Madeleine McCann’s mother could be reinterviewed this week by British police acting on behalf of the Portuguese authorities, fresh reports suggested today.

Portuguese police want to re-interview the mother of missing Madeleine McCann so they can ask her more than 40 questions she previously refused to answer, it has been reported.

Social workers visited missing Madeleine McCann’s parents at their home in England today to discuss the welfare of the couple’s other two children.

Papers outlining the case against the parents of missing Madeleine McCann are expected to be passed to the public prosecutor, Portuguese police said.

THE hunt for missing Madeleine McCann has entered a “decisive phase”, with an arrest in Britain possible in the coming days.

Madeleine McCann’s parents were hoping for the best but fearing the worst tonight as they awaited DNA test results that could support detectives’ theory that their daughter was killed.

The search for missing Madeleine McCann has centred on a group of three – two men and a woman, it was disclosed today.

Reports in two separate Portuguese newspapers on Thursday said police hunting for missing Madeleine McCann were investigating the possibility that she was snatched by two men and a woman.

Chelsea insist John Terry’s scans since the Carling Cup final are part of the “routine” assessment following a head injury.