POLICE who issued an urgent appeal to help locate a missing woman say she has been found safe and well.
Anne Chaplain, 73, from Kingston Park, was last seen leaving Marks and Spencers in Northumberland Street, Newcastle city centre, at 12.20pm today.
Northumbria Police appealed for held in finding her but have now reported that she has been found in Birtley, County Durham.
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