01/03/2017 Look East

Police issue new pictures as part of the appeal over the case of the

missing airman Corrie McKeague. And one of East Anglia's last

of the Japanese prisoner of war of the Japanese prisoner of war

camps is laid to rest. Detectives investigating

the disappearance of airman Corrie McKeague have today

made their first arrest. Suffolk Police said

a 26-year-old man was held on suspicion

of perverting the course of justice. The police also released new video

of potential witnesses. The developments come

as police prepare to search

a rubbish tip near Cambridge. Suffolk police say the 26-year-old

man they arrested this morning has They had been questioning

him for most of the day, on suspicion of attempting

to pervert the course of justice relating to what they say

was information given 23-year-old Corrie McKeague,

who is stationed at RAF Honington near Bury St Edmunds,

was last picked up on CCTV in the town centre after a night out

with friends on 24th September. He was seen it going in but not

emerging from Today, police made their first

arrest in connection It is incredibly difficult not

to read into it that this could be But for my own sanity,

and that of the boys, we are really, really trying just to wait

for the update from the police and keep focused on the search

for next week. Police stressed that the man

arrested was NOT the driver of a bin lorry which

delivered refuse to this massive landfill

site near Cambridge. It had collected a bin from the area

where Corrie was last seen. The fear is he may have

fallen into or had been placed in one of these

commercial bins in the Horseshoe car

park behind some shops. Mindful that part of this

120-acre landfill site is about to be searched,

a ?50,000 reward put up by Nicola Urquhart

was withdrawn last month. Police say a huge effort

is going on behind the scenes Today, they released CCTV footage

of two remaining individuals who were seen in the area

at the time the airman disappeared Both are seen as

potential witnesses. Police expect to begin

searching this landfill site behind me in the next

seven days or so. But first they have to move large

amounts of bulk materials and create safe access routes

onto the landfall for their offices. Now, they accept that there is every

chance that Corrie McKeague may be dead and that his body may be buried

in the site somewhere behind me. It is expected to

last several weeks. Next tonight, prayers will be said

at the local church in Stowmarket in Suffolk tomorrow after a couple

were found dead in their home. Detectives say they are treating

it as a murder inquiry but are not looking for anyone else

in connection with the incident. Post-mortems concluded that

Sarah Pitkin was stabbed to death while her husband Richard

died from hanging. Mike Liggins is in

the town for us now. This is stoked Acland Street in the

town, where the Pitkins lived and where their bodies were found on

Sunday lunchtime. Tonight Suffolk police have formally identified the

couple and confirmed they are not looking for anyone else in

connection with their deaths. Flowers were laid at

the doorstep of the Pitkins' house today with friends just trying

to work out what lay behind the deaths of Sarah

and Richard Pitkin. The couple had moved with their four

children from London Michael Egan is the vicar

of St Peter and St Mary's He said many in the community have

shed tears in the last few days. Since Sunday when the news

came through, clearly, there was a sense of shock

throughout the whole town and with the most recent news,

I think people are just confused confused as to why or how it

happened, whatever happened. According to Suffolk Police,

Sarah Pitkin died from multiple stab wounds.

Richard was found hanged. Tomorrow, prayers will be said

at St Peter's for both families. Sarah Pitkin worked at the Saint

Elizabeth Hospice charity shop in the town. The daily charity issued a

statement. It said staff were shocked and saddened to hear of her

hospice for four years, and made a hospice for four years, and made a

huge difference during that time. She was a an creative and brought a

real sense of fun to the shop. She will be sadly missed Arsenal. -- by

us all. Next tonight a pledge from Suffolk

police keep people who live

in the countryside safe from crime. for having fewer bobbies

on the beat in rural areas. Now the force is planning

to deploy more mounted volunteers

in remote areas. The key focus of this new strategy

is ensuring a visible presence -

and that means mixing horsepower, to help patrol the areas

which are tucked away We don't give chase or do

anything like that. I would always say to people,

you know, if something just doesn't seem right because you've got that

gut feeling, just call it in. As well as the volunteers,

the three-year plan will also see specially-trained police officers,

13 in total, effectively embedded in neighbourhoods, on the ground,

on the case with rural crime, whether it is lead

theft from churches, But the underlying mix

of crimes is a complex one, often fuelled by rural isolation

and deprivation, and including domestic violence and exploitation

of the young and the vulnerable. Talk to me about response time,

because a lot of farmers tell me that once they report a crime,

by the time your officers get there, Can you give maybe

a much faster response? The target time is 15 minutes

for response in the urban areas We have got a bit of work

to do in one or two areas in rural communities

and that is what we are looking at at the moment and that will be

addressed The force has 1,500 square miles

to cover and admits that criminals too often see the countryside

as a place for easy pickings. The funeral took place today

of a decorated war veteran. Harold Lock, who was 93,

was the last known survivor of the sinking of HMS Jupiter

in 1942 in the Battle of Java Sea. He was captured as a teenager

by the Japanese - and imprisoned in terrible conditions until the end

of the war. Former hostage Terry Waite described

Mr Lock as "the salt of the earth". Harold Lock's last journey, arriving

at the West Suffolk crematorium to the strains of

The White Cliffs Of Dover. Harold was a boy sailor aboard

the destroyer HMS Jupiter when it struck a mine

and sank off Java in 1942. He swam 20 hours, 15 miles

to an island and was captured by the Japanese, eventually released

in 1945 at the age of 21. He was the last man standing

of that particular ship. At the Heritage Centre in Sudbury

where he lived, It is his experience

as a prisoner of war. He weighed under six

stone when he was liberated. He writes, "death has become

commonplace, we were getting "like robots, all feeling

is disappearing except "It is strange how

precious everything "seems when you are on the verge

of death, as most of us were." He was discharged from

the Navy with manic depression but rebuilt his life,

marrying local girl Audrey in 1962. For a time, they ran a pub,

managed a coal yard, and he was a formidable

darts player. For years he kept buried his

experiences in the Far East. It did affect him.

Without a doubt. But he tried to keep it

hidden a lot of the time. No, I have never in 54

years, seen him cry. There were tributes from fellow

members of the Order of Buffaloes and from former hostage Terry Waite,

with whom he travelled back to Java and

Singapore years ago. By organising PoW reunions

and fighting for compensation, he helped

so many of his fellow captives. Just time to tell you about

something happening tomorrow. A ceremony will mark

a significant milestone in the construction of what will be

one of Europe's largest centres The Quadram Insitute

is a multi-million pound project and tomorrow Look East will be given

access to the site. I'll leave you with the weather

forecast from Julie, but from the rest of

the team, goodnight. We have some outbreaks

of rain tonight, heavy at times, but that rain will become

confined to more northern parts, with the south becoming largely dry

with clear spells developing. We are expecting the

winds to pick up with a fresh, strong at times,

West to south-westerly As this system pulls

away onto the continent We will start to see the winds

easing, but it looks like a We will start to see the winds

easing, but it looks like a windy start of the day. Eventually the

showers and rain should clear and everywhere will become dry with

sunny spells developing. Temperatures, at best, around 10

Celsius and by the afternoon those winds should ease to a much pressure

south-westerly. Finishing the day dry with lots of clear skies. In a

moment, the national forecast but I will leave you with the Outlook. One

Friday, more rain pushing in from the south, some of it heavy.

Saturday, rain first outlook. A whole load of 11 is. What

does that mean? Maybe John Hammond will tell you.

We're in for a bumpy ride. The weather chopping and changing

keeping us on our toes. Rain never too far away from our crystal ball.

There has been rain around today across southern areas. This band of

wet weather pushing through Wales and the