POLICE are urgently searching for two young people who have gone missing.

Officers said they are concerned for the welfare of Farah Lancaster from Chichester and Tye Lee from Bognor.

The pair, both aged 12, were last seen this morning near the footbridge at the Whyke roundabout on the A27 Chichester bypass.

Farah is white, 5ft 5 and of medium build.

She has shaven brown hair and was wearing school uniform of a white jumper with red neck stripes, a black skirt, black tights and black lace-up shoes and was carrying a bag covered in drawings.

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Tye is white, 5ft 3, with black short curly hair and a fringe covering the eyes, moles on the left temple and right cheek and was last seen wearing dangly ear rings with toadstools on and a grey face mask.

The 12-year-old was also wearing a school uniform of a white shirt, black skirt, black tights and chunky soled school shoes and had a supermarket plastic bag - possibly Tesco - with trainers in, and a Fjallraven Kanken red rucksack.

The pair are believed to be together.

A spokesman from Sussex Police said: "Anyone who sees Farah or Tye, together or apart, is asked to contact Sussex Police right away on 999 or 101, quoting serial 367 of 21/04."