Nicola Bulley latest as police hold press conference on missing mum - live updates

Police are preparing to hold a press conference to update the public on the ongoing search for missing mum Nicola Bulley.

The briefing will take place at 11.30am, as speculation about what might have happened to her has continued to grow in the 19 days since she vanished while walking her dog in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire.

At a press conference on February 3 the force first told the public of its “main working hypothesis” that the mortgage adviser fell in the river during a “10-minute window” between 9.10am and 9.20am that day. The force said her disappearance was not being treated as suspicious.

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Her body has still not been found and detectives extended the search for her to the sea on February 3, saying finding her there “becomes more of a possibility”. A 49-year-old man from Manchester and a 20-year-old woman from Oldham have been arrested on suspicion of malicious communications offences in relation to emails allegedly sent to Wyre Council members.

The man has been bailed pending further inquiries until May 12 while the woman remains in custody. On Monday, Wyre Council removed councillors’ contact details from its website due to “inappropriate emails and phone calls” about Ms Bulley’s disappearance.

It said it had temporarily removed contact details for “parish and town council members” after Lancashire Police confirmed its investigation. Meanwhile Ms Bulley’s friends and neighbours, including her next-door neighbour and friend Charlotte Drake, have continued to flock to a bridge over the Wyre to lay yellow ribbons with messages which say they still hope she will be found safe and well.

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