Nicola Bulley latest: CCTV of second potential witness as hunt for missing dog walker continues

The police want to speak to a second possible witness in the ongoing search for the missing dog walker Nicola Bulley.

In a new appeal Lancashire Police today said they would like to speak to a woman in a newly released CCTV image who they believe was in the area at the time Nicola was last seen.

Joe Middleton has this breaking story:

Police have confirmed the following times since the morning Nicola Bulley was last seen:

8:43 a.m – Nicola walked the path by the River Wyre after taking her children to school

8:50 a.m. (approximately) – A dog walker – someone who knows Nicola – saw her walking her dog on the lower field. Their two dogs interacted briefly before the witness left the field across the river path

8:53 a.m – She emailed her boss

9:01 a.m – She signed in to a Teams call

9.10 a.m. (approximately) – A witness – someone who knows Nicola – saw her walking her dog Willow on the upper field. Work is being done today to determine exactly what time that was.

9.30 a.m – The Teams call ended but Nicola stayed logged in

9:35 a.m. (approximately) – Nicolas Handy and Willow were found by another dog walker on a bank by the river.

The two young children of Nicola Bulley, who went missing in Lancashire on Friday, believe it is “only a matter of time” before she gets home, their grandfather has said.

Speak with Sky newsMs Bulley’s father Ernie said: “The main thing is that we want to find Nicola, bring her home.

“There’s two little kids waiting for their mum to come back and obviously we want them back too but if Nicola’s out there looking at this all we want to say is come home, contact the police, contact us and we just want you back.

“And they know mom is missing, but they know she’ll be coming home and everyone’s looking for her, so it’s only a matter of time before they think about her going through that door. “

Louise Cunningham, Ms Bulley’s sister, added: “Their little minds are trying to process, they don’t really get it, none of us get it to be honest. But when there are kids involved you just have to keep going, you have to get through every day and that’s all we try to do.”

The family of a mother-of-two who “disappeared” while walking their dog in Lancashire have described how they are “stuck in a nightmare” in an emotional appeal to their whereabouts.

Ms Bulley’s younger sister Louise Cunningham and father Ernie Bulley, 76, shared their fear as they urged anyone with information to come forward.

Nicola Bulley, 45, a mortgage adviser, was last seen around 9.20am on Friday morning walking her dog by the River Wyre in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire.

She had just dropped off her two daughters, ages six and nine, at the local school in the village.

Matt Mathers takes a look at her last known moves:

Nicola Bulley’s family say her disappearance left them feeling “stuck in a nightmare” as they urged anyone with information to come forward to help the ongoing search.

In an emotional interview with Sky newsMs Bulley’s sister described the pain of “having no idea where she is”.

“It’s like she disappeared in midair,” Lousie Cunningham said. “It feels like I’m stuck in a nightmare. We have to get my sister home.”

A woman who disappeared while walking her dog has “two little girls who need their mama back home,” her friend said, as a major search continues.

Nicola Bulley, 45, went missing on Friday morning – with her mobile phone, which was found on a bench near where she was last seen walking a towpath by the River Wyre in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire.

Her cellphone was still connected to a conference call when it was found, police said.

Rescue teams returned to the scene today as the search for Nicola Bulley continues.

Police have reportedly cordoned off the area around the bank on the banks of the River Wyre where the 45-year-old’s mobile phone and dog leash were discovered.

Specialized dive teams returned to search the river, as pictured by photojournalists: