Police issued an appeal to find a missing 13-year-old girl last seen outside a south Essex shopping centre.
UPDATE 22/02 11.30AM: The missing girl has now been found. Police have thanked the public for their help with the appeal.
Officers had been appealing for the public's help to find the girl who was missing from Grays.
The teenage girl was last seen late in the afternoon yesterday outside the Lakeside shopping centre, where police believed she may have boarded a bus towards Tilbury.
Anyone who had seen her or knew where she was, were urged to call Essex Police on 999.
An Essex Police spokesman said: "We are pleased to confirm that [the missing girl], 13 has now been located.
"Thank you to everyone who shared our appeal."
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