Danielle poster campaign hits streets

The posters will be distributed throughout East Tilbury

Police and volunteers searching for the missing Essex teenager Danielle Jones are handing out 10,000 posters in East Tilbury.

The posters will be displayed in the windows of homes and businesses in the area.

It is hoped they will jog the memories of people in the area.

The 15-year-old schoolgirl has been missing for nearly six weeks.

A police spokeswoman said: "Flooding the area with the posters will ensure that everyone in the Thurrock area is aware of Danielle's disappearance and the need for answers for her parents and our need for information."

10,000 posters have been printed

A mobile incident room has been set up in East Tilbury to encourage local people to come forward with information.

The caravan is staffed by police officers and residents from the area.

Local people have been asked to check their gardens and garages for any clues that might help find the 15-year-old, who has now been missing for more than five weeks.

Danielle disappeared on 18 June after leaving her home to catch a school bus.

One sighting

There has only been one positive sighting of her since, when two male schoolfriends saw her make a sudden about-turn in the street minutes later.

An appeal for help on the BBC's Crimewatch programme resulted in hundreds of call to Essex Police.

A spokeswoman said there had been a "great response" and detectives had already started sifting through the information given by viewers.

Essex Police have criticised a demonstration by Greenpeace protesters at an Esso fuel depot in Purfleet on Wednesday which they said had an impact on police resources.

Resources diverted

A spokesman said police officers working on the Danielle Jones inquiry had to be temporarily diverted when the blockade of the fuel depot started.

Assistant Chief Constable Joe Edwards said the police had warned the organisation of the effects the protest on the Danielle Jones enquiry.

He said: "I have to question the integrity of an organisation that can switch its collective conscience off and on to suit."