there is a distressed family who are waiting for news and now the focus turns to them. my deepest thoughts and sympathies for the family of nicola bulley. it must be an horrendous experience they are going through right now. we need to let the police carry out and conclude their investigation. the investigation into nicola bulley s disappearance on the 27th of january has attracted widespread speculation and criticism. on february the 3rd the police said they had no reason to believe anyone else was involved and didn t think a crime had been committed, she had fallen into the river. a week later with the search failing to find any sign of her, the family cast doubt on the police s hypothesis. five days later said the missing mum of two young children had specific vulnerabilities. later that day they went further and said she had struggled with alcohol and the menopause. the police, trying to explain why nicola bulley was a high risk missing person, were accused of insensitivity and vic
family and friends. there have been questions about the investigation almost since the day ms bulley went missing on january the 27th. on february the 3rd, police said they were working on the assumption that ms bulley s death was not suspicious, and she d simply fallen into the river. a week later, though, and the family were casting doubt on the hypothesis. five days after that, police said the missing mum of two had vulnerabilities later revealed to be a personal struggle with alcohol and the menopause. the lancashire force found itself accused of victim blaming. that really could could have been dealt with, i think, in a far better and more professional way at a very early stage in that missing person inquiry, quite simply by eluding to nicola having vulnerabilities, but packaging them up much more broadly and saying
and criticism. on february the 3rd the police said they had no reason to believe anyone else was involved and didn t think a crime had been committed, she had fallen into the river. a week later with the search failing to find any sign of her, the police cast doubt on the hypothesis. five days later said the missing mum of two young children had specific vulnerabilities. later that day they went further and said she had struggled with alcohol and the menopause. the police, trying to explain why nicola bulley was a high risk missing person were accused of insensitivity and victim blaming. but today a former police chief from the force has been defending the investigation. we expect high standards from the police, quite rightly so. the media does a brilliantjob in holding the police to account, but some elements of the media basically made it much more difficult. instead of focusing on the priority of finding nicola and supporting the family, they have had to defend their actions every s
the creeks. it is a really scary situation and we are very concerned as a community. we don t know what to believe at this point. we have so many people telling us so many different things. the amount of chemicals, cancer causing chemicals that were released and what we re left to deal with . we need a little bit of guidance here. my throat s been burning. i ve had a horrible cough, sneezing, just congestion. my eyes have burned. it s it s scary. okay, shannon, i m going to start with you. you know, since this happened on february the 3rd, fema was nowhere to be found. the federal government was nowhere to be found. and in fact, the federal government is now telling governor dewine that they re not eligible for fema assistance. and yet this epa administrator, michael reagan, i think his name is , is saying, oh, everything s safe , trust the government. could he have thought of a dumber thing to say? because clearly these people
leader are already open. no one has yet formally declared but one of the potential contenders john swinney has already ruled himself out. the governor of ohio has asked the white house for federal support and on the ground assistance, after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed there earlier this month. residents in the town of east palestine have reported headaches and nausea in the wake of the derailment, which is also thought to have caused the deaths of thousands of fish. clean up operations are continuing in the town. 0ur north america correspondent, nomia iqbal, is there, and filed this report. the toxic smoke from the rail crash hangs over this town like a dark cloud. the train was leaving east palestine on february the 3rd when it derailed, carrying hazardous material. the smell of sulphur still lingers in the air. people say it s causing headaches, they feel ill, their pets are ill, and some say they ve seen dead fish in the creeks. for ben, even the sound