22/01/2017

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:00:00. > :00:16.Hello. I'm Jenny Kirk.

:00:17. > :00:19.More than 100 people have been taking part in the second

:00:20. > :00:21.privately-funded search for missing airman Corrie McKeague.

:00:22. > :00:24.40 members of the public volunteered to help search and rescue teams

:00:25. > :00:27.They also used drones and a team of dogs specially trained

:00:28. > :00:39.On one of the coldest mornings this year, search teams were out

:00:40. > :00:43.The area is where his phone pinged off a mast a couple of days

:00:44. > :00:51.If he was to try and get back to Honington, as the crow

:00:52. > :00:53.flies, he's got to walk directly behind you.

:00:54. > :00:56.He does know this area because this is where the RAF do

:00:57. > :01:00.This is the second time Suffolk lowland search and rescue have

:01:01. > :01:02.teamed up with the public to look for Corrie.

:01:03. > :01:03.They are covering 4-5 square miles

:01:04. > :01:16.And you can see the terrain they are having to deal with.

:01:17. > :01:20.I have some power around about 60 trained search technicians,

:01:21. > :01:25.I think we have 14 4x4s out who will ferry the teams around.

:01:26. > :01:27.We have five cadaver dogs coming from all over the country.

:01:28. > :01:31.They will go out with team leaders and be given their own search areas.

:01:32. > :01:39.The 23-year-old airman who is based at RAF Honington was last seen

:01:40. > :01:41.in the early hours of Saturday 24 September in Bury.

:01:42. > :01:43.He'd been enjoying an evening out with friends.

:01:44. > :01:46.But nearly four months on, the search team manager says it

:01:47. > :01:55.The search we are conducting now is for body recovery.

:01:56. > :01:58.There is no feasible way that if Corrie has been missing

:01:59. > :02:01.for the length of time that he has, and he is out in the

:02:02. > :02:12.Corrie's mother still has hope of finding her son alive,

:02:13. > :02:14.but understands that might not be the case.

:02:15. > :02:16.She says having the public supporting the search

:02:17. > :02:20.Basildon Council says it has finally finished clearing

:02:21. > :02:22.the former travellers site at Dale Farm in Essex.

:02:23. > :02:24.Travellers were removed from an illegal part of the site

:02:25. > :02:28.Officials say it has been returned to a condition

:02:29. > :02:42.They have cleared more than 180 tonnes of rubbish.

:02:43. > :02:44.The Vice Chancellor of Bedfordshire University Bill Rammell

:02:45. > :02:46.says students from low-income families should not be put

:02:47. > :02:48.off going to university by the scrapping of grants.

:02:49. > :02:50.From this year, students will no longer receive non-repayable

:02:51. > :02:53.maintenance grants which have been replaced with loans.

:02:54. > :02:55.There are concerns it will lead to a drop in people from poorer

:02:56. > :03:05.I would say to anyone with the potential to benefit

:03:06. > :03:08.It's the best investment that you will ever make.

:03:09. > :03:11.The vast, vast majority of people never regret that decision

:03:12. > :03:13.And the benefit will stay with you

:03:14. > :03:15.right the way throughout your adult life.

:03:16. > :03:17.Bill Rammell was speaking on Sunday Politics East.

:03:18. > :03:26.If you missed it you can find it on the BBC iPlayer.

:03:27. > :03:28.Onto football, and with a look at some of the weekend's

:03:29. > :03:32.Pain relief for Norwich as they packed off Wolves 3-0,

:03:33. > :03:33.with goals from Naismith, Brady and Howson.

:03:34. > :03:37.It takes them to tenth in the table, five points from the May mix.

:03:38. > :03:39.Boss Alex Neil said, the lads rolled their sleeves up

:03:40. > :03:42.and got stuck in today, and that's what you want

:03:43. > :03:50.Ipswich lost 2-0 at third placed Huddersfield.

:03:51. > :03:52.Not many sides will get much there this season,

:03:53. > :03:54.but that's little comfort for under pressure Town boss Mick McCarthy

:03:55. > :03:58.who has said, I'll be back on Monday morning with a smile on my face,

:03:59. > :04:01.In League 1, a derby match with eight goals,

:04:02. > :04:03.including three penalties, as MK Dons beat Northampton 5-3.

:04:04. > :04:06.It was Justin Edinburgh's first game in charge of Northampton

:04:07. > :04:09.and the defeat leaves them just four points above the water line.

:04:10. > :04:11.Dons boss Robbie Neilson told BBC Three Counties Radio,

:04:12. > :04:13.it was exciting for the fans, I'm pleased with three points,

:04:14. > :04:16.but I'd rather have won it 5-0 than 5-3.

:04:17. > :04:20.Chris Forrester with the only goal, which leaves Posh in eighth, four

:04:21. > :04:23.In League 2, a tetchy affair as Luton in sixth

:04:24. > :04:27.Skipper Scott Cuthbert had put them ahead with a near post header,

:04:28. > :04:30.but Adebayo Akinfenwa levelled with eight minutes on the clock.

:04:31. > :04:32.Colchester are two points behind them in seventh,

:04:33. > :04:35.but they missed a chance to nudge up a place in the play-offs,

:04:36. > :04:38.A setback, but Col U are still in the zone.

:04:39. > :04:41.Cambridge slipped to tenth and missed the chance to join

:04:42. > :04:43.the play-off gang after losing 3-1 at home to Mansfield.

:04:44. > :04:45.Thus ending their eight-game unbeaten run.

:04:46. > :04:47.It started well as they took the lead on eight minutes.

:04:48. > :05:05.Elsewhere, Stevenage lost 2-0 at Hartlepool.

:05:06. > :05:07.Now with the weather. Here's Elizabeth Rizzini.

:05:08. > :05:09.It was a very chilly start to the day today.

:05:10. > :05:12.Some of our more rural spots got down as low as minus eight Celsius.

:05:13. > :05:14.There will be another widespread sharp frost forming

:05:15. > :05:17.Also patches of freezing fog around as well.

:05:18. > :05:26.We have a Met Office warning out for this fog.

:05:27. > :05:29.It could be very dense, very slow to lift and clear.

:05:30. > :05:32.It will be mostly towards southern parts of our region, parts of Essex

:05:33. > :05:35.Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire also seeing some fog

:05:36. > :05:37.tomorrow morning. Very slow to lift and clear.

:05:38. > :05:49.Visibility on the roads, maybe leading to some travel issues.

:05:50. > :05:51.Keep up-to-date on BBC Breakfast tomorrow morning.

:05:52. > :05:53.Some brightness as we head into the afternoon.

:05:54. > :05:55.Top temperatures only up to three or 4 degrees.

:05:56. > :05:57.More fog problems possibly on Tuesday morning.

:05:58. > :06:00.It will stay largely dry and cold for the rest of the week.

:06:01. > :06:19.Enjoy your evening. Goodbye.

:06:20. > :06:28.of freezing fog. Already warnings in place from the Met office. I will

:06:29. > :06:36.concentrate on the fog as we go through the night. It will become

:06:37. > :06:40.quite dense late on in the night. When you have cloud cover you so

:06:41. > :06:43.much fog and that emojis .4 solo but as you saw last night potentially we

:06:44. > :06:48.could see values are a lot lower than this where the skies remain

:06:49. > :06:49.clear. Tomorrow morning could be a bit of a pea soup. Including the

:06:50. > :07:05.London area. Some patches of fog even further

:07:06. > :07:06.north, hit and miss. If you are on the move, it