Friends of missing Nicola Bulley have not given up hope she will be found

As the search for her continues into its 18th day, police have been looking at areas from the river where she vanished to the sea

Nicola Bulley, 45, from Inskip, Lancashire, was last seen on the morning of Friday January 27, when she was spotted walking her dog on a footpath by the River Wyre off Garstang Road in St Michael's on Wrye, Lancashire. Picture: Lancashire Police/PA Wire

Friends and neighbours of missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley, who disappeared more than a fortnight ago in the UK, have not given up hope she will be found.

On Monday, well-wishers continued to leave hand-written “messages of hope” that the 45-year-old mortgage adviser will be found unharmed in the village of St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancashire, where she vanished on January 27 while walking her dog.