother, Kate, made a powerful direct appeal to anyone holding her daughter to let her go.With her husband Gerry beside her, she said: "Madeleine is a beautiful, bright, funny and caring little girl. She is so special. Please, please, do not hurt her."The toddler disappeared on Thursday night while she was left with her brother and sister, two-year-old twins Sean and Amelie, in a holiday apartment.Her parents had been dining in a nearby restaurant and checking on them regularly.The young girl was wearing white pyjama bottoms with a small floral design and a short-sleeved pink top with a picture of Eeyore on it when she vanished.The search area has been extended around Praia da Luz and along the coast and is now about 25 miles wide.Staff at Leicester's three hospitals will join in prayer today for the McCann family. Madeleine's father is a consultant cardiologist at the city's Glenfield Hospital.And people in Madeleine's home village of Rothley, Leicestershire, will hold a silent vigil to show they are thinking of the McCanns.

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