A YOUNG woman who disappeared more than a week ago is now featured on a missing persons website as efforts to trace her continue.

Police searching for Yulia Solodyankina, a student in Edinburgh, asked the charity Missing People to publicise the case online.

The last sighting of her was at Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh's Lady Lawson Street on June 6.

The 22-year-old Russian, who was studying physics at Edinburgh University, was not reported missing until June 12.

Chief Inspector Mark Patterson, of Police Scotland's Edinburgh division, said: "The last confirmed sighting of Yulia was over two weeks ago, and we still have no information as to her current whereabouts.

"We have approached the charity Missing People to publicise her disappearance on their website, through which people can report information or sightings confidentially.

"We continue to be heartened by the level of interest in her disappearance, helped by her friends organising appeals through social media, and we remain hopeful of receiving information that can allow us to trace her whereabouts."

Ms Solodyankina speaks fluent English with a strong Russian accent and is about 5ft 6in, of medium build and has long, dark brown hair.

She has pierced ears and a small mole on her left cheek.