Husband of make-up artist bailed

Diane Chenery-Wickens has not been seen since 24 January

The husband of missing television make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens has been released on bail by detectives investigating his wife's disappearance.

David Chenery-Wickens, aged 51, from Duddleswell, East Sussex, was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of murder and released in the early hours.

His 48-year-old wife had travelled from East Grinstead to London by train on 24 January but has not been seen since.

She was due to meet him after a meeting at the BBC but did not arrive.

Sussex Police were twice granted more time to question him.

Police have searched the couple's home and grounds and dog handlers have searched areas of nearby Ashdown Forest.

A tanker was brought in to pump out a waste tank in the garden and a car was removed from the house on a trailer.

Sussex Police have not revealed what the searches have uncovered.

Bafta-nominated Mrs Chenery-Wickens has worked for more than 20 years on some of television's best-known shows, including the League of Gentleman, Casualty, Pride and Prejudice and Dead Ringers.