A MISSING mother, believed to have travelled by coach to Liverpool with her two children, has been found.

Claire Pinkney, 35, from Swalwell in Gateshead, had been last seen at her home address on Tuesday evening.

Officers believed that Ms Pinkney and her two sons - aged eight and three - travelled by National Express coach from Newcastle to Liverpool on Wednesday morning.

On Wednesday night, a spokeswoman for Northumbria Police reported:  "Missing woman Claire Pinkney and her two children have been found safe and well in the North Wales area this evening.

"Thank you for sharing our appeal and helping us find her.2