A kayaker who has been missing for more than 24 hours has been named as Elizabeth Ashbee, 53, from Shrewsbury - as a search for her was suspended.

Ms Ashbee vanished at about 2.30pm on Sunday off the coast of Anglesey in North Wales.

She was last seen in her red Valley Avocet plastic sea kayak, heading through rocks near Rhosneigr.

The sea search has been called off pending further information but police rescue teams continue to hunt on land.

A picture of the missing woman was issued showing the kayak she was using.

Ms Ashbee, who is an experienced kayaker, became separated from four colleagues in bad weather at rocks at Ynys Feurig, or Starvation Island, close to Rhosneigr.

An area of up to 60 square miles has been covered in the search.

Barry Priddis, duty watch manager at Holyhead Coastguard, said: "After having a significant number of rescue units available to us and having conducted a 26-hour search, we have come to the conclusion that we must now suspend our activities pending any further developments or new information becoming available."

Inspector Guy Blackwell, of North Wales Police, said: "We will now take primacy management of the incident and investigations will continue, working closely with HM Coastguard and other emergency rescue services."