THE mother of missing Madeleine McCann said yesterday she still wished she could "stop time".

Kate McCann, who marked the fourth anniversary of Maddie's disappearance in May, said she and husband Gerry would not give up on finding their little girl.

In a message on the Maddie search website, she wrote: "My grandparents always said the years pass more quickly the older you get. It certainly feels that way.

"I still dream of being able to stop time.

"Our only alternative, however, is to continue doing as much as we can to the best of our ability to enhance the search for Madeleine. So that is what we'll do."

She added: "It is a big relief that our Government finally agreed to a review. It will be lengthy and difficult but definitely a major step."

Maddie was nearly four when she vanished from her family's holiday flat in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007