Lancashire Police could face an investigation from the policing watchdog over comments made about missing mother Nicola Bulley's private life.
Today marks three weeks since the 45-year-old mum of two vanished while walking her dog, Willow, by the River Wyre in Lancashire. Lancashire Police specialists have searched miles of riverbed and widened the search to Morecambe Bay, but no trace of Nicola, known as Nikki to her family, has emerged.
This week detectives revealed she had been considered a "high-risk" missing person due to "specific vulnerabilities", which the force last night clarified related to alcohol issues.
