A 42-year-old mother of two children who disappeared after popping out on a shopping trip has been found safe and well.

Gillian Crockett, of Forge Meadow, Harrietsham, vanished after saying she was going into Maidstone.

Members of her family had not heard from her since Wednesday, April 19.

A spokesman for Kent Police said that following media coverage she was found safe and well at an address in Maidstone where she had been staying with a friend.

He thanked the press and members of the public for their support.

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who was reported missing after saying she was going on a shopping trip has been found.

Gillian Crockett, from the village of Harrietsham, near Maidstone, vanished on April 19.

Police say Miss Crockett was found safe and well at an address in Maidstone where she had been staying with a friend.

A Kent Police spokesman said: "We would like to thank the local media and public for their support in helping to find her"

Police and friends had been particularly concerned because Miss Crockett had missed her son Michael's 17th birthday on Thursday and had left with nothing – not even a coat.