A TEENAGE girl who disappeared from her grandparents' home in Blackburn has been found safe and well.

Kaitlin Wilson, known as Katie, had been staying with her grandparents in the Shadsworth area of the town, when she disappeared at around 8pm on New Year's Day.

The 16-year-old had been caught on CCTV in Southampton with a male known to her.

Insp John Fryer from Lancashire Police said she was found in the early hours of this morning.

He said: "She was found safe and well at an address in Southampton and has been reunited with her parents."

Katie is originally from Blackburn but moved to the Cotswolds area and studies in Gloucester.