to preserve the scene. there will be a postmortem and then thereafter, there will, of course, be a coroner s inquest, so all the evidence has to be gathered as best and as professionally and as painstakingly as is required in order that the truth hopefully, at some point in the future, can be laid in front of the coroners court and an inquest and a verdict can be delivered. it s too early to know whether it is nicola who s been found. lancashire police say that herfamily is being kept informed as work s carried out to identify the remains. these aerial pictures show the stretch of riverjust after the bend where the discovery was made. as an area which was served with sonar equipment and divers. it was an area which
professionalism and expertise searching the river. notjust with the police divers but also independent specialists who have used their sonar equipment and none of those were able to locate that body, at that location at the time they were searching. trying to find people in water is not as straightforward as you might think. i heard a new report, reference to the tidal nature of the river. how possibly that has had an impact on it. i am sure when they come to debrief all of this, which is a regular in policing, particularly the search process, they will look at that and what can they learn? did they miss anything? if they did, could they have change that or do we have to accept that sometimes these are the way things work out. if this is nicola s body are the way things work out. if this is nicola s body that are the way things work out. if this is nicola s body that has are the way things work out. if this is nicola s body that has been - is nicola s body that has been recovered