The search for missing mother-of-five Sarah Wellgreen has been widened by police.

Officers will be in Dartford today searching the town centre area and will be using a drone to assist them.

They will also be searching bins in the town centre in a bid to find clues to her whereabouts.

They started searching the Home Gardens area earlier today.

Senior investigating officer DCI Ivan Beasley said: "Officers are currently searching areas in Dartford town centre in connection with the disappearance and potential murder of New Ash Green mother of five Sarah Wellgreen."

The news comes as other officers continue searching a road near Brands Hatch which was closed by police yesterday afternoon.

Video: Police continue search in Home Gardens in Dartford

Police investigating her disappearance closed off an area near Fawkham at about 4pm.

Officers taped off Scratchers Lane, which runs parallel to the M20.

Eye witnesses said search and rescue teams, police dogs, two fire engines and a forensic van were at the scene.

Kent County Council Highways tweeted earlier to say the road could be closed until next Wednesday, October 31, but police say they do not expect to be searching that area for that long.

Earlier today volunteers also helped search the area with quad bikes and 4x4 vehicles.

A police spokesman said: "Further to our appeal for information, officers investigating the disappearance and potential murder of New Ash Green mother of five Sarah Wellgreen are currently conducting searches including Scratchers Lane near Fawkham.

"There is no further development to the above at this stage."

Yesterday, detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate said they were investigating the 46-year-old's disappearance and were treating it as suspicious after she missed the birthday of one of her children.

The mother-of-five, who went missing a fortnight ago, was last seen in Bazes Shaw in New Ash Green on Tuesday, October 9.

Her car was left at her home address and since she disappeared, there have been no new transactions on her bank or credit cards.

Yesterday morning, head of major crime Det Supt Paul Fotheringham said Sarah's disappearance was "entirely out of character" and, after conducting "extensive inquiries and searches", the case was now being treated as a potential murder.

Officers also searched more areas of woodland along with people living in the village who have volunteered to help search again.

Hundreds of residents from the area helped officers conduct a search of woodlands and the area around Sarah's home at the weekend.

About 100 people living nearby helped search woodland areas last Saturday and about the same amount of people also searched on Sunday.

Woodland near her home was taped-off by police during the first week of her disappearance while officers conducted the search with dogs and drones and scoured the nearby countryside looking for the missing mum.

A man in his 30s, was arrested last Tuesday in connection with Sarah's disappearance, he was questioned for three days after detectives applied for extensions to his custody.

He has been bailed until Friday, November 16.

If anyone has any information, call police on 0207 1580011 quoting 11-0423. Freephone 0800 0560154.