A man has been arrested in Bury after a shop worker was threatened with a weapon in a 'nasty' robbery. Police said the worker was left shaken following the incident at Edenfield Mini Market on Bolton Road North, near to Ramsbottom.
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A man has been arrested over footage shot from inside a police cordon on the day the body of Nicola Bulley was found.
The 45-year-old mum-of-two's body was pulled from the River Wyre in Lancashire on February 19, more than three weeks after she was last seen on January 27. A 34-year-old man, from Kidderminster, Worcestershire, was arrested yesterday (Wednesday) over footage which was posted online from the day her body was recovered.
The clip was reportedly shot from inside a police cordon, where investigations were being carried out. The man was held on suspicion of malicious communications offences and perverting the course of justice in connection with the investigation to find Nicola, Lancashire Constabulary said.
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He was held on Wednesday morning with assistance from West Mercia Police, and has since been released on bail with conditions. "Our priority is, and has always been, to support Nicola’s family and the wider community in St Michael’s", a spokesperson for Lancashire Police said.
"We hope this arrest provides reassurance that we take concerns seriously and will act on them." It comes following reports of a number of apparent content creators descending on the village where Nicola went missing.
Experts have claimed social media algorithms that reward and encourage controversial content fuelled the waves of online interest in Nicola's case. During the investigation, Detective Superintendent Rebecca Smith said social media users had been 'playing their own private detectives'.
A 'full independent review' is set to be carried out by the College of Policing into Lancashire Police’s handling
A man has been arrested in Bury after a shop worker was threatened with a weapon in a 'nasty' robbery. Police said the worker was left shaken following the incident at Edenfield Mini Market on Bolton Road North, near to Ramsbottom.
A man has been arrested on suspicion of blackmail following an investigation by West Midlands Police into the alleged blackmail of This Morning presenter Alison Hammond. Alison reportedly shared her story with the West Midlands Police force, as reported by The Sun, and revealed she had been forced to endure the harrowing experience for eight months. Although the man cannot be identified for legal reasons, it's claimed Alison revealed he had threatened to "ruin" her career after she believed him to be her friend.
A man has been arrested after police uncovered a cannabis farm following a dawn raid in Salford. Officers executed a warrant at a house on Glendore, Weaste early this morning (Friday).
The startling image of a bus driving along tram tracks in Wythenshawe was published online by police this morning (Thursday March 16). The vehicle's driver has been arrested on suspicion of various different offences.
A man has been arrested after police found a fake gun, a machete and drugs in a 'suspect vehicle' in Manchester.
A mom in Texas has been arrested after allegedly leaving her two young children at home alone for two months.
A further two men have been arrested in connection with the death of Neil Canney who was allegedly gunned down on his Greenock doorstep last week.
Two Kinder eggs found by plain clothes police officers in a Wigan park were seen concealing an entirely different surprise to normal. The chocolate eggs are famous for hiding a children's toy inside.
A ghoulish TikToker who filmed the moment Nicola Bulley's body was pulled from a river and posted it online said he had 'learned his lesson' following a furious backlash.
A man has been arrested after police seized cash, drugs and a car during an early morning raid in Bury.
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.
Nicola Bulley’s body from the River Wyre has been unmasked as barber Curtis Arnold. The 34-year-old posted footage of officers searching the water’s edge across several social media channels and later admitted to earning close to £900 in royalties for the posts. The TikTok account which had been dedicated to coverage of the Nicola Bulley case – spun as “media done differently” – has since been removed but the videos remain on his other social media channels.
Nicola Bulley’s body from the River Wyre has been revealed as barber Curtis Arnold. The 34-year-old posted footage of officers searching the water’s edge across several social media channels and later admitted to earning close to £900 in royalties for the posts. The TikTok account which had been dedicated to coverage of the Nicola Bulley case – spun as “media done differently” – has since been removed but the videos remain on his other social media channels.
A mural in memory of the late Nicola Bulley has been unveiled in the town she grew up in.
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.
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 have said they need more time to identify the body that was pulled from the River Wyre and they cannot say yet whether it is Nicola Bulley as they prepare a press conference this evening.
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.