A woman who has been missing from home for over a month has been found safe and well.

Vanessa Lynne Wilson, 49, went missing from her fathers house in Brunton Street, Darlington, on New Year's Day.

The family of the mother-of-three had been concerned as she suffered memory lapses and was thought to be depressed.

However, Durham Constabulary today confirmed she had been found safe and well in a hotel in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

Ms Wilson previously lived in North Yorkshire but she and her family had since settled in Darlington.