Two missing children promoted a major search today, Tuesday, July 4, as police were spotted in numbers in a South Derbyshire village.

Officers were in the Overseal area today after receiving reports that two children were missing from a children’s home there.

An 11-year-old boy and a seven-year-old girl were reported missing just after 11am this morning from the home in Lullington Road, said a police spokesman.

Witnesses reported seeing police cars out in the village searching for the children, as well as spotting them stopping traffic travelling through the area.

They were thought to have been seen at around 2.15pm heading towards Moira, but Derbyshire police have now confirmed the youngsters have been found.