A 15-year-old boy reported missing two weeks ago has been found.

Charlie Hurd went missing from his family home in Carshalton during the afternoon of Monday, July 11.

But he was found at a friend’s house in Thornton Heath on Thursday, following a police appeal to those in Carshalton, St Helier and Croydon.

A police officer who specialises in dealing with missing people visited the address to find the boy, safe and well.

Anyone with information on missing people is asked to contact Sutton police on 101 or the Missing People charity on 116 000, quoting reference number 16MIS029883 with any information on missing persons.