Schoolchildren are being warned about the dangers of strangers after a girl was approached as she walked home from class.

The eight-year-old was walking along North Road in Lancing, at 3.30pm on Tuesday, when a man stopped his car and offered her a lift.

She ran away and the man quickly drove off towards Crabtree Lane.

He had a deep voice, possibly with a Scottish accent and had a tooth missing from the left side of his mouth.

He is described as about 60 years old, 6ft tall with short grey hair, a short beard and moustache.

The vehicle was described as a silver people carrier with blacked out windows on the side.