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| Police searching for missing schoolgirl Amber Peat have found a body, according to police. | Police searching for missing schoolgirl Amber Peat have found a body, according to police. |
| Nottinghamshire Police said a formal identification of the remains is yet to take place, but Amber's family have been informed of the discovery. | |
| Amber has not been seen since around 5:30pm on Saturday, when she disappeared from her home after what police described as a "minor argument" about household chores. | |
| A police spokesman said: "Amber's family has been informed and we ask that the media respect their privacy at this difficult time. | |
| "Officers are at the scene in Mansfield and inquiries are on-going. No formal identification has yet taken place." | |
| Police thanked all who had helped in the search, particularly the Mansfield community. | |
| Before the remains were found, Amber's mother Kelly Peat made an emotional plea at a press conference for her daughter to come home. | |
| Breaking down in tears, her mother said: "If you're watching this, or if anybody knows where she is, just send her home. Please." | |
| Amber Peat's mother and stepfather, Kelly and Danny, appealed for help finding her Ms Peat described how the family had returned from a "fantastic" holiday in Cornwall, where nothing unusual happened. | |
| She added that she realised her daughter had left the house when she heard the front door slam. | |
| "I couldn't see her anywhere - she was just gone.” | |
| Amber’s stepfather, Danny Peat, told reporters that the teenager’s disappearance was out of character and “doesn’t feel right” as she is "not the kind of girl that would wander off". | |
| Amber's two younger sisters have been "in pieces" since their sibling vanished, he said. | |
| The family went on to help the volunteers who have been searching for Amber "every night" since she went missing. | |
| “It’s overwhelming the amount of people who are out there searching all night, every night,” he said. | |
| Kelly Peat, Amber's mother, made an emotional appeal for her to come home at a press conference on Tuesday However, despite their efforts, there have not been any confirmed sights of Amber since she left her home. | |
| Superintendent Matt McFarlane said detectives were pursuing all lines of inquiry, including the possibility that Amber may be attempting to visit her biological father in Scotland. | |
| She is described as white with long dark brown hair, around 4ft tall and of a petite build with brown eyes and a small scar above her lip. | |
| She was last seen wearing a black Puma zip-up top, purple trainers and blue jeans. | |
| Missing persons co-ordinator Kirsty Gittings, said: “Amber, if you are reading this appeal please get in touch with us or your parents. They are very worried about you.” | |
| Anyone with information is asked to call Nottinghamshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. | |
| More to follow | More to follow |