The family of missing mum Nicola Bulley have released a statement as the police search approaches its third week.
Ms Bulley disappeared in the early hours of Friday, January 27 while walking her pet dog Willow near the River Wyre after dropping her two daughters off at school. Her phone, still connected to a work call for her job as a mortgage adviser, was discovered just over 20 minutes later on a bench overlooking the riverbank, with her dog running loose.
Ms Bulley's family said they "believe that the public focus has become distracted from finding Nikki, and more about speculation and rumours into her private life."
