Possible excavation in search for Nicola Payne

Police in Coventry may excavate parkland in the second day of the search for a teenage mother who disappeared more than twenty years ago.

Nicola Payne was 18 when she went missing in Coventry in December 1991.

Police began searching parkland yesterday after new information emerged and say there are some areas of interest within a small area of the woodland which will need detailed examination of the ground, with a possible excavation.

DCI Matt Markham said the police have made good progress with clearing the undergrowth to examine ground.

He said the focus is in this one area but police have not ruled out finding other areas of interest.