Police in Wiltshire say they are “extremely concerned” amid a desperate search for a missing teenage girl.

Annabelle Wreford-Bush has been missing from the Malmesbury area since midday on Tuesday.

The 15-year-old is described as a white female who is around 5ft 6ins tall and of slim build with brown hair.

She was last seen getting on a number 99 bus to Swindon wearing a blue parka coat with a fur hood, grey cardigan, black skirt with white flowers on and black boots.

Officers made an appeal to the public on Tuesday afternoon asking for anyone with information about Annabelle’s whereabouts to come forward.

A spokesperson for Wiltshire Police said: “We are urgently appealing for information regarding the whereabouts of a teenager who is missing from the Malmesbury area.

“We are extremely concerned about her welfare.

“If anyone has any information that could help us to locate Annabelle please call us on 101 quoting log number 100 of February 6.”