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Last Updated: Friday, 15 July, 2005, 12:33 GMT 13:33 UK
Missing teenager found in Beacons
The Brecon Beacons
The 14-year-old had been out all night, said rescuers
Police and a mountain rescue team have found a teenage girl, missing from home overnight in the Brecon Beacons.

It is understood the 14-year-old had been out all night and had not returned home.

It was the mountain rescue team's seventh emergency so far this week.

Her worried parents alerted police on Friday morning and she was found walking along a track, near Ystradgynlais, Powys, shortly after 1200 BST on Friday.

Huw Jones of the Central Beacons Mountain Rescue Team said: "The 14-year-old girl has been found safe in the Ystradgynlais area. I understand she's a local girl.

"We received a call from the police at 10.25am after the girl's parents called police.

"I believe the girl had been out all night."

Mark Morgan, secretary of the mountain rescue team, said it had been a hectic week so far.

"This was the seventh call so far - it's been absolutely mad this week," he said.

"The good weather has brought people onto the hills and then they've encountered problems. The majority have not been tourists either."

Friday's rescue focused on the western side of the Brecon Beacons, said rescuers.


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