Police widen appeal for missing pair

The pair are thought to be travelling by train

A mother and daughter missing from their Gloucestershire home may have been spotted in Scotland and the Midlands.

Jennifer Coyne, aged 35, and her daughter Katherine Coyne, aged nine, left their house in Stroud on 3 September.

They had not contacted their family to say they were going away, and their disappearance is described as being "out of character".

Police say they have now received information indicating the pair may have travelled to Edinburgh within the last week.

We do not believe there are any reasons at this stage to fear for their immediate welfare Sergeant Neil Gibbs Stroud Police

There has also been a possible sighting of a woman and a girl, matching their description, busking outside the Bull Ring in Birmingham on Monday.

On the day they went missing, the pair are believed to have travelled to Gloucester and then on to Bradford.

They took musical instruments with them and a couple matching their description had been previously spotted at a music shop in Bradford.

Sergeant Neil Gibbs, of Stroud Police, said: "We do not believe there are any reasons at this stage to fear for their immediate welfare, but for everyone's sake we would like to make sure they are safe and well."

Jennifer is described as white, 5 ft 6 ins tall, of medium build with brown eyes, and long brown hair and she sometimes wears reading glasses.

Katherine is white, 5 ft tall, of slight build, with very long straight blonde hair and blue eyes.