Nicola Bulley search live updates as hunt for missing mum enters day 12

The search for missing woman Nicola Bulley is entering its 12th day, with police and private investigators still trying to piece together what has happened to the mum-of-two. 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 - known as Nikki - left her daughters aged six and nine at school before heading to the towpath overlooking the River Wyre. She had been on a work conference call and her phone was still logged into that call when it was discovered on a bench along the towpath. Her microphone and camera had been turned off for the call.

Several underwater searches have been carried out in the river next to the bench where her phone was found, but no traces of Nicola have been found. Willow was also found near the bench, but was dry so investigators don't think she had been in the water. There appear to be no real clues as to what has happened. A specialist water search team has been working on the river for the last two days, with water search expert Peter Faulding saying a number of things don't add up — you can read about those here.

The specialist diver, who is working alongside police, said on Tuesday, the 11th day of her disappearance, that he had asked her partner whether the missing mum had any "stalkers or enemies" but that he said no and was also baffled. He said he had updated Paul, Nicola's partner and the dad of their two daughters, which left him "distraught", and he called for social media users speculating on the case to "leave the family alone". Here are some questions relating to the disappearance which remain unanswered.

Mr Faulding said: "The only clue the police have got is just the mobile phone and the