A GIRL from North Yorkshire who went missing from home after arranging to meet a man through an Internet chat room, has been found safe.

But further details of her return had not been revealed late last night.

Teenager Kathleen Alice Dean, who was described by police as "extremely vulnerable", had not been seen since Monday, when she ran away from her mother's side.

It is thought that the 14-year-old, from the Bilton area of Harrogate, had agreed to meet a 37-year-old man she had been exchanging messages with via the Internet.

Kathleen, who suffers from mild asthma and has to carry an inhaler, has been reported missing before and is thought to have travelled in the past to York, Chester and Hull by train to meet men she had encountered in on-line chat rooms.

On this occasion, detectives believed Kathleen had possibly arranged to meet a man somewhere in Harrogate.