POLICE have issued an appeal to help trace a missing Ardrossan woman.

Katriona Mullen, 31, was last seen around 1am on Hogmanay in Glasgow City Centre.

She is described as white, 5ft 4, medium build with black hair and was wearing a black beanie hat, green parker jacket with a fur hood, black trousers and black shoes when last seen.

Inspector Colin Convery at Saltcoats Police Office said: “We know that Katriona has a large network or friends and often uses public transport to travel around North Ayrshire, Glasgow City Centre and the Maryhill/Saracen areas of Glasgow and as such my officers are conducting extensive enquiries in these areas in a bid to locate her.

“I urge anyone who has seen Katriona or anyone who knows of her present whereabouts to contact police at Saltcoats immediately via telephone number 101 quoting incident number 1818 of January 2, 2018.

“I also appeal to Katriona directly to contact police to let us know that she is safe and well.”