Kate and Gerry McCann will mark the fifth anniversary of their daughter, Madeleine’s, disappearance this week amid renewed hopes she will be found.

Portuguese police have launched a review of the case of missing girl Madeleine McCann, it has been reported.

PORTUGUESE police believed Madeleine McCann died in her family’s holiday flat and that her parents faked her abduction, a court heard yesterday.

Portuguese police believed Madeleine McCann died in her family’s holiday flat and that her parents faked her abduction, a court heard today.

A libel trial will start today of a former senior Portuguese detective who published a book alleging that Madeleine McCann died inside her parents’ apartment.

PRIVATE detectives hired by Madeleine McCann’s parents yesterday released an e-fit of a “Victoria Beckham lookalike” they believe may have information about the missing girl.

Private detectives hired by Madeleine McCann's parents today released an e-fit of a "Victoria Beckham lookalike" they believe may have information about the missing girl.

PORTUGUESE detectives made Madeleine McCann’s parents suspects on the “slightest chance” they could have been involved in her disappearance, a leaked report revealed yesterday.

Portuguese detectives made Madeleine McCann’s parents suspects on the “slightest chance” they could have been involved in her disappearance, a leaked report revealed today.

Portugal’s attorney-general today appeared to pave the way for the authorities to shelve their investigation into Madeleine McCann’s disappearance.

People around the world will light candles for missing Madeleine McCann tomorrow as her parents mark an agonising year without her.

Madeleine McCann’s parents believe their daughter is still “probably alive” almost a year after her disappearance.

A friend of Kate and Gerry McCann who was with them the night their daughter Madeleine disappeared today launched a furious attack on the Portuguese police.

The war of words between supporters of Kate and Gerry McCann and Portuguese police intensified today as detectives hit back at leaking allegations as “baseless”.

Madeleine McCann’s parents are hoping some good will come from the leaking of interviews suggesting the young girl was left alone and crying the night before she disappeared, their spokesman said today.

Madeleine McCann asked her mother just hours before her disappearance: “Why didn’t you come when we were crying last night?”, it has emerged.

PORTUGUESE police are set to fly to Britain on April 7 as part of a last-gasp attempt to solve the Madeleine McCann mystery.

Kate and Gerry McCann accepted £550,000 (€698,000) libel damages today over allegations that they were responsible for the death of their daughter Madeleine.

The parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann reacted cautiously tonight to a report that she may have been seen in southern France.

Portugal’s top policeman has said detectives were “hasty” in making Madeleine McCann’s parents suspects in her disappearance.

Madeleine McCann suspect Robert Murat today denied further claims he was seen near the young girl’s apartment on the night she vanished, a friend said.

Kate and Gerry McCann were today given fresh hope that Madeleine is alive after learning of the discovery of a bag of clothes with a possible DNA link to their daughter.

Robert Murat, the first person to be declared an official suspect over Madeleine McCann’s disappearance, tonight broke his silence over his experience.

Tourists who stayed at the resort where Madeleine McCann went missing have been asked to provide DNA samples and fingerprints, it was reported last night.

Robert Murat, the first person to be declared an official suspect by police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, has been told he is to be cleared, it was reported today.

Friends of Madeleine McCann’s parents today dismissed claims there is a six-hour “hole” in the couple’s account of where they were on the day she disappeared.

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.

Madeleine McCann’s parents woke up today back home in Britain, but without their missing daughter and with a cloud of suspicion hanging over them.

The family of missing Madeleine McCann flew out of Portugal today to return to Britain.

Missing Madeleine McCann’s parents are awaiting the next twist today in the police investigation into her disappearance after they were both named as suspects.

THERE was something almost theatrical about the scenes outside the police station in Portimao yesterday.

Missing Madeleine McCann’s parents are waiting today to learn whether crucial forensic results will shed new light on what happened to their daughter.

Portuguese police failed to tell the parents of missing Madeleine McCann about a possible forensic breakthrough that could end their agonising wait to learn what happened to their daughter.

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.

Portuguese police have suddenly adopted a harder attitude towards the parents of missing Madeleine McCann in recent days, a source said tonight.

It is thought that a second suspect is under surveillance following the abduction of Madeleine McCann in Portugal.

The anguished parents of Madeleine McCann are facing a nerve wracking day as police investigate claims their daughter's body is lying hidden only a few miles from where she was abducted.

Portuguese police today started investigating an area nine miles from where Madeleine McCann was abducted after a tip off from a Dutch source.

Portuguese police got a crucial fact wrong in their description of the man thought to have abducted Madeleine McCann, a family source said today.

Portuguese police were forced to make an embarrassing U-turn after the parents of missing Madeleine McCann held discussions with Brtain's prime minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown, it has emerged.

A friend of Madeleine McCann’s parents may have seen her being carried away from her holiday apartment the night she vanished, police said.

A friend of Madeleine McCann’s parents may have seen her being carried away from her holiday apartment the night she vanished, it was revealed tonight.