Readers of The Argus in Brighton are helping to trace a woman who has been missing from her Sheffield home for more than a year.

After we published an appeal yesterday, readers told police Carly Pinder had been seen in Church Road, Brighton, opposite the Hog's Head pub on Wednesday.

She was wearing a scruffy big coat and summer shoes.

A force spokeswoman said: "Carly was talking to herself and was obviously in some distress."

Miss Pinder, 25, disappeared from her home in Sheffield more than a year ago. Police are concerned for her well being.

Carly's mother said: "Whatever is troubling you can be worked out."

Carly is 5ft 4in, slim with brown bobbed hair and hazel eyes.

Call police on 0845 6070999 or the National Missing Persons helpline on 0500 700700.