Police are appealing to the public for help in finding a teenager missing from Mitcham since Thursday.

17-year-old Destiny Kirkwood-Abbatecola went missing from the Mitcham area on May 21.

In a statement posted by the Met Police's Twitter account for Merton, officers said she may now be in the Bournemouth area.

If you have any information which could help find her, please call 101 and quote the reference 20MIS016910.