lunchtime. a couple who disappeared with their newborn baby may be sleeping in a tent in sub zero temperatures, according to police leading the investigation. constance marten and mark gordon who is a registered sex offender were last seen in east london, on 7th of january. the metropolitan police say they re concerned about the baby in the cold weather. we are really concerned that a newborn baby that was only days old at that time would have been subjected to the harsh environments that we ve had over the last couple of weeks. at eight this morning, we ll be joined by the officer leading the investigation. the us presidentjoe biden is urging congress to tighten laws on assault weapons, after several mass shootings in the state of california in the last week. on saturday, 11 people were killed by a gunman in the monterey park area. and on monday, seven former co workers were killed in half moon bay. 0ur west coast correspondent sophie long reports.
much. katharine da costa. a transport correspondent is here. it is not the first time recently we have been talking about record levels of cancellations. that has been the case over the past couple of months and at the latest data that has been released, which as you say goes up to the 7th of january, it does paint an even bleaker picture for passengers. it is not just on strike days where people are finding there is disruption and are sometimes the service they were hoping to catch has been cancelled, but in some cases as well, it might have been removed the day before, something which is not reflected in the statistics. these statistics are about on the day cancellations, trains that were in the timetable and then got cancelled on the day, they do not reflect those cancelled
after serving 20 years for rape and kidnap when he was 14. the police have been trying to find both of them since they abandoned their burning car on a motorway in bolton on the 5th of january. 0fficers believe constance may have given birth in the car two days earlier. her father wants birth in the car two days earlier. herfather wants her to birth in the car two days earlier. her father wants her to make contact. ,. her father wants her to make contact. ., , ., . contact. darling constance, even thou~h contact. darling constance, even though we contact. darling constance, even though we remain contact. darling constance, even though we remain estranged i contact. darling constance, even though we remain estranged at l contact. darling constance, even i though we remain estranged at the moment, i stand though we remain estranged at the moment, istand by, as i have though we remain estranged at the moment, i stand by, as i have always done, and as the family has always done, and as
her to make contact. darling constance, even though we remain estranged at the moment, i stand by, as i have always done, and as the family has always done, to do whatever is necessary for your safe return to us. i beseech you to find a way to turn yourself and your wee one into the police as soon as possible. the couple are believed to have travelled to liverpool, harwich, london and colchester between the fifth and the 7th of january. the 5th and the 7th of january. they were last seen here in east london 12 days ago. it s a puzzling case with more questions than answers, but for police, the most urgent are where are they now and where is their newborn baby? sean dilley, bbc news. now it s time for a look at the weather with alex humphreys. hello. after some early morning snow
when he was 1a. police have been trying to find both of them since they abandoned their burning car on a motorway in bolton on the 5th of january. 0fficers believe that constance may have given birth in the car two days earlier. constance s father wants her to make contact. darling constance, even though we remain estranged at the moment, i stand by, as i have always done and as the family has always done, to do whatever is necessary for your safe return to us. i beseech you to find a way to turn yourself and your wee one into the police as soon as possible. the couple are believed to have travelled to liverpool, harwich, london and colchester between the fifth and the 7th of january. they were last seen here in east london 12 days ago. it s a puzzling case with more questions than answers. but for police, the most urgent are where are they now and where is their newborn baby? sean dilley, bbc news.