A MISSING teenage girl with links to Burnley has been found unharmed, Lancashire Police have said.

Police issued an appeal over the weekend concerning Mercedes Lyons, aged 16, from Blackpool, who had not been seen since the previous Monday.

Earlier today officers confirmed that dark-haired Mercedes had been located by the force and was “safe and well”.

She was thought to have friends in the Burnley area so officers extended their search to East Lancashire.