As the hunt for missing Nicola Bulley continues, the 10 questions that remain ... trends now

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1: Did she fall in the river?

This remains the police’s ‘main belief’, but with no body, Nicola Bulley’s friend Emma White said the theory had ‘no evidence’. Diving expert Peter Faulding said: ‘I don’t think she’s in the river’. He said drowning victims normally sink where they are.

2: Why are there no slip marks?

It is steep there – so did she lose her footing and topple in, rather than slide? Critics said any marks might have been erased because the area has not remained cordoned off.

3: Couldn’t she swim to safety?

Friend Tilly Ann said Ms Bulley was an ‘incredibly strong swimmer’. Mr Faulding said the river was only 3ft deep by the bench and there were rocks to grab hold of.

He added: ‘I can’t see how she could drown here.’ But Ms Bulley was wearing two coats which might have weighed her down. Experts said many gasp when falling into cold water, ‘meaning water fills your lungs’.