An urgent search is underway to locate a teenage girl who has been missing from the Renfrew area since yesterday evening.

Ellen Brolly was last seen at around 5.30pm on Wednesday, May 3 and is believed to be in the Paisley, Renfrew or Barrhead areas.

The 14-year-old is described as being 5ft 3 in height and of slim build with long straight hair that is light brown in colour.

Ellen has blue eyes and was last known to be wearing black Nike leggings, a black hoody, a black body warmer and black trainers.

Anyone who may have seen Ellen, or who has any information which could be relevant is urged to contact Police Scotland via 101 quoting incident number 4678 of 03/05/2023.