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.

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.

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.

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.

THE father of missing Madeleine McCann yesterday vowed his family will leave “no stone unturned” in the search for their daughter.

A UK concert by a Jamaican dancehall star was cancelled after complaints it might provoke violence towards gay men.