The search for a missing elderly lady has been aided by the Mayor of Kenilworth who had already helped return her home when she went missing last week.

West Midlands Police is appealing for information to help find Alison who was last seen on Sunday (October 4).

Police say she may have a brown, oversized fleece zip-up top, that was bought on Sunday.

Officers have shared two images of the woman including a CCTV image of her wearing a white bobble hat.

The second image was taken on Friday 2 October by Mayor of Kenilworth Cllr Alison Insley, who spoke to the lady at a bus stop and realised she was lost.

Cllr Insley called the police and the woman was taken home, but has since gone missing again.

"The lady in this image has been missing since Sunday evening," Cllr Insley said.

"I actually took this photo around 5.45am on Friday, 2 October while I was on the phone to the police checking if they had received a report of a missing person with this lady's description - at that time they hadn't.

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"However, as I have been trained by Warwickshire Search and Rescue, who search for missing people, I could tell from her behaviour and conversation I had with her, that something wasn't right.

"So I asked the police to come out and see if the lady was okay.

"The police came straight out, realised that the lady was not where she was supposed to be and took her back home.

"However, she has gone missing again, the police contacted me on Monday evening to ask me if I'd seen her and to send my photos to them.

"I searched for a couple of hours on Monday evening but couldn't see her around the Kenilworth area."

The police's appeal said: "If you can help, or believe you know where she may be, please call 999 quoting PID 459601. Thank you."