UPDATE: Missing woman found

By The Newsroom

Published 11th Jan 2016, 12:08 BST

Updated 11th Jan 2016, 14:19 BST

A woman who had been missing from her home in Hutton near Preston has been found.

Doreen Smithson, 64, had last been seen at her home on Ratten Lane on Sunday morning.

Doreen Smithson

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Police launched a search for her, and confirmed on Monday afternoon that she had been found and taken to Royal Preston Hospital.

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