UPDATE: Natalie has now been found

Police are appealing for help in searching for a missing woman who disappeared from hospital early on Sunday morning.

Officers are searching for Natalie Pegler, aged 21, who was reported missing after leaving the Royal Bournemouth Hospital in Castle Lane East at around 5.25am on Sunday January 22.

Natalie is described as approximately five feet one inch tall and of medium build with long red wavy hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing black leggings, black trainers and a green hooded jumper with a Lion King character on it.

Inspector Matt Baxter, of Dorset Police, said: “We need to find Natalie urgently as we are concerned for her welfare.

“I would urge anyone who has seen Natalie, or a woman matching the description given, to please contact Dorset Police.”

Anyone with information or knowledge as to Natalie's whereabouts is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk/contact or by calling 101, quoting incident number 22:124.