Two children who went missing from their home in Sittingbourne early this morning have been found safe and well.

Chelsea Abbott, nine, and Taylor Redding, 10, were believed to have left their house in Grovehurst Avenue, Kemsley at 5am today while their parents were asleep.

A police spokesman said they were reported missing nearly eight hours later at 12.40pm and officers were becoming "increasingly concerned" for the children's welfare.

But at about 5pm a police spokesman said the pair had been found in the "local area".