An 11-year-old runaway stunned drinkers in a North-East pub by singing and dancing for money while she was being hunted by police.

Chantelle White, 11, who suffers from an extremely rare medical condition leaving her with no concept of danger, went on a mini-adventure across the region after she gave two care staff looking after her the slip near Peterlee, County Durham.

She eventually turned up in the Bambooza pub in High Street, Stockton, eight hours later, singing and dancing for the entertainment of drinkers there.

She eventually walked into Stockton police station - 15 miles from where she first disappeared - after evading officers who responded to a call from the pub.

Leeanna Lane, manager of Bambooza, described the scene in the bar on Monday night.

She said: "Apparently she told bar staff that her dad was in another pub just up the road.

"This little girl was then break dancing on the dancefloor. She just showed off her break dancing skills then she left.

"I'm glad to hear that she was eventually found safe and well."

Chantelle, who police say has been missing around 140 times, ran off as she was being driven home from an out-of-hours activity club in Fencehouses, near Chester-le-Street. She leapt from the staff's vehicle when they went to drop off another youngster, who also has behavioural problems, in the Blackhall area of Peterlee.

Police said they believed Chantelle caught a bus from Blackhall to nearby Hartlepool, before she made her way to Stockton, eventually turning up at the police station at 11.30pm.

A Durham police spokesman said: "She was found singing for her supper in a pub in Stockton.

"She seems to be resourceful and almost without fear."

Detectives admitted on Monday night they were very concerned for the 4ft 7in tall youngster's safety, but confirmed yesterday morning that she was safe and well and back with her family in South Shields, South Tyneside.

A spokesman for South Tyneside Council, who supervise her education, said: "Chantelle is not in the care of the local authority, but it subject to very close support from social services, education and health who are working very hard, together with her parents, to secure a safe and proper environment for her special educational needs.

"All the circumstances surrounding her absconding will be examined by us," he added.