A SWINDON woman is wanted for questioning over missing money which should have funded a dance troupe's dream trip to America.

Amanda Williams, 51, known as Mandy, was last seen leaving her home in Stoneybeck Close, Westlea, at 9.30am on Wednesday in her Renault Laguna.

The visit to a dance competition in the United States for 14 teenage girls was reportedly ruined when £30,000 vanished.

According to The Sun, the youngsters were excited about representing the UK in the international Dance Excellence competition, but found that flights and hotels had not been booked.

Mrs Williams' daughter, Bobbi Newman, who runs Bobbi's Academy of Dance in Swindon, had worked hard to get the money together before discovering her mother was missing, the paper said.

It was Mrs Williams who organised the 10-day visit.

Wiltshire Police said last night: "We are still trying to establish the full circumstances surrounding her disappearance which remain unclear at this time, but we do know that she has made no contact with friends or family, which is out of character.

"Whilst our priority remains the safety and wellbeing of Mandy and ask her to make contact with us we can confirm that we are investigating a report that an amount of money is missing from a local dance troupe with which Mandy was involved and we wish to speak with her in connection with that matter also."

Mrs Williams is white, 5ft 4ins with short brown hair and was last seen wearing a white fleece sweatshirt and dark leggings.

She was carrying a large brown handbag with a large key ring with the letter "M" on it in green diamante.