Karen Matthews the mother of missing 9-year-old Shannon Matthews holds her daughters favourite teddy bear as she makes an emotional appeal for her safe return today.
Police search teams near the home of nine year old Shannon Matthews who went missing from her home in Dewsbury last night.
Neighbour of the nine-year-old Shannon Matthews, Sophie, 3, looks out of her window which has a poster with a picture of missing Shannon on, who failed to return to her home in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire on Tuesday.
A person walks holding a local newspaper showing a picture of missing girl Shannon Matthews, 9, from Moorside Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
Yorkshire Police officers search for missing girl Shannon Matthews, 9, from Moorside Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
Yorkshire Police officers search for missing girl Shannon Matthews, 9, from Moorside Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
Karen Matthews sets off for the press conference for her missing daughter, Shannon Matthews, 9, from Moorside Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
Karen Matthews sets off for the press conference for her missing daughter, Shannon Matthews, 9, from Moorside Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
Poster for missing girl Shannon Matthews, 9, from Moorside Road, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
West Yorkshire Police handout CCTV still of missing Shannon Matthews (second left) at Dewsbury Swimming Pool shortly before she disappeared on Tuesday afternoon.
Police underwater search teams search a pond near the home of missing child Shannon Matthews in Dewsbury.
Supporters and family members of missing nine year old Shannon Matthews walk around Dewsbury tonight to try and find her.
File photo dated 26/02/08 of Shannon Matthew's mother Karen pictured walking with Shannon's stepfather Craig Meehan (in cap).
Police dog search teams search Crows Nest Park near the home of missing child Shannon Matthews in Dewsbury.
Residents of Dewsbury Moor tear up the missing girl posters and hold a street party to celebrate the news that Shannon Matthews was reported to be found.
Residents of Dewsbury Moor hold a street party to celebrate the news that Shannon Matthews was reported to be found today.
Police forensics officers outside the Lidgate Gardens address where Shannon Matthews was found today.
Karen Matthews, 32, and Craig Meehan, 22, the mother and stepfather of nine-year-old Shannon Matthews outside their home in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
Shannon Matthews' stepfather Craig Meehan talks to A Community Support Officer at his home at Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
Karen Matthews (carrying pram) leaves her home in Moorside Road, Dewsbury Moor accompanied by family liaison officers
39 -year-old Michael Donovan, of Lidgate Gardens, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire arrives in a police van at Dewsbury Magistrates Court where he was charged with the kidnap and false imprisonment of Shannon Matthews.
Karen Matthews, mother of Shannon Matthews, talks on the microphone after planting flowers in her garden with local children at Moorside Road, Dewsbury Moor, West Yorkshire.
Craig Meehan, stepfather of Shannon Matthews, is led out of Dewsbury Police Station in West Yorkshire, before appearing in court this morning.
Karen Matthews, mother of Shannon Matthews, is led from Dewsbury police station, before her court appearance in connection with the alleged abduction of her daughter.
A van leaves Dewsbury Magistrates Court after Karen Matthews, mother of Shannon Matthews, was remanded in custody for repeatedly concealing information about the whereabouts of her daughter.
Undated handout photo issued by West Yorkshire Police of a base of a bed shown as evidence by the prosecution in the kidnap and false imprisonment trial of Shannon Matthews at Leeds Crown Court.
File photo dated 17/03/08 of Karen Matthews, the mother of Shannon Matthews, as Shannon's grandparents have criticised a BBC drama based on the hoax kidnap of the schoolgirl.