A 12-year-old girl who went missing from her home in Mitcham on New Year’s Eve has been found.

Chanelle Beasley disappeared at 3pm on Tuesday and police believed she was in the Romford or Chadwell Heath area.

She was found on a bus on Chadwell Heath yesterday evening.

Diana Asihene, who launched a Twitter campaign to find her cousin, tweeted this morning: “I just want to thank everyone on instagram, twitter, Facebook etc for spreading the word.”