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Police are searching for a teenager who has been missing for more than a week.
Lewis Pearson, 17, has been missing from Gateshead since Tuesday, October 13 - and is yet to be found.
Officers from Northumbria Police believe he may be in Stockton, particularly the Roseworth or Hardwick areas.
Lewis was last seen wearing dark tracksuit bottoms, a brown camouflage jacket and a brown baseball cap.
Officers are urging anyone who has seen Lewis or knows where he may be to come forward.
Anyone with information should call 101, quoting reference 210138.