Police have launched an urgent appeal to find a 58-year-old woman from County Durham after she failed to attend a coach trip she was booked on.

Durham Police are said to be 'increasingly worried' for the safety of Patricia Lunn after she was last seen on Saturday (October 29) morning near St Andrew's Church, in Aycliffe Village. 

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Police officers became worried about Patricia's whereabouts after she was due to go on a coach trip to Scarborough for the day but didn’t board the coach and has not been seen or heard from since.

Patricia is described as 5ft 3inches tall with short, dyed blonde hair.

She was last seen wearing a blue coat with black trousers.

Anyone who has seen Patricia should call Durham Police on 101, quoting incident number 297 of November 2.

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