A frantic search is underway to trace a schoolgirl missing for two days.
Alice Hill, 15, was last seen in the Dalry Road are of Killwinning in Ayrshire at 4.50pm on Tuesday, March 7. She has not been seen or heard from since.
Officers probing her disappearance believe the teen may be in the company of missing 15-year-old Kelsey Lee Paterson, from Kilmarnock. It is understood the pair are travelling around the central belt.
Alice also has links to Ayr. She is described as 5ft 4in tall, of a slim build and with fair hair.
When last seen, she was wearing a black crop top under a cream-coloured puffer jacket and grey jogging bottoms.
Anyone who may have seen Alice, or has information to trace her current whereabouts, should contact officers via 101 and quote incident number 4128 of 7 March 2023.
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