danny savage at st _ successful in their search.t michael's on wyre l successful in their search. danny | savage at st michael's on wyre in lancashire, thank you. the premier league has accused manchester city of breaching financial rules following an investigation. it has referred the club to a commission over alleged breaches between the 2009—10 and 2017—18 seasons. 0ur sports correspondent 0lly foster has the story. for the past decade, manchester city has been the dominant force in english football, they have won the premier league title six times. you can trace their turn around and fortunes to 2008 and sheikh mansour�*s fortune. the abu dhabi takeover transformed the club at their spending has been under scrutiny. they were fined in 2014 for flouting scrutiny. they were fined in 2014 forflouting uefa scrutiny. they were fined in 2014 for flouting uefa financial fair play rules, three years ago thrown out of the champions league for breaking the rules again accused of over inflating sponsorship deals. city's lawyers successfull

that is danny savage there _ specific about it. that is danny savage there our— specific about it.xtensive ring across much of the country but northern scotland will stay overnight drive we would have some mild ice with temperatures of five to 7 degrees. i greeted clodius start to the day tomorrow. the weather was try to brighten up but we won�*t see much sunshine as we have had over the country as we had today for example. ten to 1a degrees and still very mild for february. towards the end of the week we are looking at windy weather, particularly for northern areas of the country. over scotland and is where the strongest winds will be with when he goes as much as 75 mph which might disrupt transport and also affect power supplies as well. that is the latest. tonight at six: we�*re live at holyrood as nicola sturgeon shocks the political world, announcing her resignation as first minister. the longest—serving leader of this nation, ms sturgeon said she�*d followed her head and her heart in deciding to stand down. part of serving well would be to know, almost instinctively, when the

danny savage has the details. a week on from when nicola bully van asch, heferen staged a roadside appeal this morning, hoping tojog the memory of anyone who was passing last friday. her pictures are everywhere. but there is no trace of her anywhere. it has been an agonising week for her partner and their two young daughters. our whole focus is the two girls, just staying as strong as i can for them. i am scared that if i put any focus into anything else it will take my focus of that. right now it is as though she has vanished into thin air. just it, it isjust insane. thin air. just it, it is “ust thin air. just it, it is 'ust insane. . ., insane. in the river close to where she _ insane. in the river close to where she vanished, - insane. in the river close to where she vanished, police | insane. in the river close to - where she vanished, police have again been searching. today a senior officer spelt out the reality of the situation. fiur reality of the situation. our main working _ reality of the situation. oi"

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danny savage, bbc news, lancashire.ster rishi sunak has met northern ireland's political parties amid speculation a deal on the northern ireland protocol could soon be struck. sources suggest an agreement could be reached as early as next week. under the northern ireland protocol, goods are checked to see that they comply with eu rules before entering northern ireland, creating a de facto border here in the irish sea. it means those goods can then travel freely between northern ireland and the republic of ireland without any further checks. that's always angered unionists in northern ireland, who say they've been cut off from the rest of the uk. until the protocol is changed, they've refused to enter into a power sharing agreement at stormont, leaving northern ireland without a government. our ireland correspondent emma vardy has the latest. it's divided communities, while the dup collapse the government over it. the tensions over the northern ireland protocol have had consequences for everyday lives. today i had positi

our correspondent danny savage reports. three weeks ago, nicola bulley vanished.te of mind this week, but she's still missing. there's just nothing you can do. you know, you just feel so helpless. this man found nicola's phone on the riverside bench on the morning they began looking for her. when my wife got to it, it was locked. but there was a wallpaper on the phone with, you know, the couple on it. who i'd seen on many, many times walking. the last three weeks have changed this village, too. alongside police, unwelcome amateur investigators have appeared alarming the community. people have been walking up to houses to peer in, trying door handles, making unwelcome and quite vile telephone calls to parish councillors. so it has had a very negative impact on the community beyond that of obviously nicola going missing in the first place. details about nicola's mental health and alcohol issues were made public by detectives. but did they say too much? the information commissioner says lancashire police will have to explain. they can release information where it's n

danny savage, bbc news, st michael's on wyre.british public school has been found dead, along with her husband and seven—year—old daughter, in a property on school grounds. emma pattison, her husband george, and their daughter lettie, were found dead in the early hours of sunday morning. police said they were confident it was an isolated incident with no third—party involvement. three children and a young woman have died after a boat carrying more than a0 migrants from turkey capsized. it sank off the greek island of leros, according to coastgards. search operations continue but are being hampered by strong winds and choppy seas. 41 survivors were rescued, including six children. the former military ruler of pakistan, general pervez musharraf, has died in hospital in dubai. he was 79. general musharraf took power in a coup in 1999 and ruled for nine years. following 9/11 he supported the us in its war on terror. his loss of power and popularity saw him spend most of his remaining time in exile. our islamabad correspondent carolin

danny savage, our correspondent there.ts of more than £32 billion for 2022 — double what the company made in the previous year. the surging prices of oil and gas since russia's invasion of ukraine have been a majorfactor. some mps have described shell's profits as "outrageous", and they accused the government of letting energy firms "off the hook". our business editor simonjack is here with more details. these are extra—ordinary profits. the highest in shell's 115 year history, the highest ever reported by a uk listed company. £32 billion — double what it made last year as energy prices surged as the world demand recovered post—covid and soared as russian oil and gas supplies were shut off or shunned. so how much uk tax did they pay on that? £108 million in 2022 — the first time they've paid uk tax in five years. next year they're expected to pay £a05 million. now, that's peanuts, you might say, in comparison to those profits. butjust a reminder, only 5% — one twentieth of shell's money — is made here in the uk. most of it

here's danny savage. this is nicola bulley leaving home on the day she vanished., she can be seen setting off on the school run, putting her spaniel, willow, in the boot. her family released these pictures to show exactly what she was wearing. for days, police have been searching for any trace of the mother of two young girls. today was no different. what did seem very obvious was the large number of other people out, too. this is the bench where nicky's mobile phone was found a week last friday. today is dry and sunny and the number of people out along here is extraordinary. there are dozens and dozens of people along this stretch, along the other stretches as well, all walking the riverside paths to try and assist in the search. i mean, if she went missing in the same way, i would be expecting people to go looking. do you understand what i mean? i would really want there to be a search party. if it was myself or my eldest, we both takes the dogs out on our own. if it was one of us that was in that situation, i'd hope the community would do the same thing for us

danny savage, thank you.as caught on the grounds of windsor castle with a loaded crossbow has pleaded guilty to treason. jaswant singh chail was arrested on christmas day in 2021, after telling a royal protection officer that he was there to kill the queen. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is at the old bailey. daniel. jaswant singh chail appeared b video daniel. jaswant singh chail appeared by video link — daniel. jaswant singh chail appeared by video link at _ daniel. jaswant singh chail appeared by video link at the _ daniel. jaswant singh chail appeared by video link at the old _ daniel. jaswant singh chail appeared by video link at the old bailey - daniel. jaswant singh chail appeared by video link at the old bailey from | by video link at the old bailey from the high secure broadmoor hospital. he pleaded guilty to three charges. the first was under the 1842 treason act. the offence is intending to injure the queen, the second was possessing an offensive weapon and the third making intent t

danny savage, bbc news, lancashire. more stories for you now from the uk.g dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. the biggest strike day will be on the 16th of march and will involve both workers from network rail, and those at 1a train operators. the royal college of nursing in england has announced its largest, longest, and most disruptive strike in its dispute with the government over pay and conditions. unlike previous industrial action, the rcn says no area of the health service will be exempt in future. the owner of british gas, centrica, has posted record profits of 3.75 billion dollars for last year, which is more than triple the amount it made in 2021. the firm said its profits would be used to help customers and the environment. the state of western australia has launched a bid to poach more than 30,000 key workers from the uk. western australia is looking for doctors, nurses, police officers, teachers, miners, plumbers, mechanics and builders — with the promise of higher wages, and a lower cost of living. a delegation of government and industry o

danny savage, bbc news, lancashire.more industrial action in their dispute over pay and conditions. strikes will now take place on the 16th, 18th, and 30th of march, and saturday april ist, for many the start of the easter school holidays. and there's to be an escalation of industrial action by nurses in england. the royal college of nursing says it will hold its biggest walk—out with a 48—hour strike next month over pay and working conditions. our health editor hugh pym is here with me. this is a significant escalation? well, it looks like that, clive, previous strikes by the royal couege previous strikes by the royal college of nursing numbers have been over two days, 12 hours each day and this will be 48 a was nonstop, in effect spanning three days from the ist of march until the third. it will start at 6am on the wednesday and end at 6am on the friday. the other big difference is that previously, there were negotiations at local level between strike committees and hospital management over exemptions for intensive ca

danny savage reports. nicola bulley, the most high—profile missing person in britain.d nearly three weeks ago there was no suggestion from police, friends orfamily she was vulnerable. but at a packed news conference yesterday, lancashire police revealed for the first time that she was classed as a high—risk missing person. based on a number of specific vulnerabilities that we were made aware of, nicola was graded as high risk. they later added that she had significant issues with alcohol due to her struggles with the menopause. today there was a new statement from herfamily. we as a family believe that the public focus has become distracted from finding nikki and more about speculation and rumours. there are people out there threatening to sell stories about her. this is appalling and needs to stop. due to the perimenopause nikki was taking hrt to help, but this was giving her intense headaches, which caused nikki to stop taking the hrt, thinking that may have helped her, but only ended up causing this crisis. nikki, we hope you are reading this and know that we love y

danny savage, bbc news, st michael's on wyre.een found dead — along with her husband and seven—year—old daughter — in a property on school grounds. emma pattison, her husband 6eorge, and their daughter lettie, were found dead in the early hours of sunday morning. police said they were confident it was an isolated incident "with no third—party involvement". the former military ruler of pakistan, 6eneral pervez musharraf, has died in hospital in dubai. he was 79. 6eneral musharraf took power in a coup in 1999 and ruled for nine years. following 9/11 he supported the us in its war on terror. his loss of power and popularity saw him spend most of his remaining time in exile. 0ur islamabad correspondent caroline davies looks back at this life. as his troops clambered over the fences of pakistani state tv, 6eneral pervez musharraf announced pakistan needed the army, not politicians to be in control. your armed forces have never and shall never let you down, inshallah. musharraf portrayed himself as a liberal, disliking the term militar

danny savage reports.ly a week on from when nicola bulley vanished, her friends staged a roadside appeal this morning, hoping to jog the memory of anyone who was passing last friday. her pictures are everywhere, but there is no trace of her anywhere. it's been an agonising week for her partner and their two young daughters. my whole focus is my two girls, just staying as strong as i can for them. i'm scared that if i put any focus into anything else, it's going to take my, you know, focus off that. right now, it is as though she has vanished into thin air, like, yeah, it'sjust insane. in the river close to where she vanished, police have again been searching. today, a senior officer spelt out the reality of the situation. our main working hypothesis, therefore, is that nicola has sadly fallen into the river, that there is no third—party or criminal involvement, and that this is not suspicious but a tragic case of a missing person. nicola was seen by a fellow dog walker last friday morning shortly before 9a

here's danny savage. on wyre in lancashire, holding placards hoping tojog people's memories. it is a mystery baffling this community. who, ifanyone, knows what happened to nicola bulley? two weeks ago today, she vanished. ifeel like somehow, what are we missing? how are we 14 days in with not a piece of evidence? the only thing we can base anything on is evidence and facts. nicola bulley�*s phone was found on this bench, her pet spaniel was nearby. she had been seen a few minutes earlier. lancashire police insist they are keeping an open mind. this is the only footpath away from the riverside which is not covered by cctv, so they are trying to trace 700 drivers who passed by that morning. but so far any details they have gathered from them have not contradicted their main theory, which is that nicola bulley accidentally fell into the river in this small lancashire village — a theory her partner has tonight said he questions. personally i am 100% convinced it is not the river. so something has happened. so

danny savage, bbc news, st michael's on wyre.nd the health unions remain far apart on the eve of the biggest health workers strike so far in england. the two sides remain deadlocked as nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists are among those due to walk out this week. our political correspondent jonathan blake, has more. they chant. a week of walk—outs by nhs staff in england. nurses, ambulance workers, physiotherapists and others are due to strike in the coming days. as industrial action continues by unions demanding higher pay, they are trying to put pressure on the government to negotiate. i can categorically say to you we are in no talks at any level whatsoever with the government about pay in the nhs. that is a real abdication of responsibility. why is rishi sunak not coming to the table? what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! _ in wales, some unions have suspended strikes to consider a new offer from the labour—run welsh government. but uk government ministers responsible for setting pay in england are showing n

danny savage, bbc news, st michael's. remain far apart on the eve of the biggest health workers strike so far in england. both sides remain deadlocked as nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists are among those set to walk out this week. our political correspondent helen catt has more nurses, physiotherapists and ambulance staff have already held a series of strikes. the coming days will see more staff on picket lines in england as the nhs faces its biggest strike so far. a resolution still looks remote. one union which represents ambulance staff said talks about pay simply weren't happening. i can categorically say to you, we are in no talks at any level whatsoever with the government about pay in the nhs. what do we want? fair pay. unite members who work in the ambulance service in wales will also walk out tomorrow. four other health unions in wales have postponed their planned action after the labour—run welsh government offered them an extra 3%. a source in the uk government said unite had been represented at a meeting

danny savage reports.anished, her friends staged a roadside appeal this morning, hoping tojog the memory of anyone who was passing last friday. her pictures are everywhere, but there's no trace of her anywhere. it's been an agonising week for her partner and their two young daughters. my whole focus is my two girls. just staying as strong as i can for them. i'm scared that if i put any focus into anything else, it's going to take my, you know, focus off that. right now, it is as though she has vanished into thin air, like, yeah, it's just insane. in the river close to where she vanished, police have again been searching. today, a senior officer spelt out the reality of the situation. our main working hypothesis, therefore, is that nicola has sadly fallen into the river, that there is no third—party or criminal involvement, and that this is not suspicious but a tragic case of a missing person. nicola was seen by a fellow dog walker last friday morning shortly before 9am. she was last seen at 9:10 in a field

danny savage with that report.k government and the health unions remain far apart on the eve of the biggest health workers�* strike so far in england. the two sides remain deadlocked as nurses, paramedics and physiotherapists are among those due to walk out this week. our political correspondent jonathan blake, has more. with 19 years experience in the ambulance servicejoanne never thought she would find herself striking. while this dispute is primarily about pay, forjoanne it is also about the state of the health service and the delays patience and ambulance crews face because of the pressures on the system. i because of the pressures on the s stem. , , system. i feel sick sometimes because i _ system. i feel sick sometimes because i think _ system. i feel sick sometimes because i think those - system. i feel sick sometimes because i think those people i system. i feel sick sometimes - because i think those people outside waiting for ambulances could be your auntie or mum and dad, brother or sister. once we arrive

danny savage, bbc news, st michael's on wyre.neral pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999 — serving in office for seven years from 2001. at the time of his death he had been living in exile in dubai. i am nowjoined by husain haqqani, former ambassador of pakistan to the united states— he is also a director of the hudson institute for south & central asia — a think tank based in washington but nowjoins me from dubai. we will discuss his legacy. thank you so much forjoining us. your view on the legacy of musharraf. general musharraf was the man who brought some semblance of stability to pakistan in the aftermath of 9/11 when he leveraged pakistan's position by realigning with the united states for his critics and opponents which are numerous as well, the man who overthrew the constitutional order, promised to bring democracy to pakistan, stabilise its economy and feed on all three counts.— all three counts. failed on all three c

here's danny savage.ncashire, hoping to draw people's memories with placards. it is a mystery baffling this community. who, ifanyone, knows what happened to nicola? two weeks ago today she vanished. i feel like somehow what are we missing? how are we 14 days in with not a piece of evidence. the only thing we can base anything on is evidence. nicola bulley�*s telephone was found on this bench, her pet spaniel was nearby. she had been seen a few minutes earlier. lancashire police insist they are keeping an open mind. this is the only footpath away from the riverside which is not covered by cctv, so they are trying to trace 700 drivers who passed by that morning. but so far any details they have gathered from them have not contradicted their main theory, which is that nicola bulley accidentally fell into the river in this small lancashire village, a theory her partner has had to nightly questions. personally i am 100% convinced it is not the river, so something has happened. something has happened, find out

danny savage, bbc news, st michael's on wyre. her husband and seven—year—old daughter, in a property on school grounds. emma pattison, her husband george, and their daughter lettie, were found dead in the early hours of sunday morning. police said they were confident it was an isolated incident, "with no third—party involvement". ten people have been killed in several avalanches across the austrian and swiss alps over the weekend. tourists from new zealand, china and germany were among the dead, at several different ski resorts. austrian authorities put in place a level 4 avalanche alert, the second highest, following intense snowfall and wind in the area. the body of former president of pakistan, pervez musharraf, will be flown back from the uae to pakistan, on a specially chartered flight, following his death on sunday. general musharraf took power in a coup in 1999, and ruled for nine years. following the events of 9/11, he supported the us in its war on terror. his loss of popularity and power saw him spend most of his remain

controversy during the investigation was this revelation by lancashire police last week, reported by danny savage a number of specific vulnerabilities that we were made aware of, nicola was graded as high risk. they later added that she had significant issues with alcohol due to her struggles with the menopause. today there was a new statement from her family. the decision by lancashire police to put those specific issues of nicola's into the public arena attracted a lot of anger, but so did their widespread airing by the bbc. here's dawn jones.

controversy during the investigation was this revelation by lancashire police last week, reported by danny savagewere made aware of, nicola was graded as high—risk. they later added that she had significant issues with alcohol due to her struggles with the menopause. today there was a new statement from her family. the decision by lancashire police to put those specific issues of nicola's into the public arena attracted a lot of anger, but so did their widespread airing by the bbc. here's dawn jones.

controversy during the investigation was this revelation by lancashire police last week, reported by danny savage. based on a number of specific vulnerabilities that we were made aware of, nicola was graded as high—risk. they later added that she had significant issues with alcohol due to her struggles with the menopause. today there was a new statement from her family. the decision by lancashire police to put those specific issues of nicola's into the public arena attracted a lot of anger, but so did their widespread airing by the bbc. here's dawn jones. and richard davis emailed us. after a body was found in the river wyre on sunday morning, there was a further wait of 30 hours before it was identified as nicola's. during that time, correspondence from the bbc and other outlets continued to report from the village. and you know, this village, which is little more than a hamlet, has been the epicentre of national attention for the last three weeks or so. nicola bulley�*s family have said at times that that has provided a distraction and from their point of view, a real worry that it's taken away

danny savage, bbc news st michael's on wyre. 0ur correspondent dave guest is at the scene now.can you tell us this morning?— what more can you tell us this morninu? ., , ., . , ., ., morning? that search is going to get under way again. _ morning? that search is going to get under way again, moving _ morning? that search is going to get under way again, moving into - morning? that search is going to get under way again, moving into day . morning? that search is going to get under way again, moving into day “l under way again, moving into day 11 now, and ahead of that private search team, using that sonar equipment that danny savage was talking about, we were talking to him earlier, he says in 25 years in this business, this is one of the most baffling cases he has come across. he said the police searched the immediate area of that bench, the immediate area of that bench, the bench were her phone was found, still connected to a work call the dog near to the bench. he said the search that area which is where you would expect if she had fallen and she would have been there on that

danny savage, bbc news, lancashire.t general election "a flagrant attack on democracy." mr corbyn, who currently sits as an independent, was suspended as a labour mp in 2020 in a row over anti—semitism. sir keir said labour is now unrecognisable from 2019 and told members, "if you don't like that, the door is open and you can leave." the death toll from the earthquakes in turkey and syria has now reached more than 41,000. but nearly ten days after the devastating quakes, there are still people being rescued alive from under the rubble. today, a 74—year—old woman was pulled from the ruins of her home near the epicentre in the city of maras. she had buried under the rubble for 226 hours before she was found. a one—year—old girl who has a rare inherited condition that severely damages the brain and nervous system has become the first child to be treated by the nhs using a new life—saving gene therapy. the treatment costs almost £3 million and is the most expensive medicine ever approved for the nhs. the little girl was dia

danny savage has the details.ed exactly a week on from when she vanished, her friends staged a roadside appeal this morning, hoping tojog the memory roadside appeal this morning, hoping to jog the memory of anyone who was passing last friday. her pictures are everywhere. but there is no trace of her anywhere. it has been an agonising week for her partner and their two young daughters. my partner and their two young daughters— partner and their two young dau:hters. g ., , , partner and their two young dau:hters. g ., ,, , daughters. my whole focus is my two uirls. daughters. my whole focus is my two girls- just — daughters. my whole focus is my two girls. just staying _ daughters. my whole focus is my two girls. just staying a - two girls. just staying a strong as i can for them. i am scared that if i put a focus into anything else it's going to take my focus off thought. right now, it is as though she has vanished into thin air. yeah that's just it. it's insane. yeah that's 'ust it. it's insane. . ., insane. in th

danny savage, bbc news, lancashire.ails are being introduced across england and wales. the new drug—free units aim to treat addiction, with inmates getting privileges in return for doing regular drug tests and attending courses on substance abuse. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports from pentonville prison in london. everyday i needed cannabis. when i woke up i'm smoking weed, before i'm going to bed i'm smoking weed. i became lazy, paranoid, it was destroying my relationships, it was leading me on to other drugs. when david's involvement with cannabis landed him in prison, he found he was still surrounded by drugs. probably everything. you're looking at cannabis, spice, maybe cocaine. drugs inevitably come into the prison system. and then, with that, someone told me there's] wing, it's a drug—free wing. there's no drugs, you're out of your cell most of your day, you've got kitchen appliances to cook. you might want to try and get onto that wing if you want to stay out of trouble, keep your head down

danny savage, bbc news, lancashire.s. she had buried under the rubble for 226 hours before she was found. a 15—year—old boy will serve at least 14 years in jail after stabbing a man to death outside a supermarket in redditch. 53—year—old ian kirwan was attacked at the town's asda store last march after telling off a group of boys for misbehaving in the customer toilets. jurors heard the boy was part of a masked gang that "terrorised" the public, and was in town to deal drugs. relatives of epsom college headteacher emma pattison and her seven—year—old daughter lettie — who were found dead at their home earlier this month — have paid tribute to them. it is believed that george pattison killed his wife and daughter before taking his own life. in a statement, the family said it was an "enormous comfort" to see the esteem in which emma was held, and described lettie as a "vibrant little girl" with "a heart—melting smile and an intellect beyond her years." price rises in the uk have slowed for a third month in a row. official

danny savage, bbc news st michael's on wyre.sband, 39, george, their seven—year—old daughter, lettie were discovered at their home in the early hours of yesterday morning. joining is now is robin brant. you have more details of this really distressing case question not firstly, i want to stress that this information has come to is independent of surrey police. at the details that i have garnered in the last couple of hours to confirm, i'm afraid, what was suspected, that the police are treating this as a murder on a double murder, and then a suicide. they believe that george patterson, who was 39, a chartered accountant, shot his wife, emma, in the family home, which is on the grounds of epsom college. he then killed their daughter, lettie, he was only seven, and took his own life with the same weapon. i also understand that in the time proceeding those events, late on saturday or early on sunday morning, police arrived at 1am on sunday morning, emma pattison made a distressed call to a member of her family. that person went to

danny savage, bbc news. the legendary composer burt bacharach who has died at the age of 94.w — one of the biggest and most prestigious gigs in music. the singer will perform during the break when the philadelphia eagles take on the kansas city chiefs on sunday. rihanna said that it was "important" for her son to see her on one of the world's biggest stages. that's a big part of why it is important for me to do this show. representation. representing for immigrants, representing for my country, barbados. representing for black women everywhere. i just... i think that is really important that is key for people to see the possibilities and i am honoured to be here. i am honoured to be doing this this year. rihanna speaking mayor. that will be quite some show. —— speaking there. —— speaking there. for the first time space—x has carried out a static test of its huge super heavy boosters. it brings the company's starship rocket system one step closer to the moon and mars. a live stream of the test appeared to show the engines firing and huge clouds of smoke pouring across the laun

it is danny savage. nicola bulley, the most high—profile missing person in britain.she vanished nearly 3 weeks ago there was no suggestion from police, friends orfamily she was suggestion from police, friends or family she was vulnerable. but at a packed news conference yesterday, lancashire police revealed for the first time that she was classed as a high risk missing person.— that she was classed as a high risk missing person. based on a number of _ risk missing person. based on a number of specific _ number of specific vulnerabilities we were made aware of, nicola was graded as high risk. aware of, nicola was graded as hiuh risk. , . ., high risk. they later added that she had _ high risk. they later added that she had significant - high risk. they later added . that she had significant issues with alcohol due to her struggles with the menopause. today there was a new statement from herfamily. there has been a lot of unfounded speculation here. people have come to this village looking for clues, carrying out their own investigations, not believing the police who h

our correspondent danny savage has the latest from st michael's on wyre in lancashire.sappeared, vanished from this river bank. for the international audience, we are about 250 miles north—west of london, in lancashire, in a small village, by a river, where people are simply perplexed, and disbelieving in a way, about the fact that somebody could just disappear when they're out on their morning walk by riverside. that appears to be what has happened to nicola bulley. she was walking her dog on a friday morning, shejust drop your children off at a local school, she was a local route and walking, and in a ten minute window which happened at past nine, at 9:35am that morning, and the working hypothesis is that she accidentally fell into the river behind me, and never got out again. however, no trace of her has been found. there is no evidence of her falling into the river that has been found where she is believed to have fallen in. there are lots of unanswered questions surrounding this at the moment. the police have said this is an accident, there was no criminal activity

our correspondent danny savage was at that news conference. rters. on friday the 27th of january morning that nicola bulley went missing her partner where's the alarm with police by calling them. information that he gave in that court led to her immediately being classified as a high risk missing person for the police say she had specific vulnerabilities. they will not elaborate on what they wear because of the privacy of the family they say so at the moment we do not not know any more than that about what the issues were with nicola bulley that led her to be classified as a high risk missing person. the overarching theme of the news conference was that police are very much sticking to their theory that for whatever reason she entered the water close to the bench for her phone was found on that morning and has not been seen since. that is the direction that their inquiry is still going. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has said his predecessor, jeremy corbyn, will not be standing as a candidate for the party — at the next general election.

danny savage was at that police i savage was at that police conference.ilities are. they would give no further details, citing the privacy of the family as the reason for not doing so. the overarching theme of the news conference here today is that police are still working, and all evidence points to their main theory, that, for whatever reason, nicola bulley entered the water close to the bench where her phone was found on st michael�*s on wyre on that morning, and a search expert we were talking to afterwards told us there was certainly in that river that day that could have carried her down river, over the nearby weir and down towards the sea, some 18 kilometres away. that is where the search is being concentrated. yes, they are keeping their mind open to other possibilities, but they have explored cctv, spoken to witnesses, they have traced hundreds of drivers and not one shred of evidence has emerged from any of those inquiries that steers police away from the belief that she fell or went into the water that day. as far as the search for nicola bulle

our correspondent, danny savage, joins us from st michael�*s on wyre in lancashire.west of london, in lancashire, in a small village by a river, where people are simply perplexed and disbelieving, in a way, that somebody could just disappear while they are and their early morning walk by this riverside. that is to be what happened to nicola bulley, she was walking her dog on friday morning, shejust dropped a walking her dog on friday morning, she just dropped a children off at school, she was on a regular route for walking, and in school, she was on a regular route forwalking, and in a school, she was on a regular route for walking, and in a ten minute window, she disappeared. the working hypothesis from police as she accidentally fell into the river behind me and never got out again. however, no trace of her has been found, and no evidence of her falling into the river has been found where they believe she fell in. so there is lots of unanswered questions around this at the moment. the police say they believe this was an accident, that there was no criminal activity

our correspondent danny savage has the latest from st michael's on wyre in lancashire.eared, vanished from this river bank. we're about, for the international audience, about 250 miles north—west of london, in lancashire, in a small village by a river, where people are simply perplexed and disbelieving in a way about the fact that somebody could simplyjust disappear while they're out on their early morning walk by the riverside. that is what appears happened to nicola bulley. she was walking her dog on a friday morning, she'd just dropped her children off at a local school. she was on a regular route for walking and in a ten minute window, between about 9:20am and 9:30am that morning, she disappeared. and the working hypothesis from police here in lancashire is that she accidentally fell into the river wyre behind me and never got out again. however, no trace of her has been found. and no evidence of her falling into the river has been found where they believe she fell in. so, there's lots of unanswered questions surrounding this at the moment. the police have said they

here's danny savage. this is nicola bulley leaving home on the day she vanished.un, putting her spaniel, willow, in the boot. her family today released these pictures to show exactly what she was wearing. for days, police have been searching for any trace of the mother of two young girls. today was no different. what did seem very obvious was the large number of other people out, too. this is the bench where nicky's mobile phone was found a week last friday. today is dry and sunny and the number of people out along here is extraordinary. there are dozens and dozens of people along this stretch, along the other stretches as well, all walking the riverside paths to try and assist in the search. i mean, if you went missing in the same way, i would be expecting people to go looking. do you understand what i mean? i would really want there to be a search party. if it was myself, my eldest, we both takes the dogs out on our own. if it was one of us that was in that situation, iwould hope the community would do the same thing for us as well. ijust feel like everybody sho

danny savage, bbc news st michael�*s on wyre.l searches- yesterday we done downstream in the tidal section of the river. not the key area where nicola originally went missing, but today, we are focusing on the area upstream from the wear, which is nontidal, and going about a mile upstream. this includes the area where the phone was found, nicola�*s phone was found on a bench. that was thoroughly searched on the day by police divers when nicola went in. these are very professional divers. they never found nothing. that is the odd thing about this. that is what i can�*t get my head around. it is very strange. we saw in danny�*s report that you are using sonar equipment. do you think taking that back to the original scene where the phone was, does that give you the opportunity to look in greater detail at different areas?— to look in greater detail at different areas? to look in greater detail at differentareas? , ., , ., different areas? yes, that is what we are going _ different areas? yes, that is what we are going to — different

a major search has so far found no trace of her. 0ur north of england correspondent, danny savage has latest from the village. exactly a week on from when nicola bulley vanished, her friends staged a roadside appeal this morning — hoping tojog the memory of anyone who was passing last friday. this is nikki in happier times with her pet spaniel, willow. the dog was found close to where she was last seen alive by the river wyre. it's been an agonising week for her partner paul and their two young daughters. my whole focus is my two girls, just staying as strong as i can for them. i'm scared that if i put any focus into anything else it's going to take my, you know, focus off of that. i just can't believe that we're a week on and, as yet, it seems like we're no further on. itjust seems... itjust seems absolutely impossible. right now, it is as though she has vanished into thin air. like, yeah, just insane. the police were back today, preparing to search the river once again. they are still focused on the theory that nicola bulley somehow ended up in the water. how or why is a mystery. fr

controversy during the investigation was this revelation by lancashire police last week, reported by danny savageurs before it was identified as nicola's. during that time, correspondents from the bbc and other outlets continued to report from the village. and you know, this village, which is little more than a hamlet, has been the epicentre of national attention for the last three weeks or so. nicola bulley�*s family have said at times that that has provided a distraction and, from their point of view, a real worry that it's taken away from the purpose of — of — of their work and of the police's work to find nicola. wendy mackenzie sent us her thoughts on monday lunchtime. later that day, the bbc news channel carried live the press conference confirming that the body was ms bulley�*s, followed by a summary of what had been said by presenter ben brown. a denunciation, really, of much of the press and media coverage, and what the family said was media intrusion into their lives. "these are our lives," they said, "and our children's lives. "leave us alone." les saw that and contacted us with his re

our correspondent danny savage reports. three weeks ago, nicola bulley vanished.ve learned more about her state of mind this week but she is still missing. just nothing you can do. you feel so helpless.— feel so helpless. this man found nicola's _ feel so helpless. this man found nicola's phone - feel so helpless. this man found nicola's phone on i feel so helpless. this man | found nicola's phone on the riverside bench on the morning they began looking for her. when my wife got to it, it was locked but there was a wallpaper on the phone with the couple on it. who i had seen on many times walking. the couple on it. who i had seen on many times walking.— many times walking. the last three weeks _ many times walking. the last three weeks have _ many times walking. the last three weeks have changed i many times walking. the last. three weeks have changed this village. alongside police, unwelcome amateur investigators have appeared. alarming the community. have appeared. alarming the community-— have appeared. alarming the community. people have been walking two — com