A girl matching the description of a child reported to be walking alone overnight has been located safe and well at her home in Boughton, near Ollerton.
Nottinghamshire Police confirmed a man rang into the force at around 8.10am this morning after spotting the media appeal.
It follows an extensive police search last night of the Ollerton area, which carried on this morning (Friday, June 4).
Inspector Graham Clarke of Nottinghamshire Police said: "A member of public called the force this morning and has now been visited by officers to confirm that a girl was on her own last night, but did return home shortly after. She is safe and well.
"Reports of this nature is something the force take hugely seriously, as you can see with the amount of resources we had in the area overnight.
"We would like to thank everyone in the community and the local media for their help in sharing our media appeal last night, which has thankfully had a good and safe conclusion."
