Nicola Bulley update

Peter Faulding, head of a team of underwater experts searching the River Wyre, said another stretch near where she went missing would be scoured. Ms Bulley, 45, ...

The force said officers have "spoken to numerous witnesses, analysed Nicola's mobile phone and Fitbit and searched the derelict house on the other side of the river as well as any empty caravans in the vicinity". She would not have moved, maybe two or three feet. Police believe Ms Bulley may have fallen into the River Wyre, but they "remain open minded" and are continuing to carry out a "huge number" of inquiries. "Our inquiries now focus on the river path which leads from the fields back to Garstang Road - for that we need drivers and cyclists who travelled that way on the morning of 27 January to make contact." "Also, we can say that she did not return from the fields along Allotment Lane or via the path at the rear of the Grapes pub on to Garstang Road. "I would expect to find Nicola in the water right in front of the bench where she went down.

The detective leading the hunt for Nicola Bulley has stressed the force is doing all it can to find the missing mum-of-two as the search enters its second ...

8:47am (approximately): A dog-walker – somebody who knows Nicola – saw her walking around the lower field with her dog. [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) so that a member of the enquiry team can make contact and review your footage to establish whether it assists. “I would ask that anyone who was driving/cycling through St Michael’s last Friday morning and who has dashcam footage to get in touch with us if they haven’t already done so. If you receive one of these letters and have dashcam footage, we would urge you to make contact using the dedicated email We have also spoken to numerous witnesses, analysed Nicola’s mobile phone and fitbit and searched the derelict house on the other side of the river as well as any empty caravans in the vicinity. She was wearing tight black jeans and had long green walking socks tucked into her jeans. We are also really grateful to Peter and his team from SGI for coming up and helping support the work of Lancashire Police as they continue their investigation. We have already done a lot of work around this, but every piece of footage helps us build up a picture of movements on that morning. If anyone has any information which could help find Nicola, I urge them to get in touch with the police and help us provide the answers we all so badly need.” She had a black Engelbert Strauss coat underneath which had long sleeves and came to her waist. We are also grateful to all the members of the public who have come out to search and we would remind people not to put themselves at risk and to stick to public land. This has been such a tough time for the girls especially but also for me and all of Nicola’s family and friends, as well as the wider community and I want to thank them for their love and support.

A team of specialist divers have been appointed to search underwater for missing mum-of-two Nicola Bulley.

New images, taken from her home’s doorbell camera on the day she disappeared and released by her family, show Ms Bulley loading her car before driving her children to school. The device was found by a dog walker at around 9.35 am, with Willow nearby. She logged in to a [Microsoft](https://www.standard.co.uk/topic/microsoft) Teams call at 9.01 am. Speaking to BBC broadcasters on Monday, Ms Bulley’s friend Emma White said the family asked Mr Faulding for help. Advertisement A team of divers from Specialist Group International, led by forensic expert Peter Faulding, will now help police search for Ms Bulley.

Video showed police, the coastguard and ambulance workers all in attendance while drones with night vision were deployed.

He added that there is not enough of a current in the River Wyre, where police believe Ms Bulley may have fallen, for her to have been moved downstream on the day she went missing. He told Radio 4's Today programme elsewhere on Tuesday: "The initial area where Nicola went in, where the bench is, the police thoroughly searched that the same day, and did it again days later. "The key focus has been around the bench area, we have got to rule out everything here. It could have been placed as a decoy there is not enough CCTV to cover particular areas here the police are working hard in the background to cover everything. Mr Faulding said search teams are now focusing on the "key area" around the bench where her phone was found. Are you saying the phone on the bench could be a decoy? If Nicola is in the river, she could have even fallen further up, we don't know. A force spokesperson told LancsLive: "We were called at 5.51pm today to Shard Road, Hambleton, in relation to the search for Nicola Bulley who is missing from St Michael’s on Wyre. "This is so strange. The dive squad is currently being used as the search for missing Nicola enters its 12th day. Mr Faulding said another stretch near where she went missing would be scoured today (February 7). Local residents spotted around 10 emergency vehicles in the area at around 6pm.

Peter Faulding said he was surprised that nothing has been found yet in the river where Nicola Bulley disappeared.

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An underwater search for missing mum Nicola Bulley is continuing today following a fresh appeal by her partner, who said her two daughters “desperately” ...

These are local people in our community, you just can’t go and knock on people’s doors. That’s what would really do to help.” She told police he attempted to chase after her and even tried to stop and grab her. "This is the most baffling case I have ever worked on,” the underwater forensic expert told broadcasters this morning. I think there’s probably a third party involved.” Peter Faulding of Specialist Group International, a specialist underwater search team assisting Lancashire Police, added that there is not enough of a current in the River Wyre for Nicola to have been moved downstream on the day she went missing.

The 'baffled' diving expert leading the search for missing Nicola Bulley fears her mobile phone discovered on the bend next to the river was left as a ...

On Saturday, police released an image of a potential witness, wearing a yellow rain jacket and pushing a pram, who was in the area at the time of Ms Bulley's disappearance. - The dog was found very close to the bench and the harness. By 9.30am, Ms Bulley's Teams call had ended, but her phone stayed connected to the call. Ms Bulley's phone was discovered close to the river bank and she had been on a conference call before she vanished. She was seen by a second witness at 9.10am - the last known sighting. A third-party [being] involved that we haven't yet had sightings of, we haven't caught on CCTV or dash-cam or all the other things I've mentioned, is just not likely.' - There's CCTV at the back of the caravan park. She wrote that the dog would never have a harness on during the familiar walk, after speculation about why Willow's harness was removed. - Paul and Nikki both mostly work from home which is why he was at home that day. And she was totally normal that day when she left, nothing out the ordinary.' We just want to help the family. We are trying to stay positive and we're a team.'

An update on the case of missing dog walker Nicola Bulley is expected to be released by police at 3.30pm. Mum-of-two Nicola, who had been walking her dog ...

"These are very professional divers, and they didn't find anything and that is the odd thing about this. Mum-of-two Nicola, who had been walking her dog Willow by the River Wyre in Lancashire, has now been missing for 11 days This includes the area where the phone was found on the bench. The head of a specialist underwater rescue team brought in to help look for missing mum Nicola Bulley has described her disappearance as "baffling". We have gone into derelict property including ones on the river side with the permission of those owners and searched the area, inlcuding the grounds Supt Riley said the appeal for drivers who drove through the village on that day is in order to close the gap that Nicola may have left the riverside via Garston Lane. Friends and family have arranged for Mr Faulding's private diving team Specialist Group International to aid the police search. She added: "We will stop searching the river when all the experts and our own staff confirm there is nothing further to be gained from that." This is the only exit not covered by CCTV. An update on the case of missing dog walker Nicola Bulley is expected to be released by police at 3.30pm. The police have nothing to go on. The mortgage adviser was last seen while walking her dog Willow on Friday (January 27) in the Lancashire village of St Michaels on Wyre.

Nicola has not been seen since she took her dog for a walk in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, on January 27.

Sup Riley says the search has not found Nicola in the river but that does not mean that Nicola has not been in the river. At the moment there are around 500 active pieces of information we are working through to try and find answers for the family, she says. She says nor is it helpful for people to take it upon themselves to take the matters into their own hands, for example by breaking into empty property. At 8.43am she was seen on the river path and at 8.47am someone who knows Nicola saw her walking along the lower field. She says it has been 12 days and clearly a 15km stretch of river is a difficult complex body of water to search. She says people online should not speculate about the circumstances. Police have gone into properties along the riverside, she says, we have searched houses matching that profile. She is asked when the river search will end. But I would like to say every single potential third-party line of inquiry or criminal element has been looked at and discounted. We will stop searching the river when all the national expert advice confirms to us that there is nothing further to be gained by doing that. It does remain our belief that Nicola sadly fell into the river and that this is a missing persons inquiry.” The 45-year-old mum-of-two has not been seen since walking her dog along the River Wyre in Lancashire after dropping her children off at school on January 27.

The forensic search expert brought in by friends and family to search for missing mum-of-two Nicola Bulley has described the case as "baffling" and the most ...

He said police divers have already thoroughly searched that stretch of the river and wouldn't have missed anything. The police have said they are working on the theory that Nicola went into the river. The forensic expert says that "the only thing the police have to go on" is the mobile phone on the bench, and he has raised the possibility that it could have been left there as a decoy. This includes the area where the phone was found on the bench. He has concerns that clues to the disappearance could have been lost. Mr Faulding has also raised concerns that the bench where the phone was found has not been sealed off. Among the concerns Peter Faulding has raised are that Nicola's mobile phone could have been placed on the bench by the river as a "decoy". A number of witnesses who police wanted to speak to have been traced, but no further information about what could have happened has been gleaned. There has also been an issue with the CCTV that would have covered the area not working. The phone was found still logged on to a work Teams call that Nicola had appeared to be listening in to. During an interview on BBC Breakfast this morning, Mr Faulding shared the his theory that Nicola's phone could have been used as a decoy. Here are elements of the police theory that Nicola fell into the river about which Mr Faulding has expressed doubts.

Six specially trained officers are searching the back of the River Wyre, near to the village of St Michael's on Wyre, where Nicola Bulley went missing on 27 ...

Chief executive Peter Faulding said his team searched another stretch of the river, close to where detectives believe Ms Bulley fell in, on Tuesday, but said there were "no signs of Nicola". Earlier, a friend of Ms Bulley said it "may be time to start looking down other avenues" if search teams looking in the River Wyre cannot find her. Six specially trained officers are searching the River Wyre, near to the village of St Michael's on Wyre, where Ms Bulley Police have also identified 700 vehicles that were in the area on the morning Ms Bulley disappeared and are in the process of contacting the drivers to request any dashcam footage they may have. Detectives say they are looking at 500 active pieces of information in the search for mother-of-two Nicola Bulley - and have not found "anything of note" yet. Six specially trained officers are searching the back of the River Wyre, near to the village of St Michael's on Wyre, where Nicola Bulley went missing on 27 January while walking her dog.

An underwater search expert said he did not think the missing mum had fallen into the river.

clearly our main belief is that Nicola did fall into the river. That does not mean… So every single potential third party line of inquiry and potential suspicious or criminal element has been looked at and discounted. The police are working hard in the background to cover everything." In a separate interview on BBC Breakfast, Mr Faulding suggested that Ms Bulley’s phone could have been placed on the bench as a “decoy”. Mr Faulding said it is unlikely that the police have missed anything, adding: “Normally when we deal with drowning victims they go to the bottom and they will stay there for a while. “But then that’s the idea of the divers and as I said before, it was originally searched when she supposedly went in. If the search fails to find anything, Mr Faulding said he suspects a third party is likely involved in Ms Bulley’s disappearance. Normally, if a person has drowned, they go down within a few metres if being searched for the same day. [phone was back in the area ](/news/people/nicola-bulley-key-witness-police-search-missing-dog-walker-4008413)of the bench at 9.20am before the Teams call ended ten minutes later, with her mobile remaining logged on after the call. She was then seen by a second witness at 9.10am, the last known sighting. Advertisement

Mum-of-two Nicola Bulley, 45, disappeared while on a dog walk on January 27 in St Michaels on Wyre, leading to a major police search with divers scouring ...

"They may mean well, they may want to help. We will be taking a strong line on that, as you would expect." And in light of other enquiries being discounted from the investigation so far - although we are keeping an open mind to anything new - then clearly our main belief is that Nicola did fall into the river. [Ernest and Dot had previously told the Mirror](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/missing-nicola-bulleys-parents-share-29104874) they feared "someone had got her" as Nicola's disappearance was totally out of character. But they can help in thinking back if they were in the area to what information they may have of relevance to the police and holding the family in their thoughts. "This is particularly hurtful to her family, to her children, to her partner Paul, to her parents, her sister and her friends because it is not helpful to them, it is distressing and it is distracting for the police inquiry. [a broken CCTV camera could have hindered the search](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/missing-nicola-bulley-camera-would-29137957) - as police admitted "blackspots" have affected their investigation. She told the briefing: "We would ask that people in the wider community, particularly on social media and online, do not speculate as to what may have happened to Nicola. The superintendent urged the public to avoid "distressing" speculation about what may have happened to Nicola. "We would ask that we be allowed time to continue with those enquiries and release to the public only what is relevant." "That does not mean that Nicola has not been in the river. "Our search has not found Nicola in the river and any re-search done in parts by SGI found the same.

Lancashire constabulary told amateur detectives not to abuse witnesses or attempt to break into empty or derelict buildings along the River Wyre near where she ...

On Monday, Paul Ansell, the partner of Bulley, who has two daughters aged six and nine, released a statement saying: “This has been such a tough time for the girls especially but also for me and all of Nicola’s family and friends, as well as the wider community and I want to thank them for their love and support.” Though people “may mean well, they may want to help”, police are “taking a strong line” on criminal damage and harassment, lead investigator Supt Sally Riley said in a press conference on Tuesday afternoon. She added: “Nor is it helpful if people, particularly if they come from outside the area, take it upon themselves to take the law into their own hands by trying to, for example, break into empty property.”

Police working on the Nicola Bulley case have urged vigilantes to stop “breaking into empty property” to search for the missing mother-of-two. A Lancashire ...

Lancashire Police have said they are working off a hypothesis that the mortgage adviser fell into the water. The mother of two was last seen walking her dog near the River Wyre in Lancashire on January 27. However, they also said the scale of efforts was that of a “normal missing persons enquiry and does not indicate there is anything suspicious to this story”. Just half an hour earlier, the mother of two had texted a friend to book a playdate. It is not helpful to them it’s distressing and distracting for the police enquiry.” Peter Faulding told Good Morning Britain that police divers searched the area where Ms Bulley’s phone was seen and nothing was found, which was “highly unusual.” Click here to sign up for our newsletters. She was still logged into a Microsoft Teams call which had ended at 9.30am when her phone was recovered. The mother-of-two, 45, has been missing since Friday, 27 January, when she went out to walk her dog near the River Wyre. The disappearance of Nicola Bulley is one of the “most odd cases,” the head of a private underwater search team has said. “They may mean well. They may want to help. Police working on the Nicola Bulley case have urged vigilantes to stop “breaking into empty property” to search for the missing mother-of-two.

The 45-year-old mum-of-two has not been seen since walking her dog along the River Wyre in Lancashire on January 27.

She said: "I think it's incredibly hard, but up to a certain level, we understand it’s human nature, it’s natural for everyone to have speculation, because the truth is in this, nothing is making sense. The truth is if we look at it factually, no-one knows until we have some evidence." The inquiry team remains fully open-minded to any information that may indicate where Nicola is or what happened to her." "Any information that comes in that indicates otherwise is being checked out all the time and negated as each inquiry comes up. She said: “We have now identified around 700 vehicles that drove through the village on that morning on the 27th January at around 9.10am, 9.15am. Supt Riley said police are now speaking to more than 700 drivers who travelled through the town of St Michael's on Wyre around the time Ms Bulley went missing.

Her phone was left on a bench never the River Wyre in Lancashire and her dog Willow was found nearby. Police officers said they are working on the theory that ...

This comes after he noted that had she fallen in the water, her dog Willow - who was found at the scene - would have caused a disturbance. Some people have suggested that she left it there to deal with something, with the aim of coming back to it once it was over. Her phone was left on a bench never the River Wyre in Lancashire and her dog Willow was found nearby. Superintendent Sally Riley, who is leading investigation, described the river as a "complex" area to search. Police are speaking to hundreds who travelled through the town of St Michael’s on Wyre around the time Nicola went missing. Supt Riley said: "We believe Nicola remained in the riverside area." Police officers said they are working on the theory that the 45-year-old , who has been described by friends as a strong swimmer, fell into the river, but that line of investigation has been questioned by friends and family. We have already discounted particular areas of the river but as they are tidal we have re-searched them to make sure nothing has been washed back into those search areas. Superintendent Sally Riley says: "Several exits of the riverside area have CCTV covering them or exits are locked and therefore couldn't have been passed through by Nicola. There were images of Nicola shared from her own door bell camera that showed her packing up the car ready for the school run, but there is a lack of CCTV from the towpath area. Nicola - known as Nikki - left her daughters aged six and nine at school, before heading to the towpath overlooking the River Wyre. The search for missing mum Nicola Bulley has now entered its 12th day with still no real clues as what has happened to the mother-of-two.