A runaway teenage couple who went missing from their East Sussex homes for almost a week have been found safe in London.

Police picked up Daniel Smith, 16, and Barbara-Anne White, 14, in Greenwich late yesterday.

They vanished from their homes in St Leonards last Tuesday, triggering a search involving police forces throughout the South-East.

Barbara-Anne's mother, Michaela Cooper, 38, said today: "We haven't spoken to her properly to find out the reason why they took off."