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Becky Watts search: Specialist teams join officers Becky Watts search: Police given more time to question pair
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The search for a missing 16-year-old girl is set to resume with police helicopters and specialist dog teams. Police have been granted more time to question two people who were arrested in the investigation into a girl missing for more than a week.
Becky Watts was reported missing from her home in the St George area of Bristol on 19 February. Becky Watts was last seen at her home in the St George area of Bristol on 19 February.
Three homes in the city have been searched as part of the investigation, Avon and Somerset Police said.Three homes in the city have been searched as part of the investigation, Avon and Somerset Police said.
Two people were arrested on Saturday but police have not given any further details. Relatives say they remain hopeful Becky will be found safe. Officers can now question the pair for a further 36 hours after an extension was granted by Bristol magistrates.
Officers said searches of houses in Wilton Close, Southmead, the city's Barton Hill district and at the family home were part of "lines of inquiry". No details of the two people have been released by police, and the reasons for their arrest have not been revealed.
Searches at houses in Wilton Close, Southmead, the city's Barton Hill district and at the family home are due to continue on Monday.
The BBC's Jon Kay said officers could be seen using ladders to access the house in Southmead and neighbours said a black estate car, which had been parked outside for about a week, was examined and then removed by police.The BBC's Jon Kay said officers could be seen using ladders to access the house in Southmead and neighbours said a black estate car, which had been parked outside for about a week, was examined and then removed by police.
A laptop computer found by search teams in woodland on Saturday is not related to the inquiry. Timeline of Becky's disappearance
Officers have also searched a car parked outside the house, the lake in St George Park and Troopers Hill nature reserve.Officers have also searched a car parked outside the house, the lake in St George Park and Troopers Hill nature reserve.
Avon and Somerset Police said it was now running six specialist search teams, including officers from Wiltshire, Devon and Cornwall and Gloucestershire forces.Avon and Somerset Police said it was now running six specialist search teams, including officers from Wiltshire, Devon and Cornwall and Gloucestershire forces.
A specialist dog unit from South Wales Police will also be helping with the search.A specialist dog unit from South Wales Police will also be helping with the search.
In a statement, Becky's father and stepmother, Darren and Angie-Mae Galsworthy, said they "continue to hope" she will be found safe but they were preparing themselves for the worst. In a statement, Becky's father Darren, and stepmother Angie-Mae Galsworthy, said they "continue to hope" she will be found safe but they were preparing themselves for the worst.
About 150 members of the public joined an organised search of Oldbury Court estate on Saturday in the hope of finding evidence.About 150 members of the public joined an organised search of Oldbury Court estate on Saturday in the hope of finding evidence.
But further public searches have been postponed, according to the Find Rebecca Watts Facebook group.But further public searches have been postponed, according to the Find Rebecca Watts Facebook group.
The message said members were "trying to work along side of the police and help them with the investigation".The message said members were "trying to work along side of the police and help them with the investigation".
"Police have urged us to flood everywhere, especially shopping centres, with posters," it read."Police have urged us to flood everywhere, especially shopping centres, with posters," it read.