A search has been launched to find a 16-year-old girl that has been missing for five days.

Shavanna Thomson was last seen at around 2pm on Friday, June 29 in the Southhouse area of Edinburgh, and has not returned home since.

The teenager is white, 5ft 5ins with shoulder-length brown hair and was carrying a holdall bag.

Officers are asking anyone who believes they have seen her or knows her current whereabouts to come forward.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland via 101, quoting incident number 2532 of July 1.