Police teams have sealed off an area less than a mile awy from where mum-of-two Nicola Bulley went missing.

Reports say said police drones and a helicopter could be seen hovering over the outcrop of trees and undergrowth.

Police were said to have received a call just before midday and Police sealed off Rawcliffe Road in St Michael's on Wyre.

Divers were searching the river and a road has been cordoned off in the area along the River Wyre according to Sky News.

The area had been been the focus of a major search operation since Ms Bulley, 45, went missing on January 27 while walking her dog.

A witness told The Mail: "I drove down Rawcliffe Road for almost a mile. I noticed a man and a woman and two police officers on the embankment.

"I pulled off at about 11.50am and I heard the man talking to police about something in the undergrowth.

"Police cars were flying down the road with the blues and twos going. A police officer pulled up a few minutes later and got his drone out.

"Five minutes later the police helicopter arrived. Officers then asked to me get out so I moved 200 yards down the road.

"I could still clearly see the man pointing at the riverbank. Then more police cars raced down with the blues and twos going. They cleared the entire road."