The distraught daughter of a 60-year-old diabetic woman who has been missing without her insulin since New Year's Day today pleaded for her to come home and for anyone who has seen her to call police.

Bronwyn Davies was last seen at her home in West Drayton on Thursday morning (January 1) and was reported missing by her daughter later that day.

Officers and her family are particularly concerned as Mrs Davies is a type 1 diabetic and is believed to have neither her insulin nor her inhaler with her.

She regularly walks the family dogs along the Grand Union Canal and around the Packet Boat Lane area and Marina and is well-known to dog-walkers and joggers in the area, so the family is hoping someone may have spotted her there if that is where she went that day.

Five days after she went missing, however, police have yet to receive any reports of sightings. Officers are now conducting door-to-door enquiries and the family have been handing out leaflets in the area.

Mrs Davies' daughter, Ciara, 31, today issued a heartfelt plea to her mother and the public, saying: "Mum, please contact me or contact 999, just to let us know you are okay. This is the fifth day without knowing your whereabouts. We miss you so much. Please come home mum, we are worried sick about you. Everybody here in London, Dublin, Belfast and Italy are thinking of you.

“Please, if any member of the public has seen my mum in West Drayton or any of the surrounding areas, please contact the police. Mum has been missing since New Year's Day. She has possibly walked to Stockley Park or towards Uxbridge via the Grand Union Canal. People around the canal would know my mum from walking our dog, Beth."

Mrs Davies, who is also believed to be without a phone or money, is described as white, 5ft tall, with grey hair pinned up, making it appear short, and of a slim and frail build with green eyes.
She was last seen wearing a black rain mac, a cream/grey woolly hat, navy blue wellington boots with a white dog pattern, and was carrying a black backpack.

Detective sergeant Andy Grant, of the Metropolitan Police Service, said: "Bronwyn's disappearance is completely out of character and has come as a huge shock to her family. Their distress is increasing by the hour and now, in the fifth day, they are desperate to hear from anyone who can assure them Bronwyn is safe and well.

"There have been no sightings of Bronwyn since her disappearance. Bronwyn's medication is essential, and her condition has heightened concern amongst our search teams who are currently making every effort to locate her in the West Drayton area."

Anyone who has seen Mrs Davies or who knows of her whereabouts should call the Hillingdon Missing Persons Unit on 0208 246 1710 or 0208 246 1732, or call police on 101.