Mum's plea to Danielle

Danielle Nightingale, who has turned 15 in the two and a half months since she was last seen, went missing from her home in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, in August.

Now, following a sighting of her in Sheffield city centre last week, her mum Liza Martin, who lives in Gresley Road, Low Edges, has made an emotional appeal for her to make contact.

Appealing directly to Danielle through The Star, she begged: “Please, please get in touch with your mum.”

Danielle was spotted in the city centre on Friday October 8. Since then, Liza, aged 37, has been putting up posters in Sheffield and creating a Myspace website for Danielle in the hope there will be more information.

Danielle went missing from her home, where she lived with dad Terry, step-mum Joanna, step-brother Peter and half-brother Owen, on August 3.

The teenager is around 5ft 6ins, slim with long light brown hair and blue eyes.

Call Pc Stuart Barnet at Hertfordshire Police’s Missing Persons Unit on 01442 271074, or 0845 00 222.