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As soon as she was reported missing, following the information that was provided to the police by her partner Paul,

and based on a number of specific vulnerabilities that we were made aware of, Nicola was graded as high risk.

That was Lancashire Police's special investigating officer Rebecca Smith.

She was speaking yesterday lunchtime at a press conference.

And what she said in that one sentence suddenly changed the whole picture of the search

for Nicola Bully.

She talked about Nicola Bully, the 45-year-old missing mother of two, being a high-risk

person and having specific vulnerabilities.

And when she said that, something happened to many people listening, watching, trying to work out what on earth they meant. Five hours

later, it became clear. Lancashire police told us that she was a woman who had suffered menopausal and alcohol-related problems.

That was all they said.

But the fact they said it has made a lot of people absolutely furious.

Welcome to the newsagents. The news agents. It's Lewis. It's

Emily. And today we're going to be talking to the Shadow Home Secretary of Ep Cooper. We're going to be

speaking to Zoe Billingham, who is from formerly Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary,

a kind of watchdog for the police. And the question we're asking, I think, at the heart to all

of them, is what is the state of trust right now between the public and the police? On the back of that

revelation that they made about Nicola Bully, and on the

back of the outrage there has been from many women, from many families around the country now,

who don't really want to see details like that about their loved ones or themselves made so

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