CONCERN is growing for a missing teenage girl from Hardwicke.

Bethany Jade Taylor, 16, was last seen at 5.40pm on Wednesday, October 26 when she left home stating she was going to go and see friends.

She failed to return home.

Bethany is believed to frequent the Gloucester area and there are concerns as there has been no contact from her since she was last seen to leave her current address.

She is described as being a white female, 5”3, with straight, red shoulder length hair and a lip piercing.

Bethany was last seen wearing turquoise green trousers, white trainers, a blue denim jacket and carrying a white coloured handbag.

Anybody with any information is encouraged to ring Gloucestershire police on 101, quoting incident number 475 of the 26th of October 2016.