A MISSING Barrow teen has been found safe and well, according to police.

Katie Deelay was reported missing at 2.23pm on August 16, and had last been seen in Newbarns at 10am.

Barrow police launched a search earlier this evening and were appealing for information via twitter and social media.

The force reported that they 13-year-old had been found at 7.30pm.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UPDATE RE MISSING CHILD: Officers have just located Katie Deelay in Barrow. She is safe and well. Thank you for you tweeting! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/missingperson?src=hash">#missingperson</a></p>— Barrow Police (@barrowpolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/barrowpolice/status/897887533580865540">August 16, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>