Police have been seen searching a caravan site just yards from where Nicola Bulley went missing more than two weeks ago.
The mum-of-two disappeared on Friday, January 27, while walking her springer spaniel Willow in St Michaels on Wyre not long after dropping her two daughters, aged six and nine, off at school. Her phone was then found on a bench next to the River Wyre at around 9.30am by a local dog walker.
Since she vanished, Lancashire Police have searched the river tirelessly and recently moved the focus of the search to where the river becomes tidal at Morecambe Bay before then going into the sea.
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The caravan site is now being searched by officers and is believed to be one of the several CCTV blind spots identified in the search for the mortgage advisor from Inskip. One of Nicola's friends, Tilly Ann, previously posted on Facebook that a CCTV camera that would have seen "everything" was broken at the time the mum went missing.
The news has come after it was revealed that the investigation had been widened to include the day before she went missing, the Mirror reports.
The search has been aided by specialists and divers from HM Coastguard, mountain rescue and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, with sniffer dogs, drones and police helicopters. Nicola's partner, Paul Ansell, said he wants to keep "all options open" about her disappearance, but his "gut instinct" tells him she is not in the river.
He described Ms Bulley as "fun", "loving", "the most loyal friend you could ever have" and an "exceptional mum" who "absolutely adores our girls".
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