An underwater search for missing Nicola Bulley is continuing following a fresh appeal by her partner, who said her two daughters "desperately" miss her and "need her back". The search for Ms Bulley, 45, is entering its 11th day after she went missing on January 27 in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire.
In a statement released on Monday through Lancashire Police, her partner Paul Ansell said: "I have two little girls who miss their mummy desperately and who need her back." Later on Monday night, the head of a team of private underwater search experts cast doubt on the force’s current working hypothesis that Ms Bulley had fallen into the river.
Ahead of the Specialist Group International (SGI) beginning its second day of searching the River Wyre on Tuesday, Peter Faulding said he did not think the missing mother was in the water. Speaking with TalkTV, Mr Faulding – a leading forensic search expert and SIG’s founder – said: "I personally don’t think she’s in the river, that’s just my gut instinct at this point."
