AN urgent appeal has been issued into the whereabouts of a missing teenager.

16-year-old Millie Fowler left her home in Spennymoor at 9.15pm on Wednesday and has not been seen since.

She is described as 5ft 7inches tall, slim build with very long dark hair and was last seen wearing a black coat with a fur hood, burgundy leggings and trainers.

Millie has links to the Consett area.

Anyone with any information on her whereabouts should call police on 101, quoting incident number 509 of April 20.

The Northern Echo: illie Fowler left her home in Spennymoor at 9.15pm on Wednesday and has not been seen since.illie Fowler left her home in Spennymoor at 9.15pm on Wednesday and has not been seen since.

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