The family of missing Nicola Bulley have opened up about the "speculation and rumours into her private life," which they have claimed are overshadowing the search operation for the mum of two.
On January 27, Bulley, a 45-year-old mortgage adviser, vanished while taking her springer spaniel Willow along a river towpath in St Michaels on Wyre.
Bulley, a mum of two, had dropped her daughters, aged six and nine, at school prior to heading for a walk on the day in question. Although police have scoured the area and explored several lines of inquiry, including forensic experts searching the river, no trace of Nicola has yet been found.
