Partner of missing Nicola Bulley says he will ‘never lose hope’

The partner of missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley has said he will “never lose hope”, one week on from her disappearance. It comes as police continue to search the area in St Michael’s on Wyre in the Lancashire countryside, where she is thought to have gone missing. Ms Bulley, 45, a mortgage adviser from Inskip, Lancashire, vanished while walking her dog after dropping off her daughters, aged six and nine, at school last Friday morning. Her mobile phone and the lead and harness for her dog, springer spaniel Willow, were found on a bench close to the River Wyre.