Saturday marks seven years since the little girl vanished.

And on Thursday her mum Kate will relive the torment in a television interview with Lorraine Kelly.

Ahead of that an age progression expert has produced an image of how a ten-year-old Madeleine may look.

Jovey Mae Hayes, a forensic computer age progression expert, used the same techniques she has employed in numerous kidnapping and missing persons cases for police forces across America.

She said: “Madeleine would be much taller than her parents remember and, because girls begin to physically mature before boys, she would appear to them to have put on a little weight and her shoulders would appear broader.

“Her face would also be more filled out and it’s interesting to note from original photos that she has her mother’s eyes and father’s mouth. 

“Her lips would look fuller now than they did when she was little and, at almost 11, her eyebrows would have begun to look more pronounced.”

She said Madeleine’s jawline would also be more defined and her nose would appear more elongated and a little wider.

She added: “The whole world remembers a little girl about to turn four from those posters.

 “But she isn’t a little girl any more, although even not-so-close friends and relatives would ­probably recognise her from the likenesses to her parents that are still extremely evident.”

Madeleine was just three when she vanished from the family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal, on May 3, 2007. Scotland Yard believe she was abducted and last week gave ­details of a new “smelly, pot- bellied” suspect. 

On the ITV interview on ­Thursday Kate McCann will ­reveal fresh hope in the search for her daughter.

But conscious of not wanting to spark a war between rival ­stations, ex-GP Kate, 45, will also be talking to the BBC, which recently screened a Maddie Crimewatch appeal

A source close to Kate said: “She just wants to speak from the heart to thank the public for their continued support over these seven difficult years and to tell viewers that she still has hope Madeleine can be found alive.” 

It is not yet clear if heart specialist husband Gerry, 45, will join Kate.

The couple, from Rothley, Leics, have been buoyed by “very ­significant” newinformation gathered by police.

The couple’s spokesman Clarence Mitchell said yesterday: “There is a lot of information that still needs to be checked and Kate and Gerry are hoping that it leads to Madeleine being found.”