UPDATE: Police say missing Emily was found on Tuesday night.

A SEARCH has been launched for a missing teenage girl from Hampshire.

Police are trying to find a 17-year-old girl called Emily.

She was last seen before midnight on Sunday at her home in Littleton, Winchester.

Police and her family are now growing increasingly concerned for her welfare.

Emily is described as being white, around 175cm tall with a very thin build, with long blonde hair worn in plaits.

She is possibly wearing jogging bottoms and a hoody.

A police spokesperson said: "If you see Emily, or think you may have seen her since last night, please phone 101 with reference 366 of today’s date (17 August)."