UPDATE: Rita has now been found.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Police are appealing for information to help locate teenager Rita Nwqachuku, who has connections to Pudsey and was last seen in the Leeds area.
Rita, aged 15, was last seen at 8.20am yesterday morning (Wednesday, 17 May 2023) in Leeds city centre and has connections to Pudsey, Headingley, Hyde Park, and Leeds city centre, as well as Skipton in North Yorkshire.
She is described as a 5ft 6ins tall female with short afro hair. Rita, from Bradford, was last seen wearing a pink hairband, pink teddy bear jacket with no hood, pink trainers and black leggings carrying a pink corduroy rucksack.
Anyone who thinks they may have seen Rita or knows of her whereabouts is asked to contact West Yorkshire Police by calling 101 or go online at www.westyorkshire.police.uk/101livechat quoting reference 1865 of 16/5.