Discovery made as 150 people join search for missing teenager and family speaks of "hope" that she will be found
A laptop has reportedly been found in a park and handed into police searching for missing 16-year-old Rebecca Watts.
The discovery was made on Saturday as 150 of the teenager's family and friends combed the Fishponds area of Bristol, near to where Rebecca, known as Becky, went missing.
The laptop was found in Vassals Park early on Saturday, but it is unclear whether it belonged to the missing schoolgirl and police are yet to comment.
It came as her grandad launched an emotional appeal for information, as thousands of leaflets were handed out in a bid to find the missing school-girl.
John Galsworthy, Becky's paternal grandfather, said the family "continuing to hope" that she would be found as they took to the streets with thousands of leaflets in a bid to jog the public's memory.
Mr Galsworthy, a grandad of 21, said: "We are broadening the search. There are groups separate to ours who are going out using their own initiative, going wherever necessary to try and find her.
"We are continuing in the hope there may be something discovered today. We want everyone to keep their eyes and ears open."
Volunteers were told to look out for a laptop, iPhone 5 and a puffer jacket Becky was believed to be wearing at the time of her disappearance.
It has been more than a week since the teenager, known as Becky, was last seen at her house in Crown Hill in the St George area of Bristol.
She left home on February 19 with her phone, laptop and tablet computer but did not inform friends or family where she was going, or take extra clothes.
Avon and Somerset Police have been searching for the teenager, described as shy, since she was reported missing by her family at 4pm on February 20.
Mr Galsworthy said more than 6,000 leaflets had been printed, with around 1,500 more expected to be delivered next week.
He said: "We want to keep people alert. I'm very fortunate to be from a very positive family and we are hoping to bring this to a satisfactory conclusion.
"We are trying to crack on and do what's necessary, and the police are concentrating on the forensics side of things."
Becky's uncle Sam Galsworthy, 27, who was also on the search, said that the support from the public "restores your faith in human nature".
Police divers have been carrying out open water searches on the lake in St George's Park, which is close to Becky's home, while police from neighbouring force areas have also been drafted in to help.
An online campaign for the social media savvy teenager was launched by police earlier this week, using the hashtag #FindBecky.
Police previously said there was "nothing to suggest" that Becky had come to harm, despite fears from her father that she had been attacked.
Becky is described as 5ft 4in and slim, with long, bright red hair and was wearing a dark navy blue Puffa jacket with fabric sleeves.