Kate McCann was stuck in an "endless bad dream" and haunted by visions of her missing daughter Madeleine after her disappearance, it was revealed today.

Kate and Gerry McCann today said they have had enough of “fluffy worthless words”, calling again for a full case review over their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance.

Kate and Gerry McCann met the UK's Home Secretary Theresa May to discuss the search for their missing daughter Madeleine, officials said today.

Gerry and Kate McCann are hoping to put the focus back on the search for their daughter Madeleine with a new video released to mark the third anniversary of her disappearance.

The father of Madeleine McCann urged the British government today to review her disappearance and said his “innocent, vulnerable” daughter had been “essentially given up on” by British authorities.

A young girl resembling Madeleine McCann captured on CCTV film in a New Zealand shop is not the missing girl, police said today.

Kate and Gerry McCann will speak publicly for the first time today about a Portuguese court’s decision to uphold a ban on a book claiming their daughter Madeleine is dead.

FORMER Portuguese detective Goncalo Amaral yesterday lost an attempt to overturn a ban on his book claiming that Madeleine McCann is dead.

Madeleine McCann’s parents will lodge a complaint with Portuguese police alleging that former detective Goncalo Amaral broke his country’s strict judicial secrecy laws, the couple’s lawyer has said.

Goncalo Amaral vowed today to appeal to Europe if he loses a legal battle over his book which claims that Madeleine McCann is dead.

GERRY McCANN yesterday defended his legal action against a Portuguese detective who led the investigation into his daughter’s disappearance, saying his book had damaged the search for Madeleine.

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

KATE and Gerry McCann returned to Portugal yesterday for the libel trial of the former Portuguese detective who headed the investigation into their daughter, Madeleine’s, disappearance.

Kate and Gerry McCann have issued a fresh appeal for help in finding their missing daughter Madeleine as they face spending a third Christmas without her.

THE decision of a Portuguese policeman to launch his second book on the day a libel trial is to start concerning his first book on Madeleine McCann was described as “regrettable” by her parents’ spokesman yesterday.

Lawyers representing Kate and Gerry McCann have demanded a website claiming their daughter was not abducted be taken down.

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.

Private detectives hired by Madeleine McCann’s parents want to trace a “Victoria Beckham lookalike” with an Australian or New Zealand accent, it was reported today.

PRIVATE detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann want to speak to a man who is currently on remand in a British jail, it has been revealed.

Someone living in or around Praia da Luz – the Algarve resort where Madeleine McCann vanished – knows what happened to her, claim the private detectives employed by her parents to find the little girl.

MADELEINE McCann’s father returned to Britain yesterday after making his first visit to Portugal in 16 months.

KATE McCann has strongly criticised the Portuguese detective who named her and her husband Gerry as suspects in their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance.

Kate and Gerry McCann refused to rule out taking legal action against the Portuguese authorities for wrongly making them suspects in their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance.

Gerry and Kate McCann were given fresh heartbreak today as they waited to learn whether they will be cleared of involvement in their daughter Madeleine’s disappearance.

MISSING Madeleine McCann’s parents could be allowed to see the Portuguese authorities’ case against them within a fortnight, one of their lawyers said yesterday.

Missing Madeleine McCann’s parents could be allowed to see the Portuguese authorities’ case against them within a fortnight, one of their lawyers said today.

KATE and Gerry McCann expect the Portuguese police files on the disappearance of their daughter, Madeleine, to remain secret for another three months, the couple’s spokesman said yesterday.

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.

Relatives of missing Madeleine McCann will not be celebrating Christmas this year, her grandmother said today, but there is still a present waiting for the four-year-old for when she does come home.

A close friend of the McCann family spoke for the first time today of how she is convinced she saw Madeleine being carried away by her abductor.

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 detectives have flown in to the UK with a list of fresh questions for the parents of Madeleine McCann, it was reported tonight.

The family of missing Madeleine McCann are attempting to re-focus attention on the hunt for her, with plans for an £80,000 advertising campaign.

A friend of the family has said the parents of missing Madeleine McCann are under intense pressure but are 'not cracking up'.

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.

THE father of missing Madeleine McCann said yesterday he was “100% confident” his wife had nothing to do with her disappearance.

The father of Madeleine McCann walked out of a TV interview after being asked about blood traces found in his daughter’s bedroom.

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.

Relations between Portuguese police and Madeleine McCann’s parents are under strain today after detectives revealed in an interview that she might have been killed, without telling her family first.

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

The parents of missing Madeleine McCann reaffirmed today they believe their daughter is still alive despite reports of blood specks being found in the apartment where she vanished.

A couple accused of trying to extort money from Madeleine McCann’s family will appear in court today, Spanish police said.

A Spanish “investigator” was interviewed about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, Portuguese police confirmed today.