An 81-year-old woman was found safe and well last night after going missing from her Essex home.

An 81-year-old woman was found safe and well last night after going missing from her Essex home.

The pensioner, who has not been named, was reported missing from her home in Holland-on-Sea by her husband at about 4pm.

But last night she was found safe and well having made her way to a friend's house in Chingford.