Police have confirmed that a 10-year-old boy from Newport who went missing has been found safe. Riley Halford was last seen on Commercial Road in the city centre at around 3.40pm on Saturday (April 9).
Gwent Police posted an image of Riley on social media appealing for the public's help to locate him. In the early hours of Sunday morning, the force gave an update saying that he had been found.
A statement on social media read: "10-year-old Riley Halford, from #Newport, who was reported missing has now been found. Thanks for sharing our appeal."
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According to the Missing People charity, somebody is reported missing every 90 seconds in the UK, equating to a total of 170,000 people. Of that number, almost 98,000 are adults and more than 70,000 are children.
The charity also states that 75% of adults are found within the first 24 hours of being reported missing and 85 per cent are found within two days, while five per cent are not found in the first week. For children, the respective figures are 80%, 90% and two per cent.
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