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| Corrie Mckeague: Bin lorry seized in search for missing airman | Corrie Mckeague: Bin lorry seized in search for missing airman |
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| Police searching for a missing airman have seized a bin lorry believing it may contain his discarded mobile phone. | Police searching for a missing airman have seized a bin lorry believing it may contain his discarded mobile phone. |
| Corrie Mckeague, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, disappeared after a night out in Bury St Edmunds nine days ago. | Corrie Mckeague, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, disappeared after a night out in Bury St Edmunds nine days ago. |
| Data shows his missing mobile phone moved to nearby Barton Mills, matching the route of a bin lorry. | Data shows his missing mobile phone moved to nearby Barton Mills, matching the route of a bin lorry. |
| Officers do not believe Mr Mckeague, 23, from Dunfermline in Fife, still has the phone and searches for him are continuing across Suffolk. | Officers do not believe Mr Mckeague, 23, from Dunfermline in Fife, still has the phone and searches for him are continuing across Suffolk. |
| The phone has not been used since it was pinpointed to Barton Mills, which is about 10 miles (16km) from Bury. | The phone has not been used since it was pinpointed to Barton Mills, which is about 10 miles (16km) from Bury. |
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| In a statement, police said they are "are exploring the possibility that the phone may have been lost or discarded as the timings of the movement has been found to coincide with that of a bin lorry". | In a statement, police said they are "are exploring the possibility that the phone may have been lost or discarded as the timings of the movement has been found to coincide with that of a bin lorry". |
| The lorry's load was weighed at under 15kg (33lbs), leading police to believe that Mr Mckeague was not with the phone. | |
| His mother, Nicola Urquhart, is expected to attend a police press conference about his disappearance later on Monday. | |
| Over the weekend searches by police, the RAF, Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue and a National Police Air Service helicopter were carried out, but have not revealed "any new information". | |
| Checks in Bury St Edmunds were also held a week after the last confirmed sighting of Mr Mckeague in Brentgovel Street on Saturday 24 September at 03:20 BST. | |
| Police said he could have been in the area of Mildenhall between 04:30 and 08:00 on the Saturday. | |
| They said they wanted to hear from anyone who may have seen or spoken to a man matching Mr Mckeague's description in the area at the time. | |
| Speculation that Mr Mckeague may have been kidnapped has been played down by police, who said they were keeping an "open mind" to all possibilities. | |
| A police spokesman said the main line of inquiry was Mr Mckeague had attempted to walk home after his night out. | |
| His uncle Tony Wringe has said his nephew's disappearance is "entirely out of character". |