CONCERN mounted over the weekend for two women missing from home.

An appeal was made last night for sightings of Susan Vedhara, a 32-year-old Asian woman, who left her home in Main Road, Woolsington, Newcastle, in a distressed state at 8pm on Saturday.

She is 5ft, slim, with long, dark, brown hair, tied in a ponytail.

She was wearing a black jacket and trousers, and may have been wearing blue and green pyjamas and black slippers.

She is on medication, which she did not take with her, and only had a small amount of money.

A similar appeal has been made for sightings of Claire Louise Dodsworth, 23, who has been missing from South Shields, South Tyneside, for five days.

She was last seen in the vicinity of Chichester Metro Station, in South Shields, on Wednesday lunchtime.

She is white, slim, 5ft 4in, with brown hair, usually in a ponytail.

She was wearing a pink body-warmer, a white jumper and pink trousers.