Police are appealing for information to help locate a teenage girl who has been reported missing from Stroud.
Hope, aged 13, has not been seen since leaving her home address at around 9am yesterday morning (18 August).
Officers are growing concerned for her welfare and are asking anyone with information to come forward.
Hope is described as being 5ft 4in in height, of a medium build and with long, dark hair. She has braces on her teeth.
She was last seen wearing dark jogging bottoms, a red t-shirt, black trainers and she was carrying a Vans rucksack.
Hope is known to visit the Cheltenham area but it is not known if she has travelled there on this occasion.
Officers are currently searching for Hope, and they are now appealing to anyone who has information about her whereabouts to contact Gloucestershire Police on 101, quoting reference number 53260071558.
If you can see Hope at the time of calling, please ring 999.
