A woman suffering from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia is missing from East Ham.

Officers are appealing for assistance to help trace Joanne Angell, 35, who was last seen at her home address in East Ham at approximately 12.30am on Saturday.

She has distinctive tattoos including multi-coloured stars and black and grey roses on her neck and a cross and rosary beads around her right wrist/hand.

Joanne requires regular medication and recently shaved her head.

She is known to frequent the areas of Greenwich and Upper Wickham Lane cemetery in Welling.

Joanne has also been heard to talk about Margate and the Thames Barrier - areas she visited as a child.

Anyone who has seen Joanne Angell, or knows of her whereabouts, is asked to call Newham Police via 101.