Worried Kate Garraway begs GMB viewers for help finding missing 8-year-old Tiolah

UPDATE: Tiolah was found "safe and well" in Bristol after this story was published.

Kate Garraway has expressed her concern over a missing eight-year-old girl, who police believe has been abducted.

Calling the appeal "urgent", worried Kate asked Good Morning Britain viewers in or around Bedminster in Bristol to keep an eye out for Tiolah, known as Tillie.

Kate, herself a mother-of-two, explained how Tillie was thought to be with family friend and neighbour, Annmarie Lawton, 29, and an unknown man known only as Adam.

The two took the schoolgirl to McDonald's at around 3pm on Wednesday, after visiting her family home.

Kate Garraway shared her concerns for a missing girl named as Tiolah, 8, from Bedminster in Bristol on Good Morning Britain on Thursday (ITV)

"She hasn't come home or been seen by her mum since," said Kate.

"[Police] are urging you to keep an eye out," she said. "They were expected to return within an hour."

Avon and Somerset Police have launched an urgent search and appealed to the public, saying: "While there may be a reasonable explanation police are treating this investigation as an abduction."

Kate described the child as white, with blonde hair during the urgent appeal (ITV)

CCTV images shown on Good Morning Britain show Tillie holding her Happy Meal beside the man outside McDonalds.

Kate described the child as white, with blonde hair. She said Tillie was wearing black and white polka dot leggings and a black jacket and had a light-coloured rucksack when she was last seen.

Tillie was last seen in the company of this family friend, named by police as Annmarie Lawton (Avon and Somerset Constabulary)

Kate's co-presenter Ben Shephard told viewers the pair were expected to return Tillie to her mother within an hour.

When they didn't, Tiolah's worried mum reported her missing at about 7pm, about four hours after the family friend and the man left with her.

DCI Ed Yaxley said: "We have no evidence that Tiolah has come to any harm but she has now been absent from home without her mother’s permission for more than 12 hours.

"Annmarie, if you see this, please contact us straight away. We just want to return Tiolah safely back to her family."

The man is described as in his 20s, about 5ft 6ins tall and stocky with a round face, olive skin and a bald head. He was wearing jeans, a dark grey zip-up hoody and a beanie hat and in the pictures has a light brown padded jacket on.

Anyone with information about the girl's whereabouts is asked to call 999 immediately, quoting reference 5220282127.

Alternatively, people can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers and anonymously report information on 0800 555 111.