McCanns to sue Portuguese paper

The parents of missing Madeleine McCann are to launch a libel action against a Portuguese newspaper which claimed they killed their daughter.

Last week, Tal & Qual reported that the "police believe" Kate and Gerry McCann killed her, with the paper suggesting Madeleine may have died in an accident.

The McCanns' lawyers will file for defamation, saying the "untrue" story had caused "suffering and humiliation".

Police have stressed that the McCanns, of Rothley, Leics, are not suspects.