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Search continues for missing Georgie Nolan, 19, near Bradford on Avon canal

Wiltshire Police and search volunteers are looking for Georgie Nolan, 19, last seen by the Kennet and Avon Canal in Bradford on Avon early on Saturday 24 October. Police fear she may have fallen into the water.

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Image: Daily Mirror
Image: Metro

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Left · 2A search is under way in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, for Georgie Nolan, 19, who was last seen early on Saturday 24 October and is feared to have fallen into the Kennet and Avon Canal. Left · 1The Daily Mirror reported that she is believed to have been on the canal at about 5am on Saturday and has not been seen since. Left · 2Police describe her as about 5ft 4ins tall with numerous piercings.

Left · 1On Sunday, searches focused on canal boats moored behind the Barge Inn, and rescue teams waded through the water. An underwater camera on a long pole was used to check beneath boats and narrow vessels. Left · 1Wiltshire Search and Rescue is working with Avon and Somerset Search and Rescue and Hampshire Search and Rescue Dogs, and local volunteers have also joined in. Left · 1By Monday, Wiltshire Police said searches had continued alongside house-to-house enquiries and other investigative activity, and that they were increasingly concerned for her welfare.

Left · 1Police are asking residents near the canal and across Bradford on Avon to check CCTV, doorbell or other video footage from the early hours of Saturday, which could help establish her movements. Left · 1Metro quoted a friend's post saying she may be without shoes and a coat and may seem confused, and asking anyone who sees her to contact police immediately. Left · 2The reports give different contact routes: the Mirror quotes police asking for calls to 999 quoting log 186 of 24 October, while Metro gives 101.

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Framing
Both left-leaning outlets run a short missing-person appeal built on police statements, stressing the worry that she fell into the canal and the scale of the search.
Emphasis
The Mirror stresses the physical search (wading rescue teams, underwater camera, volunteers); Metro stresses the police appeal for CCTV and doorbell footage and a friend's concern.
Leaves out or plays down
Neither reports a confirmed sighting or any finding after Saturday morning, and neither explains why police believe she may have entered the water.
Charged language
“Desperate search”“major search”
For example
“Police have organised a major search in Bradford on Avon over concerns she may have fallen in the water.” — Daily Mirror
“Fears are growing over a teenage girl who vanished by a canal two days ago.” — Metro

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