Police say a missing Essex family of three have been found.

Officers had issued an appeal to help after a 43-year-old mother and her 17 and eight-year-old daughters had not been seen since Saturday. 

The three were last seen in Southend at 12.20pm on Saturday.

A police spokesman said: "We are no longer looking for Yvonne Chimanayi, 43, who was missing from Southend.

"Yvonne and her children, 17-year-old Paris Rwambiwa and 8-year-old Ayesha Rwambiwa, have all been found.

"Thank you for sharing our appeal."