Police are appealing for help to trace two missing schoolgirls from Thame.

Hannah Waters, 16, and Joanna Walters, 15, were last seen yesterday at 10.30am yesterday boarding a 280 bus in Thame town centre heading for Oxford.

The girls were both wearing Lord Williams’s School uniforms, which is a maroon polo-style T-shirt with a white crest on the left-hand side.

PC Iain McAdam: “Both of the girls’ families are concerned for the welfare of their children and I would urge them, or anyone who knows of their whereabouts, to contact us as soon as possible.

“The information that we have suggests that both girls were in high spirits when they were last seen.”

Anyone with information should contact PC McAdam or the Oxfordshire Missing Persons’ Team via the 24-hour Thames Valley Police Enquiry Line on 0845 8 505 505.