Police have issued an appeal to try and find a 41-year-old woman from Braintree who went missing on Monday.

Zara Gill, of Victoria Road, went missing on Bank Holiday Monday after she left to go to Sainsbury's in Tofts Walk at around 5pm.

She was wearing a grey hooded top with Celtic FC on the back and blue jeans and was carrying a black Head bag.

Ms Gill has contacts in London and Ireland and is believed to have used her card at an ATM in Stansted at around 9pm on Tuesday night.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: "Police were contacted shortly before 5pm on Tuesday, May 26 with reports that a 41-year-old woman was missing from her home in Victoria Road, Braintree.

"She was last seen at her home at around 5pm the previous day.

"Enquiries are ongoing."