POLICE are urgently searching for a 16-year-old girl who went missing in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Darcie Goobie from Bexhill was last seen at 1.30am yesterday and officers say they "are concerned for her welfare".

The teenager has been described by police as mixed race with long black hair and a septum piercing.

She is known to have links to Southall and it is believed she may have travelled to the London area.

A Sussex Police spokesman said: "Anyone who sees Darcie or who has information on her whereabouts is asked to dial 999 immediately."

UPDATE from Sussex Police at 10.55am on Saturday, January 16

Darcie Goobie, who had been reported missing from Bexhill, has been found safe and well.

The 16-year-old girl had last been seen in the early hours of Thursday morning (January 14) but returned home on Friday evening (January 15).