The famiy of missing Sarah Wellgreen have sent a heartfelt message to her on her 47th birthday.

Her son, Lewis Burdett, 22, said the family will still be celebrating.

He said: "I just wanted to to say happy birthday to the most amazing woman I have ever known, my mum Sarah Wellgreen.

"We all miss you so much, all of our family will still be celebrating your special day and we always will.

"We all love you so much mum and wish you were here to spend this day with us."

It comes after Mr Burdett said the past months have been a "never ending nightmare".

Neil James, 45, who says he's Miss Wellgreen's partner, also wished the beautician a happy birthday while making another appeal for information.

He said: "Happy Birthday to our beautiful, loving mother of five wonderful children, a distraught mum’s missing daughter and totally adorable to all that know our Sarah Jane Wellgreen - we all love and miss you and wish we could share your birthday today with you in person.

"Please anyone, if you could just help in anyway you can, please anything you can do.

"How can you? What with the amazing efforts of Kent & Essex Police, in conjunction with the Searching for Sarah Wellgreen Facebook page and the compassionate and caring local volunteers to help us bring Sarah back where she belongs - with all of us."

He also added the hashtag #someoneknowssomething at the bottom of his post.

Mr James added: "Again, please see the requests for CCTV or dashcam footage for that period that has not been received yet.

"Please upload to the authorities website at http://mipp.police.co.uk and upload by searching for Sarah Wellgreen or reference 11-0423.

"It will only take five minutes of our time that we’re all lucky enough to have and share with our families, friends and colleagues but so, so little in comparison. Your five minutes time in doing this could mean so much for Sarah’s search.

"Anyone that thinks there’s nothing worth uploading just think again please - that 30 seconds within that footage you have within your CCTV or dash cams, could hold vital footage and help us all find Sarah and so please, please don’t ignore and upload."

Miss Wellgreen's disappearance is being treated as a potential murder inquiry and detectives from the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate are investigating.

The beautician has not been in contact with her family, including missing the birthday of one of her children, and her phone has still not been found.

She was last seen in the Bazes Shaw area of New Ash Green on Tuesday, October 9.

Her car was left at home on the night of her disappearance and there has been no transactions on her credit or debit cards.

Hundreds of volunteers have helped police search woodlands and nearby areas in north Kent with dogs and drones to find the 47-year-old.

Miss Wellgreen's former partner, Ben Lacomba, 38, was arrested on Tuesday, October 16, in connection with her disappearance and was questioned for three days after detectives applied for extensions to his custody.

He has since been bailed until the New Year.

Head of major crime Det Supt Paul Fotheringham previously said the mother's disappearance was "entirely out of character", and no trace of her has been found yet following "extensive inquiries and searches".

Anyone with information should contact Kent Police on 0207 158 0011 or via Freephone on 0800 056 0154 quoting 11-0423.

Information can also be submitted anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.