TWo missing teenage girls who were being sought in Thurrock have been found safe and well.

The two girls are not connected, but Essex Police were worried about their safety and put out two separate appeals for help to locate them over the weekend.

Today (Tuesday, 11 August) they were able to report that Chelsea Slade, 15, from Purfleet-on-Thames and 17-year-old Keli-Marie Moorton-Stripe from Basildon, who had connections in Thurrock, had both been located and they expressed thanks to all those who respondd to their appeals.