Residents are urged to keep a look out for a missing 15-year-old boy thought to have possibly travelled to Ashford.

Jermaine Jatta - last seen carrying a Nike backpack - lives 100 miles away in Oxfordshire yet has links with the Kent town.

The teenager was wearing a black coat, a hooded top, jogging bottoms, and Nike trainers.

Thames Valley Police has issued a missing person appeal to help locate the boy.

As well as Ashford, Jermaine has links to Abingdon and Didcot in Oxfordshire.

He lives in the village of Marcham.

Anyone who thinks they have seen him should dial 999, or call 101 quoting investigation reference number 43210171430.

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