CONCERN is growing over a young woman who has gone missing from a Hampshire city.

Melissa Caulston, 22, was last seen in Queen's Road, near Winchester’s Royal Hampshire County Hospital, at 12.05pm today.

Police say they are "very concerned" for her welfare.

"She is quite distinctive and it's thought she is on foot," officers added in an appeal.

She is described as of small build, about 5ft 5 inches tall with long brown hair and wearing a maroon jumper and white trousers. She also has a purple plaster cast on her right foot and ankle.

Anyone who has seen her is asked to call 101 immediately.