A 15-YEAR-OLD girl who was reported missing has been found safe and well.

Alex Juby, who goes to Brighton Aldridge Community Academy,  had not been seen since yesterday evening at approximately 6.30pm in Moulsecoomb.

Phyllis Stevenson, Alex’s grandmother, said she had never gone missing before and the police were called

Police said she had contact with travellers encamped on the outskirts of the city and was known to have visited Wild Park.

The family also launched a Facebook appeal in an effort to find her but at 7.15pm a Sussex Police spokesman said she had been found in Brighton.