A 15-year-old girl who was missing for five days has been found safe and well in Tooting, Wandsworth.

Lauren Chandler, from Carshalton in Sutton, had last been seen in the Robin Hood Lane area of the borough on Wednesday.

Police released an appeal saying she is known to frequent Sutton, Croydon and Islington. They also said she might have travelled to Roehampton.

The public took to social media to help find her, with the Sutton Guardian story about missing Lauren being retweeted 50 times.

She was found this morning (Sunday, February 1.)