Officer's appeal to missing girl

Tamara Clarke was last seen wearing black shorts and a white T-shirt

The chief constable of Devon and Cornwall police has appealed to missing schoolgirl Tamara Clarke to make contact with police or her family.

Thirteen-year-old Tamara, who is also known as Tammy, was last seen leaving the Barbican Leisure Park in Plymouth on Sunday evening.

She was seen on CCTV footage in the company of two youths heading in the direction of the city centre.

Police said it was "entirely out of character" for her to have disappeared.

'Very worried'

Chief Constable Stephen Otter said: "Tammy if you are out there please contact me or your family, they are very worried about you.

"We don't think Tamara is one of those people who would be streetwise and able to be out there for this period of time so we are very worried about her."

Tamara is 5ft 5in tall with long brown hair, normally worn in a ponytail.

She was last known to be wearing black shorts and a white T-shirt.

Internet social networking sites are being examined by police as part of the search for her.

Search of area

Det Insp Jim Colwell said Tamara used social network sites such as Bebo and messaging services like MSN.

Police are also searching the Barbican and Hoe areas of Plymouth and carrying out house-to-house inquiries.

They are also examining CCTV footage of the area where Tamara was last seen.

Officers would also like to speak to the youths seen with her in the CCTV images.

One is described as about 18-years-old, wearing jeans, trainers and a blue or black hooded top with a collar.

The second youth is about 19-years-old, 6ft tall and wearing grey three-quarter length trousers, sandals and a blue baseball cap with a white cross of St George on it.