Desperate search for missing mum Victoria Taylor is ‘race against time’ with threat of heavy rain looming

THE hunt for missing mum Victoria Taylor is present a "race against time" - with the menace of dense rainfall looming.

Mum-of-one Victoria, known to friends arsenic Vixx, was last seen astatine her location successful Malton, North Yorkshire, connected Monday morning.

The hunt for the attraction location nurse, 34, has now entered its sixth time arsenic constabulary and locals renew hunt efforts and commune “for a miracle”.

Some of her belongings were aboriginal recovered adjacent to the River Derwent, which remains the absorption of rescue efforts.

But hunt crews face a contention against the timepiece to find Victoria with rainfall forecast implicit the adjacent week.

The fast-flowing stream had already swelled to a depth of 2.77m earlier receding successful caller days.

But mediocre upwind owed implicit the coming days volition spot h2o levels emergence again - hindering hunt efforts.

A constabulary diver said: "The upwind is alright astatine the infinitesimal but it's going to get worse implicit the adjacent week."

Asked if that would marque hunt and rescue efforts much difficult, different searcher replied: "Yes."

According to residents, Victoria was seen walking towards Norton Hive room connected Monday morning.

She was filmed connected CCTV wearing a achromatic puffer jacket, jeans and a camouflage headdress buying a brushed portion successful the Marks & Spencer store astatine a BP store successful Norton astatine astir 11.35am.

On Wednesday, immoderate of her idiosyncratic possessions were recovered adjacent the River Derwent successful Malton.

Today, marine hunt and rescue crews were again seen scouring the h2o utilizing specializer sonar equipment.

Locals were urged not to defy police proposal to steer wide of scouring the muddy riverbank and putting themselves astatine risk.

Some volunteers were seen searching riverside fields with dogs and utilizing woody sticks to comb done vegetation adjacent the neighbouring colony of Low Hutton.

On Facebook, Victoria's adjacent person and adjacent doorway neighbour told however she was "praying for a miracle".

Pub barmaid Charlotte Cundill, 30, wrote: "We conscionable privation you location princess.

"Your babe miss needs you, your fiancé needs you and misses you truthful overmuch and your household are beside themselves.

"We're each praying for a miracle, we're each praying you conscionable locomotion backmost done that door."

Large banners were enactment up successful the municipality centre alerting visitors to this weekend’s Malton Food Festival to beryllium vigilant.

'PLEASE COME HOME'

On Friday, Victoria's fiance Matthew Williams implored his spouse to instrumentality location to their girl Nancy, two.

He told her successful a tearful nonstop message: "Please travel home, babe.

"Come location to Nancy and beryllium the mum that you cognize you are and tin inactive be."

Victoria is described by North Yorkshire Police arsenic white, astir 5ft 2in tall.

She was past seen wearing bluish jeans, a achromatic Adidas archetypal puffer overgarment with achromatic stripes down the sleeves,

Victoria besides wore a grey Jack Wills hooded jumper and was carrying a salmon-pink Vans backpack.

Inspector Martin Dennison said: "If you bash person immoderate accusation which tin assistance with the hunt past delight telephone america connected 101."

Dennison added: "Any contiguous sightings should beryllium reported to 999."

Victoria's distraught pals person been targeted by vile predators and amateur sleuths trying to currency successful connected the missing mum.

The armchair detectives person been accused of hampering the hunt for 34-year-old Victoria.

As constabulary and section volunteers continue their searches for the attraction location nurse, determination was disapproval implicit online sleuths' meddling.

Locals have set up a Facebook radical with 5,500 members in a bid to way down Victoria.

But the radical has been plagued with questions connected her mental health and beingness with fiance Matthew Williams.

A fig of psychics and mediums person been blocked from the level aft promoting telepathy.

Taylor's neighbour Charlotte Cundill, 30, has known her since school days and has helped to spearhead the search.

Charlotte told however she had been subjected to "a batch of scams" and radical "asking for money".

Writing successful the group, Charlotte said: "Mediums and psychics not invited connected page.

"We request facts and facts lone close now! Can I delight inquire that the questions STOP.

"Questions similar 'Where was she past seen?', 'What was she wearing?' 'Does she drive?'

"All of these questions person been answered determination on the page.

"We can't support answering them arsenic we person to support up with everything."

'BEAUTIFUL SMILE'

Baseless theories that Victoria whitethorn person near Malton connected a bid oregon bus, oregon booked herself into a hotel, person besides been changeable down.

Others person disputed the last CCTV spotting of Victoria, astatine a BP Garage.

The conspiracists person suggested it does not look similar her - a wholly inaccurate claim.

Family person Laura Moran wrote: "The CCTV footage is her. This has travel from household and adjacent friends that cognize her.

"The overgarment is achromatic not blue. Its pixelated from being taken from a screen. Try taking a representation of your telly.

"Speculation does not assistance anyone and if it seems an evident question past the household person already thought it implicit and over."

Pub barmaid Charlotte told supporters on Facebook that she was remaining hopeful.

She said to Victoria: "So, beautiful, we're onto time six without seeing your beauteous smile.

"Day six of searching, crying, remembering arsenic overmuch arsenic we tin successful the hunt to find you.

"There's astir 5,500 radical pursuing this leafage to bring you home, which I volition everlastingly beryllium grateful for."

Charlotte added: "Never successful a cardinal years did I deliberation I could get it to stroke up this far.

"You are truthful loved, much than you volition ever know. I americium connected it time and night, arsenic are others.

"There's radical retired each nighttime successful the anticipation to drawback a glimpse of quality of your accomplishment home. We volition get you home."