Police have issued an update on their appeal for the public's help to find a teenage boy who had been last seen six days ago.

Essex Police officers had been searching for the boy who was missing from the Great Dunmow area.

He had last been seen on Sunday, March 31, in the Great Dunmow area. He also has connections to Braintree and Witham.

Thankfully, the boy has now been found.

An Essex Police spokesman said: "Good news! 

"[The boy], who was missing from Great Dunmow, has been found. 

"Thank you to all who shared our appeal."