Havant Police have issued an appeal asking for help with locating the whereabouts of a woman who has gone missing on Hayling Island.

The statement was released earlier and reads:

Police are making an urgent appeal for information about a report of a missing woman in the Hayling Island area.

A member of the public approached an officer earlier this afternoon (Wednesday) to say they had seen a woman aged in her late teens to early 20s in a distressed condition walking in the Beachlands area of the seafront.

She was wearing what appeared to be a pink dressing gown.

A search for the woman is continuing.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Havant Police Station by phoning 101. In an emergency dial 999. Mini-com users can phone 18001 101.