White Dog

Detectives searching for a missing mother who vanished on a riverside dog walk want to speak to A Woman in a Red Coat who was seen in The area.

Nicola Bulley, 45, was last seen walking next to The River Wyre in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, at about 09:15 GMT Last Friday .

A major search involving police divers has been continuing, but No Trace has been found.

Lancashire Police said The potential witness was walking a small White Dog .

Officers said The Woman , who was captured on CCTV at about 08:50 on Allotment Lane, close to where Ms Bulley was last seen, might have information to help The Investigation .

She was wearing a red and white coat with a fur hood, light-coloured trousers and a light bobble hat and was walking a small White Dog .

Officers were alerted after Ms Bulley's dog was found Running Loose off Garstang Road.

Her phone was later found on a bench, still connected to a work call.

A harness and lead for her springer spaniel, Willow, was also discovered on The Bench .

Lancashire Police said officers were keeping an " open mind" about What Happened , but did not believe Ms Bulley had been attacked.

There is nothing to suggest any Third Party involvement in Ms Bulley's disappearance, The Force added.

Supt Sally Riley said: " We know that Nicola going missing has caused a great deal of concern for The wider local community, as well as obviously being an awful time for her family.

" I appreciate that there are Unanswered Questions about what has happened to Nicola, but I would urge people not to speculate or spread false rumours. "

A Key Witness , who was walking a white fluffy dog in The area, was located and spoken to on Tuesday.

Ms Bulley's partner, Paul Ansell , 44, said The Family was in a " " with two girls " desperate to have their mummy back".

Ms Bulley's parents earlier told her two daughters, aged six and nine, who She had just dropped off at school, were " sobbing their hearts out" because " mummy is lost".

Source of news: bbc.com