OFFICERS have confirmed that a 42-year-old woman reported missing from Blackburn has now been found.

Alison Rawcliffe had gone missing from the Premier Inn hotel in Blackburn town centre at 11.20pm on Saturday, sparking a police appeal for help tracing her.

But police have since confirmed that Miss Rawcliffe, who has links to Burnley and Pendle, has now been found unharmed.

A police spokesman added: "She is safe and well."