Police in Fred West probe remove objects from cafe ahead of excavation work

Gloucestershire Police had received possible evidence from a TV production company to suggest the body of the missing teenager could be buried at the location

The work is due to begin from Wednesday (Joe Giddens/PA)

Objects have been removed from a cafe in Gloucester, England ahead of excavation work at the site where police have found “possible evidence” of where a suspected teenage victim of serial killer Fred West may be buried.

Forensic archaeologists have been undertaking exploratory work at the Clean Plate cafe in Southgate Street in connection with the disappearance of 15-year-old Mary Bastholm who was last seen alive in January 1968.