A missing teenager may have been spotted in Brighton.

Police said they were concerned for the welfare of Emily Major, 15, from Sittingbourne, Kent.

A member of the public contacted police to say a girl matching her description had approached her for money and said she was living at a Brighton hostel.

Emily was last seen getting on a London-bound train in her home town last Thursday but police think she is more likely to be in Brighton than London.

Emily is 5ft 9in, has long brown hair, brown eyes and a tattoo of the Sagittarius astrological sign on her right shoulder.

She was wearing a red vest top, blue jeans, a studded black belt, green Doctor Marten boots and lots of silver jewellery when she was last seen.