On Madeleine McCann’s 13th birthday, we look at the lost children of Britain who have never been found

The distraught parents of Madeleine McCann will be laying presents in her bedroom to mark her milestone 13th birthday - more than nine years after she went missing.
According to Missing Kids UK, hundreds of British children go missing every day with 200,000 incidents reported to the police each year.

It's the tragic news that drives a wedge of fear through the heart of any parent.
Here, we take a look at 10 missing child cases that have still remained unsolved.
If you have any information or think you have seen any of the youngsters please call 116 000.

Madeleine McCann

The disappearance of Madeleine has been one of the most high-profile missing child cases in the world.
But with the recent passing of the ninth year anniversary of her disappearance earlier this month, authorities are no closer to knowing what happened to her when she went missing from her bed in Praia da Luz, Portugal in 2007.
The three-year-old was left with her baby twin siblings asleep in a ground-floor apartment while the McCanns and friends dined at a restaurant 50 metres away.
Her parents checked on the children throughout the night and discovered she was missing at around 10pm. The McCanns were initially treated as suspects but have since been cleared and endlessly continue their search for Maddie.
A number of potential leads have emerged since the little girl vanished, but none amounted to anything and no arrests have ever been made. Portuguese and English investigations are ongoing.

Ben Needham

Ben was abducted when he was just two years old from Kos, Greece in 1991 while on holiday with his parents.
He had been left in his grandparents’ care while his mum went to work and was playing outside the house when the adults noticed he had disappeared at around 2.30pm.
There have been more than 300 sightings of boys matching Ben’s description reported on the Greek mainland and islands, mostly shortly after he vanished.
The Needham family believe that Ben was kidnapped with the intention of selling him for adoption, or he was taken by child traffickers. However, there is no evidence and some consider an accident more likely.

Andrew Gosden

Andrew has been missing from his home in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, since September 14, 2007 - since he was just 14 years old.
He was last seen on CCTV footage at King's Cross Station in London later that morning.
Andrew needs strong prescription glasses and was last seen wearing a black t-shirt and black jeans.
There have been no confirmed sightings of the now-23-year-old.

Karim Rhony

Karim was least seen at his foster parents’ house in the Stoke area of Plymouth on 25 January 2013 after telling them he was going swimming.
But the 15-year-old has not been seen since.
He is 5’2” tall, of slight build with short, dark, curly hair and was last seen wearing a blue hooded jumper, jeans, white canvas shoes and gloves.
Described as being of Arabic appearance, the boy was carrying a black backpack when he vanished.

Jeffrey Allen

Nothing has been seen or heard of Jeffrey since he disappeared without a trace in Sandown, Isle of Wight, on 28 August 1982, aged 17.
While Hampshire police pursued many lines of inquiry, his disappearance remains unexplained.
Jeffrey, who would now be 51, was last seen by his sister after he told her he was going camping with two friends from the mainland who have never been identified.
His devastated mum Ann Allen has never given up hope of finding her son, who she describes as “a bit of a rascal”.

Robert Williams

Robert Williams was 15 when he went missing from his home after an argument with his mum in Resolven, near Neath in South Wales in 2002.
Police have suggested the “most likely outcome” is that Robert "died sometime over the past nine years", devastating his mum Cheryl who still pleads for information that can give her closure.
An age progression photograph of what Robert may look like now has been released, but no information has been forthcoming.

David Spencer

David Spencer disappeared with his best friend Patrick Warren on Boxing Day in 1996 when he was just 13 years old.
The last confirmed sighting of the pair was at a petrol station near their homes in Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham at 0.45am the next morning.
The young lads were due to spend the night at a relative’s house but never turned up. Police spoke to a jailed child killer over the disappearance in 2006, but no leads came from the probe.

Patrick Warren

Patrick was just 11 when he and his best friend David went missing 19 years ago - leaving both families sick with worry.
A number of people claimed to have spotted the boys over the years but no reports have been verified.
Police and the boys’ families have always feared something awful happened to them, especially as Patrick’s new bike, his Christmas present, was found abandoned outside the shop where they were last seen.

Sandy Davidson

Sandy, a blonde Scottish boy, disappeared in 1976 when he was just three years old.
The tot was playing with his little sister in the back garden of his house in Irvine, North Ayrshire, when their dog escaped from the side gate and Sandy followed to catch him - both disappeared without a trace.
Sandy’s parents believe he may have been taken by a man who was delivering leaflets at the time, although other suggest both he and the dog could have fallen in the nearby river.
In February 2015, police spoke to a man who claimed he was abducted and abused by a woman in the same area in 1976, but Sandy’s case remains unresolved.

Katrice Lee

Little Katrice disappeared from an army shopping complex in West Germany, where she lived in British Army quarters, on her second birthday in 1979.
Police believe she was abducted and raised by another family elsewhere in Europe and knows nothing of her true identity.
Katrice’s mum was carrying her around the supermarket and went back to get some crisps, leaving the tot with the rest of the family - who thought she followed her mum, but when she returned her daughter was nowhere to be seen.
Katrice had a pink birthmark slightly to the right of the base of her spine and a slight squint in her left eye, which could be fixed by surgery or may cause her to need glasses.
Three recent sightings of Katrice came after her story appeared on BBC’s Missing Live programme, where an image of what she may look like as a 29-year-old was shown.