A 12-year-old girl has gone missing from her home in Essex - and police are “really concerned for her welfare”.

Sophia Harvey was last see at around 6.15pm yesterday and no-one has been able to contact her since.

She is described as white, 4ft 6ins tall, smil with shoulder length brown hair.

When she was last seen, Sophia was wearing a black Super Dry Jacket, Nike Air Max trainers and may have had a black handbag.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: “We’re really concerned for her welfare and want to find her to make sure she’s ok.”

Sophia has been reported missing from her home in Chelmsford.

Anyone with information about where she is should call Chelmsford police station on 101 quoting the incident number 1204 of 18/04.