Police have released a CCTV image of two missing teenage girls they are keen to find.
The footage of Aliyah Mia Piper, aged 13, and Lauren McGrath, aged 15, show their last confirmed sighting was at Marton train station in Middlesbrough around 7.40pm on Monday August 15.
The pair have links to the West Midlands, Merseyside and Essex areas.
Aliyah is described as slim build, with long, brown curly hair, brown eyes and around 4ft 9” tall.
She was last seen wearing a light grey cropped top, denim ripped jeans, a pale pink jacket and black Nike trainers.
Lauren is described as 5ft 4” tall, of slim build with mousey brown/light blonde hair, blue eyes and was last seen wearing a grey tracksuit/jogging bottoms with a dark tracksuit jacket, white and leopard print trainers and a carrying a cream bag with pink and cream straps.
She was also wearing a silver ring, watch and bracelet.
Officers believe the girls could be using public transport to travel and would ask anyone who may have seen them or may know of their whereabouts, to call Cleveland Police as a matter of urgency on 101, quoting incident number 144811 or 144803.
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