POLICE have issued an urgent appeal for information on the whereabouts of a Carlisle woman who has been missing for more than a week.

Emma-Louise Blackham, 40, has not been seen since last Thursday.

She has long, straight blonde hair and wears rectangular glasses.

A police spokesman said she has friends in the Derbyshire and West Midlands areas, and may have left the county.

Anyone who sees Emma is asked to call 999.

Anyone with any other information or knowledge of her whereabouts - or Emma herself - is asked to contact police on 101.