phillips can tell us more. 45—year—old nicola bulley, from inskip, was last seen just behind me walkingon friday morning. it's understood that she dropped her two children off at school before heading down here. and she would regularly walk her dog along this pathway. she was last seen at about quarter past nine. not long later, her dog was found off the lead and her mobile phone was found on a bench by the river not long after. nicola herself hasn't been seen since. across the weekend, intense searches have been taking place involving police, police search dogs, divers and dozens of people from the community. lancashire police gave this update on the investigation. this is a very beautiful rural area with lots of wooded areas and the river, clearly, so there is a lot of complex terrain to search and that is why i have relied so heavily on our partners. but the public, as well, have come out in droves to try and help find nicola, because it is a very close— knit community. lancashire police say, at the moment, they are keeping an open mind into what might have happened to nicola. they s