POLICE have thanked the public for sharing their appeal to find a missing Hartlepool teen who has now been found safe and well.
Cleveland Police appealed for help in finding Benjamin Kime, 15, who went missing from home on Thursday night.
Officers confirmed this morning he has been found.
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