British police are reportedly ready to arrest and interview suspects over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.

Pictures of men seen in and around the Portuguese town of Praia da Luz at the time of Madeleine McCann's disappearance are to be released by British detectives.

Madeleine McCann’s parents are “greatly encouraged” by new information about the disappearance of their daughter, they said in a statement.

Kate and Gerry McCann are to make a significant television appeal in light of “fresh, substantive” material unearthed as part of a British police investigation into their daughter’s disappearance.