Police have received a report of a child missing in Newcastle and a search is underway.
The child is a six-year-old girl missing from the Heaton Park area of Newcastle who was reported missing at 3.28pm today.
An extensive search for the child is underway involving both officers on the ground and the force helicopter.
She is described as small for her age, with long blond/ginger hair in plaits, she was wearing a pink top and pink bottoms with white sandals.
The top has the words "I am a Star" written on it.
Anyone who sees the girl is asked to contact police at once.
http://www.northumbria.police.uk/releasedetails.asp?id=41616
