A MISSING woman from Bournemouth has been found safe and well in Hampshire.

Police put out an appeal earlier this evening asking members of the public for help in their search to find Alison Barns.

Alison, 48, was last spotted before 4pm this afternoon. 

She had been seen leaving her home address in Irving Road, Southbourne, in her car.

Police confirmed Alison had been found shortly after 8.30pm this evening. 

An appeal was issued as Dorset Police feared she could have come to harm.