Grandmother, 71, who went missing for five days is found entangled in woodland undergrowth near a rugby club but ‘alive and conscious’

• Grandmother Janice Warren, 71, found entangled in a Gloucestershire woodland
• She was reported missing on Tuesday when neighbours didn’t see her on the bus
• Rescue teams found the grandmother on Saturday after a massive search 

A 71-year-old grandmother who went missing for five days has been found entangled in woodland undergrowth alive and conscious. 

Janice Warren was discovered by rescue teams near Bream rugby social club, Gloucestershire, following an extensive search.

She was rushed to Gloucester Royal Hospital where her condition is stable but she will need further medical treatment.

Her family said Ms Warren, who survived despite torrential downpours and thunderstorms, is too poorly to speak and had been unwell before she vanished. 

Grandmother Janice Warren, 71, has been found alive and conscious in a Gloucestershire woodland five days after she disappeared. She survived despite torrential rain

Rescue teams found her early on Tuesday morning after calling in reinforcements

Rescuers painstakingly combed the woodland on Friday until 1am, before breaking for the night and returning on Saturday with more volunteers.

Ms Warren was found that afternoon in the woodland by a group from the Severn Area Rescue Association.

‘We were delighted that the missing lady was located by one of our teams early this afternoon,’ they said in a statement. 

‘We had feared the worst as she had been missing for several days which includes some awful weather.

‘It was a great result for the whole team, and really shows that all the training we do is worthwhile.’

Neighbours raised the alarm when they noticed Ms Warren had not been hanging out her washing or taking the bus into the nearest town as usual.

Neighbours first raised the alarm after she hadn’t been seen putting her washing out 

Her daughter Sarah rushed over from her home in Gloucester, with a key and realised her mother, who had been unwell, had disappeared.

Ms Warren was reported missing on Tuesday August 13 and the family spent a nail-biting few days as police searched her village which is surrounded by woodlands and was being lashed by torrential rain and high winds.

Granddaughter Emma Skidmore thanked rescue teams for their efforts and said Ms Warren had been ‘extremely poorly’ before she disappeared.

‘She’s currently in hospital and will be here for a while I can imagine.

‘Everyone is super shocked at how she managed to survive outside in those conditions with no food or drink for that amount of time, especially at her age.

‘She’s extremely poorly still but doing well considering what she has been through.

‘We are truly grateful for all the help and support. She is a very very lucky lady and we can’t thank everyone that has helped enough.

‘Everybody is amazed about how she survived. It shows she’s a real trooper, a real fighter and if she can survive that she can fight her way back from this.’

The area of woodland near her house also contains an extensive cave system.

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