A mother and her two young children who went missing on Tuesday have been found safe and well by police.

Cheryl Durkey, 47, and her two boys - Chepael Maddix, 8, and Chander Paul Maddix, 7 - went missing from their home in Erith, Bexley, at about 9am on Tuesday, January 17.

Since then, the last sighting of them was at a family address in South Norwood at around 9am on Wednesday, January 18.

They were located on a bus in Bexley at about 11am on Thursday, 19 January, after a member of the public who saw the appeal notified police.

The Metropolitan Police has thanked the public and the media for their assistance.