Police helicopter and firearms officers search for missing four-year-old girl

Friends and family had already been searching for the girl for around half an hour before police were alerted at 6.25pm.

Sussex Police launched a helicopter and the firearms unit.

Around 25 officers were involved in the search - including Horsham and Worthing response officers, a neighbourhood policing team and traffic officers.

She was found 35 minutes later about a mile away from her home.

A spokesperson for Horsham police said: “She had wandered out of the address but was found unharmed and unaware of the worry by the local police community support officer Tracy Field.”