Two teenage girls who had been reported missing in Edinburgh have been found safe and well.

Bethany Bate and Belle Love, who are both 15, were last seen in the south of the city on Thursday evening.

Bethany was thought to have left a house near Gracemount Drive at around 8pm and Belle was last seen in Colinton Mains Drive more than an hour later.

Police believed the girls were together issued a media appeal to trace them.

But the friends were found in the Meadows area around 7pm.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Officers are very grateful to the members of the public who came forward with information."