Police say missing mum Nicola Bulley had 'significant alcohol issues' linked to menopause as search continues

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

LIVE – Updated at 07:31The comments made against a female detective leading the search for Nicola Bulley have come under severe criticism from a former head of a police watchdog. Zoe Billingham, who headed His Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary, said the remarks by “a small section of the media” were “really disturbing”. “It’s the 21st century.

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

Police have asked for the public's help in finding two men after a blue Ford Fiesta was stolen in Golborne. Officers have released CCTV footage of a man filling up the tank of the stolen car at an Esso petrol station in Wigan.

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".

Coronation Street actress Nicola Thorp criticising the move. The force has been accused of "victim blaming" after disclosing that the missing Lancashire mother-of-two suffered "some significant issues with alcohol" in the past "brought on by her ongoing struggles with the menopause".

LIVE – Updated at 13:00A forensic expert who led the underwater search for missing Nicola Bulley has said they should “redo the search” following the revelations at yesterday’s press conference. On Wednesday evening, Lancashire Police announced the missing mother had faced “significant issues with alcohol” brought on by “ongoing struggles with the menopause”. It was significantly more detail than detectives had released at a press conference just hours earlier, when they simply referred to “vulnerabilities” that made her a “high risk” missing person.

Missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley had suffered "significant issues with alcohol" in the past which resurfaced in recent months, police said. Detectives previously said Ms Bulley, 45, had "specific vulnerabilities" that made her a "high-risk" missing person - but did not specify what those were.

Lancashire Police's most recent statement detailing private details about missing mum Nicola Bulley has been slammed online. The statement went into detail about the missing mum's 'significant issues' with alcohol and 'ongoing struggles' with the menopause.

LIVE – Updated at 18:00Nicola Bulley has faced “significant issues with alcohol” brought on by “ongoing struggles with the menopause”, police have revealed. Ms Bulley vanished in the village of St Michael’s on Wyre on 27 January while walking her dog, Willow, after dropping her two daughters, aged six and nine, at school. At a press conference on earlier Wednesday, Lancashire Police had explained that the missing mother had been deemed high risk due to “specific vulnerabilities”, without providing further detail.

It's now been 19 days since mother-of-two Nicola Bulley vanished in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire.

Police have reportedly been handed a 'stained' glove that was found just yards away from where Nicola Bulley disappeared nearly three weeks ago. The missing mum-of-two was last seen walking her dog on the morning of January 27 in the village of St Michael's on Wyre after dropping her two young daughters off at primary school.