Claims British police on verge of McCann arrests

British detectives investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have flown to Portugal amid claims they are planning to make arrests.

Police in both countries confirmed that a meeting had taken place in Faro after Scotland Yard sent an international letter of request linked to its own inquiry.

Both Portuguese and British police are running their own investigations into what happened to the little girl, who disappeared from a holiday apartment in Praia da Luz in May 2007 at the age of three.