THE search for missing mother Nicola Bulley has moved to Morecambe Bay.

The 45-year-old went missing while walking her dog in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, Friday January 27.

Her phone was found on a bench, still connected to a Microsoft Teams call.

Two boats with specialist police teams have been searching in the sea at Morecambe Bay, heading upstream on either side of the River Wyre.

Officers have confirmed they are focusing on the mouth of the river, with Lancashire Police suggesting finding Ms Bulley "in the open sea becomes more of a possibility".

Specialist diving units have been deployed to search parts of the 15km stretch of river from the bench where her phone and dog were found to the bay.

A Lancashire Police spokesman said: "People may have seen less police activity today than previously in the area of the river above the weir but that is not because we have stepped down our searches, it is because the focus of the search has moved further downstream into the area of the river which becomes tidal and then out towards the sea."

Police had been working on the theory that she fell into the River Wyre but her family and friends claimed there was "no evidence whatsoever" of this.

A specialist search team pulled out of the operation after saying she was "categorically not" in the area of river where she was thought to have entered the water.