An investigation is under way into claims a two-year-old girl was abandoned near a busy road in Portugal as her British parents were drunk in a nearby café.

A computer-generated image which police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann refuse to release to the public was described today as “an egg with hair”.

FOOTBALL violence can be prevented if fans are encouraged to police themselves, research suggests.

Police in Portugal should not use heavy-handed tactics to curb football hooliganism at Euro 2004, a psychologist said today.