Searches are continuing for a teaching assistant who has been reported missing.

Clare Kerrison, 48, from The Street in Old Costessey, on the edge of Norwich, was last seen at home at 11pm on Tuesday, February 18.

She is listed as a teaching assistant at Costessey-based St Augustine's Catholic Primary School.

Norfolk Police are growing concerned for her welfare.

She is described as white and of a very slim build with blonde hair.

Police officers were called to The Street in Old Costessey just before 8am on February 19.

A Norfolk police spokesman said: "We were called just before 8am this morning (February 19) to The Street in Costessey following concerns for the safety of a woman. Emergency services are at the scene and enquiries are ongoing."

She added that the police was working with Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service and paramedics from the East of England Ambulance Service Trust.