Nicola Bulley

“We were called today at 11:36am to reports of a body in the River Wyre, close to Rawcliffe Road,” a police statement read. “An underwater search team and ...

Lancashire Police’s decision to reveal personal details about Bulley sparked widespread criticism, with many accusing the force of sexism. But for three weeks, the search launched by Lancashire Police for the 45-year-old mother of two drew a blank. The body has yet to be formally identified, but Bulley’s family has been informed of the discovery. [Bulley went missing](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/04/uk/nicola-bulley-missing-intl-gbr/index.html) in the northern English village of St. “In 29 years’ police service, I’ve never seen anything like it. The case baffled the public and attracted widespread media attention, with police also – unusually – choosing to reveal that Bulley had been struggling with alcohol issues and menopause at the time of her disappearance.

Police searching for missing mother of two Nicola Bulley have recovered a body from the river near to where she went missing.

Lancashire Police has referred itself to the police watchdog over contact they had with her prior to her disappearance. “But given the high profile nature of this case, we will be asking Lancashire Police to set out how they reached the decision to disclose this information in due course.” “Police can disclose information to protect the public and investigate crime, but they would need to be able to demonstrate such disclosure was necessary,” he said. Asked if it was against the law for police to disclose this information without sufficient justification Mr Edwards said: “Yes, that’s right.” "We were called today at 11:36am to reports of a body in the River Wyre, close to Rawcliffe Road," a police statement said. Police searching for missing mother of two Nicola Bulley have recovered a body from the river near to where she went missing.

Ms Bulley went missing a number of weeks ago from the village of St Michaels in Lancashire, in the north of England.

The case has attracted a significant amount of public attention. A statement from the police force said: “We were called today at 11.36am to reports of a body in the River Wyre, close to Rawcliffe Road. We were called today at 11:36am to reports of a body in the River Wyre, close to Rawcliffe Road.

A Lancashire Police spokesman said officers were called to reports of a body in the River Wyre close to Rawcliffe Road at around 11.35am. A statement said: “An ...

Procedures to identify the body are ongoing. A Lancashire Police spokesman said officers were called to reports of a body in the River Wyre close to Rawcliffe Road at around 11.35am. A body has been found in a river during the search for missing British mother-of-two Nicola Bulley.

Key events in the search for dog walker who went missing more than three weeks ago.

9.35am (approximately) Bulley’s mobile phone and Willow are found at the bench by another dog walker. 8:50am (approximately) A dog walker – someone who knows Bulley – sees her walking around the lower field with her dog. 7 February 5 February 3 February 1 February

Police divers and a helicopter are seen near to where the mother-of-two disappeared three weeks ago.

The BBC has contacted Lancashire Police for a response. Officers are at the scene in St Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire, where a police helicopter was also seen overhead and a tent has been put up. Divers were seen going into the River Wyre on Sunday afternoon about a mile from the bench where Ms Bulley's phone was found.

While Lancashire constabulary's investigative focus may have been right, it will face the consequences of its disclosures for years.

[as one ex-police officer explained](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/16/car-crash-police-communications-on-nicola-bulley-case-fuelled-speculation), can lead to speculation among a public desperate for news. Describing Bulley as high risk, saying they were not looking for a third party in connection with the disappearance and focusing on the river were all clues that Lancashire constabulary had a good idea about what happened to her, even if they were not telling us. When they eventually began releasing more details, there was nothing they could have said that would have won over the crowd. In the Bulley case, as in so many missing persons cases or crimes yet to be solved, so little information was provided that there was nothing “official” to report for days on end. And, sadly, after a body was found on Sunday morning in the River Wyre close to where Bulley went missing, it looks as though What happens behind police tape and in incident rooms across the country has become progressively harder for journalists to determine, as police communications have tightened.

Mortgage adviser, 45, went missing while walking her pet after dropping off daughters at school.

Her family also felt police were too quick to reach their conclusion that she had most likely fallen into the river. Rawcliffe Road was closed for several hours on Sunday so that the body could be recovered and removed. Police divers were seen searching an area of undergrowth at the river’s edge on Sunday morning, several metres below the banking on Rawcliffe Road. Every other lamp-post and telegraph pole bears laminated “missing” posters, appealing for information about Bulley’s disappearance. Piecing together CCTV footage, mobile phone data and sightings from people who knew Bulley, detectives believed there was only a 10-minute window when she was out of sight. No formal identification has yet been carried out, so we are unable to say whether this is Nicola Bulley at this time,” Lancashire constabulary said in a statement. “Procedures to identify the body are ongoing. “We will never give up” reads one. On Sunday evening Bulley’s partner Paul Ansell spoke of his “agony” at the discovery. “No words right now, just agony,” he told Sky News’s Inzamam Rashid. The police force said it received a call at 11.36am on Sunday about a body in the River Wyre, close to Rawcliffe Road, within a mile of where Bulley was last seen. A body has been found in the search for the missing woman Nicola Bulley after a tipoff by members of the public, police have said.

THE partner of Nicola Bulley has spoken of his "agony" after a body was found near to where the mum-of-two went missing.In a message to Sky News' Inza.

[here](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10167267/nicola-bulley-missing-latest-updates/) [revealed the hell](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10251147/nicola-bulley-pal-tell-daughter-mum-missing/)of keeping the missing mum’s daughters in the dark ["heartbroken" at the development](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10253519/nicola-bulleys-family-incredibly-heartbroken/) [give the family “false hope”](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10253276/nicola-bulley-peter-faulding-false-hope/) [revealed how the family were coping](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10254165/nicola-bulley-paul-ansell-reveals-coping/)with the news [send support](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10252183/peter-faulding-tweet-nicola-bulley-body-found/)to her loved ones We ask that their privacy is respected." [treated as “unexplained”](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10252326/nicola-bulley-cops-death-body-unexplained/) [Nicola had "vulnerabilities"](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10232500/nicola-bulley-police-vulnerabilities-high-risk/) at the time she vanished. [treated as "unexplained"](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10252326/nicola-bulley-cops-death-body-unexplained/). [high risk missing person](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10230214/nicola-bulley-high-risk-missing-person/). [family were "heartbroken"](https://www.thesun.ie/news/10253519/nicola-bulleys-family-incredibly-heartbroken/) by the latest development in the case.

A body was found on Sunday about a mile from where the 45-year-old mortgage adviser was seen walking her dog before she disappeared three weeks ago.

This is appalling and needs to stop. ["significant issues with alcohol"](https://news.sky.com/story/missing-nicola-bulley-had-significant-issues-with-alcohol-in-the-past-police-say-12811885) which had been brought on by "ongoing struggles with the menopause". [Nicola Bulley timeline: How the search has unfolded](https://news.sky.com/story/nicola-bulley-timeline-how-the-search-for-the-missing-mum-has-unfolded-12815095) [Remarks criticising Nicola Bulley detective's dress condemned](https://news.sky.com/story/remarks-criticising-nicola-bulley-detectives-skin-tight-dress-condemned-12813782) Lancashire Police said the body is yet to be formally identified and it is "unable to say whether this is Nicola Bulley at this time". "Procedures to identify the body are ongoing," the force said. The family of Nicola Bulley are in "agony" as they await the identification of a body found in the river near where she went missing.

The 45-year-old went missing while walking her dog in St Michael's on Wyre on January 27th.

“We weren’t searching the reeds, our job was to search the water.” Underwater search expert Peter Faulding, who was called in by Ms Bulley’s family to help find her, found no trace of her in the section of river searched by his team and police divers over three days. The area attracted press interest and members of the public including one woman who told reporters she was a clairvoyant and had “picked up” an area of the river on Saturday night. The body was found on an unremarkable stretch of the river, just past a slight bend, a mile or so outside the village, close to where a tree had fallen on its side half in and half outside the water, with branches and undergrowth partially submerged. Police had earlier erected a tent and cordoned off the lane while police divers were called in, but the road was reopened around three hours later once the body was recovered. It is understood that a man and a woman walking their dog discovered the body and called police.

It is understood that a man and a woman walking their dog discovered the body and called police. Lancashire Constabulary said officers were called to the River ...

The area attracted press interest and members of the public including one woman who told reporters she was a clairvoyant and had “picked up” an area of the river on Saturday night. In a press conference on Wednesday, they revealed the mother-of-two was classed as a “high-risk” missing person immediately after Ansell reported her disappearance, “based on a number of specific vulnerabilities”. The body was found on an unremarkable stretch of the river, just past a slight bend, a mile or so outside the village, close to where a tree had fallen on its side half in and half outside the water, with branches and undergrowth partially submerged. More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal. MOTHER-OF-TWO Nicola Bulley’s partner has told of his “agony” after a body was found in the river near where she went missing in England. For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away.

Ms Bulley disappeared while walking her dog in St Michael's on Wyre in Lancashire, sparking a major search. On Sunday, Lancashire Police said they "sadly ...

How is it then, after all those extensive searches and police saying that was where she was, her body was potentially so close? Since Ms Bulley went missing, police have said she was in the river. It is understood two people walking their dogs by the river spotted the body and alerted police. Ms Bulley's family said they were aware that police were revealing the detail as there were "people out there speculating and threatening to sell stories about her". In a sign of the significant levels of attention being paid to the case, Lancashire Police's investigation also faced a backlash after disclosing Ms Bulley's struggles with the menopause and alcohol, which they said was "to avoid any further speculation". At the heart of this investigation comes the question of how police dealt with the disappearance of a woman - specifically the information they shared about her with the public and their ability to deal with the spotlight of attention that suddenly arrived in Lancashire.

Nicola Bulley's partner has told of his "agony" after a body was found in the river near where she went missing.

"We weren't searching the reeds, our job was to search the water." Underwater search expert Peter Faulding, who was called in by Ms Bulley's family to help find her, found no trace of her in the section of river searched by his team and police divers over three days. We ask that their privacy is respected." The area attracted press interest and members of the public including one woman who told reporters she was a clairvoyant and had "picked up" an area of the river on Saturday night. The body was found on an unremarkable stretch of the river, just past a slight bend, a mile or so outside the village, close to where a tree had fallen on its side half in and half outside the water, with branches and undergrowth partially submerged. Police had earlier erected a tent and cordoned off the lane while police divers were called in, but the road was reopened around three hours later once the body was recovered.

Police recover a body from the River Wyre on Sunday close to where Ms Bulley went missing.

Her family also felt police were too quick to reach their conclusion that she had most likely fallen into the river. Rawcliffe Road was closed for several hours on Sunday so that the body could be recovered and removed. Police divers were seen searching an area of undergrowth at the river’s edge on Sunday morning, several metres below the banking on Rawcliffe Road. Every other lamp-post and telegraph pole bears laminated “missing” posters, appealing for information about Bulley’s disappearance. Piecing together CCTV footage, mobile phone data and sightings from people who knew Ms Bulley, detectives believed there was only a 10-minute window when she was out of sight. No formal identification has yet been carried out, so we are unable to say whether this is Nicola Bulley at this time,” Lancashire constabulary said in a statement. “We will never give up,” reads one. “Procedures to identify the body are ongoing. Police took the unusual step of revealing last week that Ms Bulley had previously had “significant issues with alcohol which were brought on by her ongoing struggles with the menopause and that these struggles had resurfaced over recent months”. “No words right now, just agony,” he told Sky News’s Inzamam Rashid. On Sunday evening Ms Bulley’s partner Paul Ansell spoke of his “agony” at the discovery. The police force said it received a call at 11.36am on Sunday about a body in the river Wyre, close to Rawcliffe Road, within a mile of where Bulley was last seen.

Peter Faulding and his team at Specialist Group International (SGI) issued a statement after Sunday's discovery stating: "Sadly, for circumstances out of ...

The SGI statement ended: "Sadly, for circumstances out of our control, and as hard as we try, sometimes we are unable to locate the missing person." In the statement, Mr Faulding said the body was found in the reeds at the side of the river "which was not part of our remit". Peter Faulding and his team at Specialist Group International (SGI) issued a statement after Sunday's discovery stating: "Sadly, for circumstances out of our control, and as hard as we try, sometimes we are unable to locate the missing person."

TalkTV reporter Oliver Whitfield-Miočić reports from St Michael's-on-Wyre where police searching for Nicola Bulley discovered a body.

For now, the community is anxiously waiting to hear whether the body found in the water on Sunday is Nicola. “They are disgusting human beings and I’m trying to report it to the police.” But there is anger the police released personal information about Nicola’s peri-menopause and alcohol “issues”. And it is not just the youth of St Michael’s who have questions. They have seen the posters around the village and naturally they ask things about what is going on.” “We are trying to keep things how they were before, but kids aren’t stupid," he said.

On Sunday, Lancashire Police confirmed that a body had been found in the river in St Michael's near where mum-of-two Nicola went missing on January 27.

"My previous comments said that if Nicola was in the river, I would find her, still standing. He said that his specialist sonar equipment "does not penetrate reeds". I am sure I can say this of everyone who has been involved in this difficult search." The difference between these two search areas has caused a lot of confusion and unfair criticism towards myself and my team at Specialist Group International (SGI). She’s not there." Following his search of the River Wyre, Mr Faulding was adamant that Nicola was not in the water, saying at the time that "if Nicola was in that river, I would have found her.