Gaynor Lord: Missing Norwich mother ‘last seen doing yoga’ in park where clothes found – latest

Gaynor Lord’s stepbrother has made a desperate plea for anyone with information on the missing mother-of-three to come forward.

Speaking to The Sun, Allan Weston said Ms Lord’s disapearance was “proper out of character”.

“We just hope she comes back safe. If anyone does know anything please come forward,” he said.

“It’s been a few days now since she went missing so we are very worried. This is proper out of character. She has never gone missing or anything like that before.”

Ms Lord was last seen at 2:44pm on Friday working at a gin concession at Jarrolds department in Norwich.

Her belongings were found in Wensum Park – around 1.5 miles from her workplace.

This morning, a witness said she saw someone matching the 55-year-old’s description putting her coat on the floor and doing a yoga pose.

Ms Lord’s coat was later found in the River Wensum, which police are currently searching.

Yesterday, Norfolk police released CCTV footage of missing mother-of-three Gaynor Lord in Norwich.

The footage shows her walking through the city centre and towards Norwich cathedral.

The search for missing mother-of-three Gaynor Lord is set to continue today after her coat was found in the River Wensum.

A Norfolk police spokesperson told The Independent that the 55-year-old has not been found yet and specialist underwater search teams are continuing their search of the water this morning.

Ms Lord’s belongings, including clothing, two rings, a mobile phone and glasses, were found scattered in Wensum Park – which the river runs through.

She was reported missing after she failed to return home from work on Friday.

A witness who saw Gaynor Lord in Wensum Park before she went missing said she seemed calm and was doing yoga.

Rosie Richards said she saw a woman fitting the 55-year-old’s description last Friday as it was beginning to get dark.

Ms Lord’s clothes have been found in the park since her disappearance and specialist underwater search teams are currently searching a nearby river.

“She was sort of putting her coat down on the floor and sort of performing a yoga pose. It just seemed a bit off at this time because obviously it was starting to get dark,” Ms Richards added.

2:44pm: Gaynor Lord is working at the Bullards Gin counter in the basement at Jarrold department store in Norwich.

2:45pm: She leaves the store via the loading bay on Bedford Street.

2.48pm: Ms Lord makes her way onto Queens Street and walks toward the Cathedral.

3:22pm: She is seen on The Close at the cathedral entrance, she puts her coat on before exiting through the archway.

4:01pm – Ms Lord walks up St Augustines Street – her final movements captured in CCTV before going missing.

We are resuming our coverage this morning on the search for mum-of-three Gaynor Lord, here’s the latest news:

Police released the last known CCTV of Ms Lord before she went missing. The footage shows the 55-year-old walking to and from Norwich Cathedral on Friday afternoon.

The last sighting of her on CCTV was at 4:01pm on St Augustine’s Street.

The clothes she had been wearing when she went missing, including a white shirt, yellow tank top, two rings, mobile phone and glasses were found in Wensum Park just after 8pm.

Her coat was discovered in the water and specialist underwater search teams are currently searching the River Wensum.

Gaynor Lord was last seen as she left work in Norwich city centre on Friday and detectives say her disappearance is “out of character”.

Clothing the 56-year-old was wearing when she disappeared were later found in a park, as well as her mobile phone and jewellery.

Matt Mathers has the full story

Ms Lord, 55, was last seen on Friday afternoon after she left work early from Norwich city centre.

Her belongings, including clothing, two rings, a mobile phone and glasses, were found scattered in Wensum Park – around 1.5 miles from her workplace.

Her coat was discovered in the River Wensum, which runs through the park.

Norfolk Constabulary believes “it is likely” Ms Lord may have entered the water and underwater search teams have scoured the river.

CCTV leading up to the mother-of-three’s disappearance shows her jogging up the cobbled Bedford Street after leaving work at the Bullards Gin counter in Jarrolds department store at 2.45pm, more than an hour before her shift was due to end at 4pm.

She was wearing a white shirt and a yellow tank top, and was carrying her large olive-coloured coat beneath her arm.

She can be seen on the footage walking on to London Street at 2.47pm and then crossing the road on Queen Street without waiting for a red light, narrowly missing moving traffic, heading towards the cathedral.

Around 30 minutes later, at 3.22pm, video shows Ms Lord putting her jacket on as she walks away from Norwich Cathedral.

At 3.49pm, CCTV captured her walking along St George’s Street near to the Playhouse theatre.

She then walked along St Crispins Road towards Pitt Street at 3.53pm.

She was last sighted by CCTV on St Augustines Street at 4.01pm, police said.

Ms Lord is described as white, 5ft 6in, and has a blonde shoulder-length bob.