Update from police at 9.30am: "Pleased to confirm that Billy Kirkby, 11, and Jerry Lewis, 12, #missing from #Wandsworth were found safe and well yesterday evening. Thanks for all the RTs!"

A missing person appeal has been launched for an 11-year-old boy from Richmond.

Billy Kirkby was last seen on Beechcroft Road in Tooting at lunchtime today (Wednesday, March 24).

Police urged members of the public to call 101 and quote the reference 3996/24Mar if they see him.

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