HAMPSHIRE Police say that a missing 13-year-old boy could be in or near Bournemouth.

Ashley Bailey, who goes to Redbridge Community School in Cuckmere Lane, Southampton, didn’t turn up at school on Thursday.

The teenager was last seen at about 4.30pm, walking along the A35 towards Bournemouth.

Before that he was seen at the Holmsley Tea Rooms in Burley.

Ashley is described as white, 5ft 4ins tall and of skinny build.

He was wearing his Redbridge School Uniform – navy blue hoody with white Redbridge Community School logo, black trousers and black shoes.

Please call police in Southampton on 101 if you have seen Ashley