Nicola Bulley: Police

Officials searching for 45-year-old Nicola Bulley have been handed a “stained glove” from a field near where she was last seen on 27 January.

There’s a feeling that there’s just a lack of imagination and willpower. “I’m not saying it hasn’t been done, but it needs to be extremely thoroughly searched. Obviously, he’s ripping himself to pieces at the moment. He just wants answers. We just want her home. “We need to know what’s happened to her.

On Wednesday morning, Lancashire Police announced they would be holding a news conference about the disappearance of the mother-of-two.

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The "high-risk" missing mother vanished on a riverside dog walk in Lancashire almost three weeks ago.

He said the force had decided to share more details in the press conference "than would normally be the case" to counter some of "the ill-informed speculation and conjecture". "The derelict house which is across the other side of the river has been searched three times, with the permission of the owner, and Nicola is not in there," she said. However, she said she could not be "100% certain of that at the minute" as it was a "live investigation" and there was "always information coming in". She said in her 29 years of police service she had not seen "anything like it" and described "persistent myths" about the case. She added Ms Bulley was graded as high risk "following the information that was provided to the police by her partner Paul and based on a number of specific vulnerabilities that we were made aware of". But she added this was "normal in a missing person investigation with the information we were in possession of".

And Mr Lawson said: “There is no evidence to indicate a criminal aspect or third party involvement in Nicola's disappearance.” Nicola Bulley missing A missing ...

I’ve asked you to respect the family, who are going through unimaginable pain and distress at this moment. the ill-informed speculation and conjecture that has at times distracted the investigation from what ought to have been its priorities. She has still not been found and detectives extended the search for her to the sea on February 3. That is potentially damaging to the investigation, the community of St Michael’s and most importantly Nicola’s family.” Senior investigating officer Detective Supt Rebecca Smith said her officers were being “inundated with false information, accusations and rumours”, which are “distracting” them from finding her, as she went through her decision-making process in detail. No evidence of a crime has been found in the investigation into Nicola Bulley’s disappearance, a police chief said, as he criticised “ill-informed speculation” that had distracted detectives.