Fears are mounting for a 26-year-old woman from Hove who hasn’t been seen since Tuesday morning (July 10).

Hairdressers' receptionist, Laura Chapman,was last spotted leaving a premises with a man in George William Mews, Portslade, at 11.31pm on Monday evening.

She is believed to know the man who left alone about 20 minutes later. However, police have not been able to contact him since.

Her family are very concerned that this is really out of character and have not been able to contact her on her mobile telephone as usual.

However, this may be due to problems currently being experienced on one of the telephone networks.

Laura is white, 5' 2", of petite build, with long blonde hair with brown lowlights and brown eyes.

Anyone who has seen her or has information about her whereabouts is asked to call Sussex Police on 101 quoting serial 918 of 11/07.