CCTV images have been released showing what police believe is a missing 19 year-old.

Ashleigh Fair went missing after living Royal Berkshire Hospital on Thursday morning. 

Police believe she may have travelled to London in a taxi from Southern Hill, Reading, arriving in Cumberland Place in Marble Arch shortly after 11.30am on Thursday (1/3).

Today (3/3) officers working to locate her are releasing CCTV images of a person they believe to be Ashleigh, which were recorded shortly before midday on Thursday.

Ashleigh was wearing a green and pink knitted jumper, black tracksuit bottoms and pink socks when she went missing.

Detective Sergeant Sarah Roxburgh, based at Reading police station, said: "We are still urgently trying to trace Ashleigh, who is likely to require urgent medical attention and we are becoming increasingly concerned for her welfare.

"Ashleigh is not dressed appropriately for the extremely cold weather we have been experiencing and was not wearing any shoes at the time she went missing.

"We are working closely with our colleagues in the Metropolitan Police Service in London in our efforts to find Ashleigh.

"Ashleigh, if you see this appeal, please contact police urgently. We need to check you are safe."

Anyone with any information about Ashleigh's whereabouts should call the 24-hour Thames Valley Police enquiry centre on 101 quoting the reference URN 344 (1/3).