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Well I disagree with you, and I AM entitled to my opinion.

And I WILL use capital letters whenever it suits me. You are NOT the forum police.

People are treating this like some csi drama rather than it actually being about a poor family's hellish reality. All of the amateur armchair detectives is quite frankly disgusting. I'm glad mumsnet hae taken the threads down!

Yes, a few miles upstream, so going in the wrong direction. On the other side of the river is just countryside until you get to the M6. It may have nothing at all to do with Nikki, but both my neighbour and I wondered as it’s so unusual.

I looked for post 7 this morning as i have been finding some comfort in the threads despite some attempts by posters to derail from the appropriate course. I haven't commented on them as I have nothing useful to say but disappointing to see it gone as I thought mumsnet were doing really well responding swiftly to reports and removing anything inappropriate. Only came here really to support the threads and thank @ofwarren for managing them, it's all very distressing (can't imagine what family are going through) and I've found it useful sharing the thread space with others who feel similarly unsettled by recent local events.

@MissingMoominMamma so in the opposite direction to the weir?

The police helicopter has landed twice by the river at Garstang this morning (upstream from St Michael’s, so I’m not suggesting that the river is key). It could be nothing to do with Nikki, but it’s unusual.

Agreed Bluebellwood129

*discussion. No need for the use of capitals either.

@PurpleButterflyWings I disagree about whether a new thread is needed. Other forums are managing to retain balanced discussed on the topic with diligent moderation. There's no reason why MN should be any different.

It was 'hidden' (or deleted) because there were some dreadful accusations aimed at Nicola's husband on there from some armchair detectives with naff-all qualifications, who think they know everything about what happened.

People who think they are experts and they know more than the police, more than the experts, and more than the people involved in her life. Some of the accusations were absolutely vile.

It got completely out of hand. No wonder it was taken down. It does NOT need to be re-instated. As a pp said, there were so many deleted comments that it won't make sense. IMO, there is no need to start a new thread either. Nothing new has been found, NOBODY on here knows any more than the police, and her family, and the conspiracy theories. and accusations are dangerous and damaging.

I hope it comes back, so many people are concerned, we were talking about it at work yesterday and it’s just touched so many people because I think she’s so relatable.

Websleuths has some interesting discussion. There's a post about a Strava account - someone who visited the area from the village in the window after the phone and Willow was found, the route they took and why they may be of interest.

I saw this morning it was hidden, but didn’t see what led to it, it was fine when I left it. So I assumed it must have got a bit heated between the speculate do not speculate brigades.

This is the problem with these people who are determined to derail a thread. MNHQ should just delete the posts and advise the poster in question it is not appropriate - not just take the whole thread down. It is unfair to people who are following the case and are genuinely concerned.

Delete the individual posts, not the whole thing!

The thread would be riddled with holes in that case.

I didn't get to the end but it was getting derailed by speculation regarding PA.

I think it reasonable to want to discuss the case and probably helpful to keep it in everyone's mind.

I'm not surprised, I had a look in the middle of the night and it was pretty distasteful at that point.

It is a shame but following the partner’s tv appearance there have been all these wise people saying he definitely “did it” or is at the very least dodgy.

Yesterday there were posters talking with rather aggressive certainty about the state of NB’s mental health. I found that distasteful.

Discussing where she could be and the progress (or lack of) of the case is one thing, but sadly some people are rubbing their hands salaciously and those posts are ugly.

The speculation about Paul Ansell was outrageous. It should never have been allowed to stay up.

Has thread 7 been deleted? I can only see it says hidden until can be looked at

The discussion was getting ridiculous when I last looked last night.