POLICE SCOTLAND update: “Sophie Webster, who was reported missing from Edinburgh, has been traced safe and well.

“Thank you to everyone who shared our appeal.”

Police are appealing for the assistance of the public to trace a 19-year-old woman missing from Edinburgh.

Sophie Webster was last seen leaving a property in the Dryden Street area of Edinburgh around 2.45pm this afternoon, on Friday, 6 September, 2024.

She is described as being around 5ft 7in tall, of slim build and has short hair with blonde highlights. She was last seen wearing a black hoodie with a white “BB” logo on the chest, black shorts with a white logo on the left leg, white trainers and was carrying a blue rucksack.

Inspector Grant McCulloch said: “We are growing increasingly concerned for Sophie’s welfare and we are asking anyone who has seen her or knows where she is to get in touch.”

Anyone with any information is urged to contact 101, quoting incident 2439 of 6 September.

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John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.