The friend of missing woman Nicola Bulley has said the village where she disappeared from has started to feel like a "tourist spot" as an influx of visitors flock to the search area. This comes as the leader of a local council has urged people to stay away from the scene amid concerns the area is becoming a "morbid tourist destination".
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.
