There has been a second sighting of the woman wanted in connection with the stabbing murder of her mother.

Nicola Edgington was spotted in the High Street, Southend, on Thursday, two days after she called at the home of a relative in the Essex town.

Detectives from Major Crime Branch who are investigating the murder of Marion Edgington, 60, at Forest Row near East Grinstead on Saturday were continuing their search for Nicola.

A team of Sussex officers was liaising with Essex Police.

Nicola is 25, 5ft 3in, slim with long fair hair. She was carrying a pink bag and may be wearing a brown cloth zip coat and scruffy blue jeans.

Anyone with information to Nicola's whereabouts should call police on 0845 6070999, quoting Operation Clock.