Mother pleads for return of missing girl

A mother made an emotional appeal yesterday for the safe return of her nine-year-old daughter, missing for two days. As more than 200 police, civilians and army personnel continued to search around Warminster, Wiltshire, Mrs Paula Evans, 28, pleaded for her daughter, Zoe, to come home.

Weeping, she told a press conference: "Zoe come home. You will not be in any trouble. You are not grounded. Just come home."

Zoe was last seen on Saturday morning, in a playground near her home.