Yellow ribbons left near bridge where Nicola Bulley last seen

Yellow ribbons with messages of anticipation person been tied to a span adjacent to wherever Nicola Bulley was past seen.

The 45-year-old went missing connected 27 January aft a riverside canine locomotion successful St Michael's connected Wyre successful Lancashire.

A footbridge implicit the River Wyre has been adorned with messages from friends and household reading: "We request you location Nicola" and a poster with her photograph was tied to the railings.

Police are continuing to hunt the water, heading towards Morecambe Bay.

Lancashire Police is continuing to enactment connected 1 proposal that Ms Bulley could person fallen into the stream during her locomotion aft dropping her daughters, aged six and nine, astatine schoolhouse that morning.

The hunt has been aided by specialists and divers from HM Coastguard, upland rescue and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, with sniffer dogs, drones and constabulary helicopters.

He said helium wanted to support "all options open" astir her disappearance but his "gut instinct" told him she was not successful the river.

Police said they were keeping an unfastened caput arsenic the hunt for the owe advisor from Inskip entered its 17th day.

The Lancashire unit earlier ruled retired third-party engagement but connected Friday said it continued to "look astatine each the imaginable scenarios to destruct them".

Messages tied astatine the spot adjacent wherever she was past seen accidental Ms Bulley is loved and that radical are "praying for your harmless return".

No hint has yet been recovered of Ms Bulley.

Her phone, inactive connected to a Teams call, was recovered connected a seat connected a steep riverbank overlooking the water, on with the canine pb and harness connected the ground.

On Friday, officers announced they were extending their hunt downstream towards the oversea astatine Morecambe Bay.

The hunt volition impact combing inlets and marshland astatine the Wyre Estuary