Mother asks daughter to come home

Terry Edmonds, 17, has been missing from home for 10 days

The mother of a 17-year-old girl who has been missing for 10 days has appealed for her to come home.

Kent Police say concern is growing for Terry Edmonds because of a lack of sightings, a lack of contact, and she has not used her mobile phone.

Detectives have set up an incident room to search for the Tunbridge Wells girl.

The teenager's mother, Helen Edmonds, appealed for her to come home and said: "I love you. There is not a problem in this world that can't be sorted out."

Police said that Terry was last seen at 1300 BST on 17 April in Tunbridge Wells.

Just get in touch and let us know how to help you Helen Edmonds, mother

She is described as white, 5ft 4in, with a slim build and straight, shoulder-length, brownish-red hair.

In the appeal at Tonbridge police station on Thursday, alongside Terry's former stepfather Paul Garty and Det Ch Insp Tony Thomas, Terry's mother said: "Just get in touch and let us know how to help you.

"Just come home. That is all we want."

Terry was last seen wearing a grey tracksuit jacket and trousers - both the jacket and trousers had pink stripes around the waistbands - a white top and a brown body warmer with a fur hood.

She was carrying a light-blue hooded top.