It's now been 19 days since mother-of-two Nicola Bulley vanished in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire.
The missing mum was last seen walking her springer spaniel Willow in the proximity of the River Wyre after dropping her two daughters off at school. Search teams and police are yet to recover any trace of Nicola or her body and have since extended the search to the sea, stating finding her there "becomes more of a possibility".
Furthermore, a 49-year-old man from Manchester and a 20-year-old woman from Oldham have been arrested on suspicion of malicious communication offences in relation to emails supposedly sent to Wyre Council members. The man has since been bailed pending further inquiries until May 12 while the woman remains in custody.
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Here's a breakdown of all the events leading up to and succeeding Nicola Bulley's disappearance...
Police's timeline of events surrounding Nicola's disappearance
January 27
8.26am
Nicola left home with her two daughters - aged six and nine - to drop them off at school. 15 minutes later she had a brief conversation with a fellow parent.
8.43am
Nicola took her pet Willow for a walk along the path by the River Wyre, heading towards a gate in the lower field. She was later seen by another dog walker who was familiar with her
8.53am
Nicola sent an email to her boss which was followed by a message to her friends six minutes later.
9.01 am
Nicola logged onto a Microsoft Teams call.
9.20am
Nicola's phone remained in proximity to the bench where it would later be recovered. 10 minutes later, the Teams call ended, however, her mobile remained logged on.
9.33am
Another dog walker recovered Nicola's phone on a bench beside the river - Willow was also found darting between the two.
10.50am
Nicola's family and the schools attended by her children were informed of her disappearance.
January 28
A series of drones, helicopters, and police search dogs are deployed by Lancashire Constabulary as part of a major missing persons operation. Lancashire Fire and Rescue aided in the search, accompanied by the Bowland Pennine mountain rescue team and the North West underwater search team.
January 29
A meeting is held by local residents at the village hall in order to organise a search. Police urged volunteers to remain cautious.
January 30
Superintendent Sally Riley from Lancashire Constabulary said police were "keeping a really open mind about what could have happened". They highlighted that they were not treating Nicola's disappearance as suspicious.
February 1
Nicola's parents, Ernest and Dot Bulley spoke out about the "horror" they faced over the looming possibility they will never see their daughter again.
February 2
Lancashire Constabulary spoke with a second witness which was identified via CCTV. However, they informed police they did not have any additional information which could help with the search.
A search was also initiated by officers from the North West Police Underwater and Marine support unit near where Ms Bulley's mobile phone was recovered. Meanwhile, police divers scoured the River Wyre while Nicola's family issued a public appeal to help find any trace of her.
February 3
Lancashire Police announced it was working on the hypothesis that Nicola fell into the River Wyre.
February 4
The force said it was officially tracing a "key witness" who was spotted pushing a pram in the area near where Nicola disappeared.
February 5
The woman described as "key witness" came forward. The force insisted she was "very much being treated as a witness" and warned against speculation and abuse on social media/
It came to light that a private underwater rescue team was set to assist police in the search for Nicola.
February 6
Underwater search experts arrived to the scene. Nicola's partner, Paul Ansell, said in a statement: “It’s been 10 days now since Nicola went missing and I have two little girls who miss their mummy desperately and who need her back.”
February 7
Police oppose suggestions that Nicola could have been a crime victim. They added that inquiries have "so far not found anything of note"/ A team of 40 detectives were looking into 500 different lines of inquiry, it said/
Elsewhere. underwater search expert Peter Faulding said he did not think the missing mum was in the water.
February 8
Mr Ansell spent 10 minutes on the riverbank near where Nicola's phone was recovered. He described the "perpetual hell" he was experiencing of not knowing what happened to his partner.
Search teams also began focusing on an area 10 miles or so downstream of the bench - where the River Wyre empties into the sea at Morecambe Bay.
February 9
Lancashire Police issued a dispersal order to break up groups of people reportedly filming in the surrounding village where Nicola disappeared.
February 10
Mr Ansell described that Nicola's family was going through "unprecedented hell" but had still not given up hope of finding her. A friend of Nicola's, Emma White, said the search had been "like torture"
February 12
Yellow ribbons with handwritten messages were left by friends and family on a bridge close to where she disappeared. Messages included: "We need you home Nicola”, “praying for your safe return” and “I love you”
February 13
Wyre Council removed councillors' contact information from its website, citing "inappropriate emails and phone calls" regarding Nicola's disappearance.
February 14
Two people were arrested on suspicion of sending malicious communications
February 15
Police hold a press conference, providing updates on the search for Nicola.
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