THE HUNT for a 15-year-old schoolgirl is over after she was found safe and well.
Police launched wide-scale searches after Bethany Trodden went missing from the Cockermouth area at 3pm yesterday (October 1).
The authorities were concerned for Bethany's welfare and believed she was trying to travel to London.
But the search was called-off after she was found safe and well in Maryport at 11:20pm last night.
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