Student nurse Owami Davies has been found alive and well, the Metropolitan Police has confirmed.

Davies, 24, from Essex was found in Hampshire after being missing for nearly seven weeks.

The Met said she had been discovered after the 118th reported sighting, which it had received at 10:30 BST this morning.

Det Ch Insp Nigel Penney, who led the investigation, said it was “the outcome we were all hoping and praying for.”

“I’d like to say she has been found safe and well outside the London area in the county of Hampshire and she’s currently with specialist officers from my team.”

He added: “She looks in good health, she’s in a place of safety, and not currently in the vulnerable state that we were led to believe she was in at the start of her disappearance.”

Five people have been arrested in connection to her disappearance.