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Concern is growing for the safety of Natasha Coombs, 17, of Dovercourt, Essex, exactly a week after her disappearance.

She vanished after boarding a late-night train from Ipswich last Friday following a night out with friends.

Police said a signal from her mobile phone was last traced near to Manningtree station, where she should have changed trains to travel home.

Inspector Adrian Dearsley said: "I am still hopeful of finding Natasha but as time goes on we must look to the possibility of finding a body."

Search teams have been combing woodland near to the train station in the hope of finding clues.

Natasha's mobile phone, which has not been found, was last used at 11.15pm last Friday in Manningtree. She had called her parents an hour earlier to say she was on her way home.

Pc Heather Alston, a police search adviser, said: "We are dealing with a young girl who has effectively disappeared from the face of the earth, which is very concerning.

"It's a very distressing time for her parents so we need to give them as many pieces of information as we can."

Police said there was no indication she was planning to disappear.