POLICE in Essex are appealing for help in locating a missing woman.

A MISSING woman from Colchester has turned up, police have said.

The disappearance of Joanne Jackson, 29, was reported to officers yesterday morning but she was found earlier today and taken to Colchester General Hospital for a check up.

Joanne, who had not been seen since leaving her home in Catherine Hunt Way, was found to be safe and well.