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| Divers search for missing mother | Divers search for missing mother |
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| Divers are being brought in to help in the search for a missing Northamptonshire mother-of-two. | Divers are being brought in to help in the search for a missing Northamptonshire mother-of-two. |
| Underwater searches are set to be carried out near the Oundle home of 45-year-old Gillian Merrick, who was last seen late on New Year's Day. | Underwater searches are set to be carried out near the Oundle home of 45-year-old Gillian Merrick, who was last seen late on New Year's Day. |
| Volunteers and police resumed searches in the area around Barnwell Country Park, as relatives grow increasingly concerned for her safety. | |
| About 50 people joined police in the search on Monday in and around Oundle. | About 50 people joined police in the search on Monday in and around Oundle. |
| Northamptonshire Police appealed for a lorry driver to come forward who earlier reported seeing a woman walking in the carriageway of the A605 close to Oundle after Mrs Merrick went missing. | |
| Mrs Merrick, who is recovering from a back operation, had been with her husband, Nick, and their teenage son and daughter before she disappeared. | |
| It is thought she was wearing a beige jacket, red scarf and gloves when she went missing. | |
| She is about 5ft 6in tall (1.67m), slim, with a fair complexion and collar-length brown straight hair. | She is about 5ft 6in tall (1.67m), slim, with a fair complexion and collar-length brown straight hair. |
| Northamptonshire Police said they were carrying out a "painstaking" search. | Northamptonshire Police said they were carrying out a "painstaking" search. |
| With temperatures dropping below freezing, officers said they were becoming "increasingly concerned" for her safety. |