Massive forest manhunt under way

More than 400 officers are involved in the search

Hundreds of police are spending the weekend scouring a Nottinghamshire wood in the county's biggest ever manhunt.

They are looking for two men wanted in connection with separate murders.

Terry Rodgers, 55, is wanted in connection with the death of daughter Chanel Taylor while Robert Boyer, 42, is named as the prime suspect in the murder of Keith Frogson.

The killings happened within a few miles of each other, but are said to be unrelated.

Helicopters, specialist sniffer dog teams and heat-seeking cameras are being used.

Hiding in same area

Newly-married, Mrs Taylor, was found shot dead at her Huthwaite home on 30 July.

Keith Frogson, a former miner, was fatally attacked in the street outside his home in Annesley, 11 days earlier.

Police are not linking the two murders, but say they believe the two men are hiding in the same area.

Robert Boyer was named as a prime suspect by police

Mrs Taylor was discovered by her new husband, Lee, with fatal gunshot wounds at the home they shared in New Street.

They had married just seven weeks earlier and Mr Rodgers, from South Normanton, Derbyshire, who had recently moved in with the couple, had given her away.

Six days after the murder, detectives discovered a shotgun in the house where Mrs Taylor was killed.

Mr Frogson was found dead on his doorstep following an attack as he left a local pub in the Nottinghamshire pit village where he lived on 19 July.

Crossbow discovered

The father of three was a well known member of the National Union of Mineworkers and had been heavily involved in the strike of 1984.

Officers cordoned off the entire search area from the public

Police later named Mr Boyer, who joined the rival Union of Democratic Mineworkers, as their prime suspect.

A crossbow was later discovered near the scene of the murder on Bentinck Street.

Superintendent Stuart Wright said: "This is certainly probably the biggest search with armed officers that we have ever carried out in this county.

"There are two people that we need to speak to. This is a significant search operation for us."

Forces involved include Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Greater Manchester, the Met, Leicestershire, South Yorkshire, and the West Midlands.

The officers have been searching wooded areas and scrubland known as Annesley Forest and the Plantation, close to the A611 between Annesley and Hucknall.

The A611 was reopened on Saturday.