POLICE are appealing to trace Samantha May who has gone missing from her home in Darlington.

The 16-year-old was last seen at around 3pm last Thursday, July 2.

She is 5ft 4in tall, with dark brown shoulder length hair.

She was last seen wearing a black top, jeans, a black jacket and black boots.

The teenager has links to Newcastle, Gateshead, South Shields and Cramlington.

Anyone with any information on her whereabouts should call Durham Constabulary on 101, quoting incident number 399 of July 2.