Walsall police have issued the following urgent appeal this evening (Friday 15th December 2017):

We urgently need the public’s help in tracing a 79-year-old woman who has gone missing from home.

Gladys Spencer is believed to have been missing from Little #Bloxwich since around 10am today, 15 December.

She is described as skinny and frail, with grey hair, and is likely to be with a shopping trolley that she uses as a frame.

Gladys is known to catch a bus into Bloxwich, and her disappearance is highly unusual.

Officers are searching the area, and anyone with information has been asked to call 101 and ask for the Locate team.