A teenager who disappeared from her home last week could be in Newham, police believe.

Alisha Parvez, 16, left her home in Walthamstow at around 1pm on Thursday, September 4 and has not been seen since.

She is known to have links to Newham, as well as to Redbridge and Waltham Forest, and is described as being 5ft 2, Asian and with long dark hair that has red tints.

Anyone who knows where she might be should contact the Waltham Forest Police Missing Persons Unit on 07785 530 686 or by dialing 101.