POLICE have thanked people for helping find a missing 14-year-old.

Hayley Maddison, who was missing since Monday, March 2, was last seen at around 12 noon and is believed to have taken her shihtzu dog with her.

Police appealed for help in tracing the Darlington teen on Wednesday, March 4, who was found alive and well in the Sunderland area, on the same day.