Concerned police searching for Romanian woman who went missing from her Bedlington home in the early hours

Concerned police are appealing for help to find a missing Romanian woman who went missing from her Bedlington home.

Maria Stoica was reported missing in the early hours of Wednesday morning and officers are urgently appealing for help to find her.

A Northumbria Police statement said: "Officers in Bedlington are concerned for the welfare of Maria Stoica...who has been reported missing from her home in the town since the early hours."

Maria is Romanian and speaks very little English, the statement adds.

The 36-year-old is described as 5ft tall, of thin build with shoulder-length light-brown hair and tanned skin.

She was last seen early on the morning of October 3 and was wearing a two-tone blue coat with a hood and black leggings.