'Deeply troubling': Fury over police statement detailing missing mum Nicola Bulley's alcohol issues

Police are aksing members of the public to help them locate a missing man last seen this morning near Royal Bolton Hospital.

LIVE – Updated at 13:05Lancashire Constabulary had been found to ‘require improvement’ in how it investigated crime months before the force investigated Nicola Bulley’s disappearance. The force had been Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary to be ‘good’ overall but was not always carrying out investigations 'timely' and 'thoroughly'. The watchdog added that victims 'weren't always updated on progress' on cases.

An investigation into a welfare check carried out by Lancashire Police before Nicola Bulley disappeared has been launched by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

Police watchdogs have launched an investigation into a welfare check on Nicola Bulley carried out days before she was last seen.

An officer from the force that has been under scrutiny for the handling of the Nicola Bulley case is under investigation accused of gross misconduct regarding the death of another mum who was reported missing. An appeal was launched to trace Kiena Dawes, 23, last July before she was found dead just hours later, the Mirror reports.

"spiritual medium" in the River Wyre, around a mile from where the mortgage adviser was last seen. Her disappearance sparked a major investigation involving helicopters, drones and specialist search teams. Sadly however, it also drew "weirdos" and "ghouls" to the area, who reportedly used the tragic case as a means to promote their online presence by spreading conspiracy theories, uninvited.

K.J. Yossman U.K. media watchdog Ofcom has written to broadcasters Sky and ITV regarding their coverage of Nicola Bulley, a woman who went missing in Lancashire while walking her dog last month. Bulley’s disappearance made national (and even international) news within days of her being reported missing partly due to some of the unusual details of the case. Among them was the fact her cell phone was found on a bench near a river still logged into a Microsoft Teams work conference. Her dog was also found nearby. Divers, including private search teams, scoured the river but could not find any sign of Bulley, who had two young daughters. (Picture above: the bench where Bulley’s phone was found).

The Mirror. In a statement in Facebook, he wrote: "Yes it is myself in the images in the media currently circulating relating to the case of Nicola Bulley and yes yesterday [Sunday] morning it was myself and a friend who reported and assisted the police in the recovery of a body from the river Wyre.

After police confirmed the body recovered yesterday was that of missing mum Nicola Bulley, her heartbroken family have released a statement.

A body pulled from the River Wyre in Lancashire has been formally identified as missing mum Nicola Bulley. The tragic discovery was first made on Sunday by two people walking in the area, 23 days after the mum-of-two went missing.

Police were alerted to reports of a body found by a man and a woman who had been walking along the River Wyre yesterday (February 19). The body was discovered a mile ­downstream from where Nicola Bulley vanished in St Michael’s on Wyre on January 27.

Dancing On Ice viewers complained after the popular celebrity skating show appeared to be interrupted by a breaking news announcement. Some fans of the show thought that the skit as part of Mollie Gallagher and Sylvain Longchambon's Ghostbusters performance was 'insensitive' in the light of today's developments in the case of missing mum Nicola Bulley.

A body has been pulled from the River Wyre close to where Nicola Bulley went missing, Lancashire Police have confirmed this afternoon.

A huge police search has begun close to the river where missing mum Nicola Bulley disappeared, after officers received a tip-off from two dog walkers.

The disclosure of private information about Nicola Bulley is “shocking”, according to Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt. Her comments came after reports that heartless trolls hacked into social media accounts belonging to the missing mum's partner Paul Ansell.

Nicola Bulley's final text message, sent just minutes before she disappeared, has been revealed as the investigation into the mum's disappearance continues.

Read more: Nicola Bulley latest updates as police slammed over decision to say missing mum had issues with alcoholIn a statement issued by Lancashire Police, the family said: "It has now been three weeks since Nikki went missing. We, as a family, believe that the public focus has become distracted from finding Nikki, and more about speculation and rumours into her private life. “As a family, we were aware that Lancashire Police, last night, released a statement with some personal details.

Lancashire Police have referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct over the contact the force had with Nicola Bulley proper to her disappearance.

Denise Welch has taken to Twitter to share her frustration about the latest update on missing person Nicola Bulley, with the Loose Women star branding them an "absolute disgrace".

LIVE – Updated at 14:36The family of Nicola Bulley has broken its silence after police were criticised for disclosing that the mother-of-two faced “significant issues with alcohol”, which had resurfaced of late. Lancashire Police shared the details on Wednesday evening, giving significantly more information than at a press conference just hours earlier, when they simply referred to “vulnerabilities” that made her a “high risk” missing person. In a statement issued via police on Thursday afternoon, 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.