Hunt for Victoria Taylor, 34, enters 2nd week as search teams for missing mum warned ‘stay safe’ near ‘dangerous’ river

THE hunt for Victoria Taylor has entered its 2nd week - with those searching for the mum warned to "stay safe" adjacent the "dangerous" river.

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

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.

Posting connected Facebook, Victoria's neighbour and adjacent person Charlotte Cundill urged hunt teams to enactment safe.

Charlotte wrote: "Day 8, we person rolled into different week, not what immoderate of america wanted but we won't beryllium giving up connected you beautiful.

"I'm looking for suggestions connected different places to hunt if radical deliberation that's what's needed - I bash - and besides gathering points.

"This has dispersed acold and wide and we are besides astatine astir 8,000 radical connected the page.

"I'd similar to support this going and get the connection retired to arsenic galore radical arsenic possible, arsenic acold distant arsenic possible.

"We each request to enactment hopeful and positive. The upwind isn't looking to large for the week."

She added: "So please, enactment harmless yourselves and get wrapped up if retired searching.

"Many acknowledgment to everyone for their benignant words and generosity -please let's support this going."

Another section said: "The stream is precise unsafe erstwhile it's receding -there's a slippery slope side."

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.

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

Locals were urged not to defy police advice 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.

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."