THE mum of missing Dunfermline man Corrie McKeague has posted a heartbreaking message to say that police have drawn a blank in the area of the landfill site they hoped to find his body. 

The search is now into its 10th week but nothing of significance has yet been found that relates to Corrie.

Mum Nicola Urquhart was the first to share the news on the Find Corrie Facebook page. 

She said she and her family had been left feeling helpless as they sat and waited for the area to be searched.

Corrie, 23, who was based at RAF Honington, has been missing since going on a night out in Bury St Edmunds in September last year. 

Police believe that Corrie could possibly be lying in a landfill site in nearby Milton, after a bin lorry was found to have an extremely large load put into it near where the RAF gunner was last seen. 

Writing on Monday, Nicola’s post read: “Suffolk police finished searching the landfill cell last week. This week, they are searching the entrance to the cell and it’s believed this will be completed this week. Although small items such as phones have been found, we have been told that nothing that relates to Corrie has been found. 

“There has been a small amount of Greggs rubbish but as it’s just branded paper bags and cardboard boxes, apparently none of that can be time-dated or its original location confirmed. So it’s not known which shop or where it came from. Rubbish has been found from the Bury St Edmunds area and from the month of September 2016. 

“Like all of you, we helplessly sit and wait for this area in the search to be completed. Thank you all, from the bottom of our hearts, for your unwavering support.”

The total cost of the investigation to date is estimated to be more than £1million.

A Suffolk Police spokeswoman said: “Officers have now cleared well over 3,100 tonnes of waste on the site and have completed work on searching the cell that was originally identified. However, towards the edges of the area it has also been noticed that the waste may have naturally shifted from the place where it was originally deposited and the search has been extended into these areas which may still hold the answer to Corrie’s disappearance.

 “Throughout the search, officers have found material that have indicated they are in the right area – finding waste that was clearly identifiable as being from Bury St Edmunds, and within the right time frame.

“The work being completed is continually being reviewed, with daily updates being passed to senior officers overseeing the investigation. In view of the dates on items still being found and advice from officers on the ground and the site team, the search will continue into week 11.

“Throughout the search, Corrie has very much been in the forefront of officers’ minds.”