A missing Skipton woman, Sara Parkinson, has been found safe and well, police said last night.

They had earlier widened their search to West Yorkshire and beyond.

The 42-year-old, of Embsay, was reported missing on Monday morning after she was last seen by her family at about 5pm the previous day.

She was known to have stayed at the Ibis hotel in Marlborough Street, Leeds, and the last confirmed sighting of Sara was of her heading towards the bus station.

Sara has friends in the West Yorkshire area and officers appealed to them to get in touch if they had seen her since the weekend.

Officers were also working with other police forces including British Transport Police, and the Missing People charity.