FEARS were growing this week for the safety of a missing Blackpool teenager.

Collegiate High School pupil Sharon Parkinson has been missing since October 27.

The 15-year-old, of Birchway Avenue, Layton, has gone missing before but has always been found within a few of days.

She is described as 5ft 6ins, of medium build with shoulder-length dyed blonde straight hair. She speaks with a local accent. Two other teenagers who went missing this month have now been found.

Simon Wake, aged 15, of Granville Road, a pupil at Beacon High School, disappeared on November 13 was found on Tuesday.

Marton girl Nicola Smith-Bruce, who went missing from her home in Southbank Avenue last Sunday, has been found safe and well at an address in Southport. She was thought to have been visiting a boyfriend in the resort.

Police are appealing for anyone with information about Sharon Parkinson to contact Blackpool Central police station on 293933.