Items found at Milton site confirm they've been searching in the right place.

Police have searched more than 6,500 tonnes of waste at the Milton landfill site.

Police say their thoughts are with Corrie's family.

Police say they are calling off the search of the landfill site at Milton for missing RAF serviceman Corrie Mckeague this afternoon.

More to follow.

This is the room at police HQ in Martlesham where Det Supt Katie Elliott will soon be facing the media to give an update on the search for missing RAF Honington gunner Corrie Mckeague.

Stay with us for live coverage.

This is Suffolk Police HQ at Martlesham, on the outskirts of Ipswich, the venue for this afternoon's press conference updating the search for Corrie Mckeague.

It's due to start at 15:00. We'll bring you live coverage.

Alex Dunlop
BBC Look East

I've been following the search for Corrie Mckeague from the beginning and what I'm sensing on social media today from those close to Corrie is that police may well tell us that they are giving up that landfill search, but that is not confirmed yet.

In the past few minutes police have told me that they have not found anything in the landfill which implies that they will either tell us at the press conference this afternoon that they are further extending the search of the landfill, or they are stopping the search.

The search through 6,000 tonnes of rubbish has been going on for 20 weeks now - originally it was planned for 10 weeks.

Even with extending the search by those 10 weeks, they are no closer to finding out how he disappeared than they were at the outset of the investigation 10 months ago.

• Barely a week into the New Year, Corrie Mckeague's girlfriend, April Oliver, reveals she is expecting his baby.

• In early February, police reveal their plans to search the landfill site at Milton in Cambridgeshire for Mr Mckeague and a month later, on 6 March, the search begins.

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• 7 March - It's revealed a man who was arrested and bailed on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice was questioned over the weight of rubbish collected from the horseshoe area of Bury St Edmunds
• 8 March - It emerges the bin load weighed more than 100kg (15st 10lb), not 11kg (1st 10lb) as previously thought, and the arrested man is told no further action will be taken
• 5 May - Police say the investigation has cost £1m to date
• 19 June - April Oliver announces on social media she has given birth to a baby girl

Image source, April Oliver

Corrie Mckeague went missing after a night out in Bury St Edmunds on Friday, 23 September 2016.

Image source, Suffolk Police

Here's a timeline of what happened next in the search for the RAF Honington gunner:

• 26 September – Mr Mckeague is reported missing after he does not turn up to parade at RAF Honington
• 27 September – Suffolk Lowland Search and Rescue, external (Sulsar) receives a call from Suffolk Police to search for missing Mr Mckeague
• 28 September - The first CCTV footage was released of him close to the Grapes Pub in Brentgovel Street (see above)
• 4 October - It's revealed that Corrie's mobile phone had been tracked moving to Barton Mills hours after he was last seen
• 21 October - Further footage is released, showing his last confirmed sighting

Image source, Suffolk Police

• 24 November - Police install a pod at the town's Christmas Fayre to show CCTV footage of people yet to be identified from the night Corrie disappeared

• 5 December - His grandparents offer a "five-figure" reward for information leading to his discovery. A second £50,000 reward, put up by an anonymous donor, was announced by Corrie's mother

BBC Look East's defence reporter Alex Dunlop, who has been following the story since Corrie went missing, has tweeted this update...

We'll bring you the latest from police regarding the search as soon as we get it.

This afternoon's press conference updating us on the search for Corrie Mckeague will be led by Det Supt Katie Elliott.

Here she is pictured at Milton landfill site in Cambridgeshire soon after the search of the tip began in March.

Philippa Taylor
BBC Local Live

A media conference is taking place this afternoon at 15:00 to update us on the search for missing RAF Honington gunner Corrie Mckeague.

Mr Mckeague has been missing since a night out in Bury St Edmunds almost 10 months ago.

We'll have a reporter at the conference at Suffolk police headquarters and will bring you the latest from there once it gets under way.

Image source, Suffolk Police