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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Nicola Bulley died accidentally from drowning, coroner rules

Nicola Bulley
Nicola Bulley disappeared after dropping her children at school in January, becoming one of the most high-profile missing person cases in the UK. Photograph: Family photograph/PA

The family of Nicola Bulley have said she will stay forever in their hearts as a “brilliant mum, partner, daughter and sister” after a coroner concluded that her death was accidental and took place after she fell in a cold river.

James Adeley, a senior coroner for Lancashire, on Tuesday recorded her death as accidental after a two-day hearing into one of the most high-profile missing person cases in living memory.

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