THE family of missing schoolgirl Jenna Baldwin are starting to fear the worst, police say. More officers and detectives have been recruited to hunt for Jenna with searches of woods and fields near her home due to start soon.

Jenna has not contacted family or friends since she was last seen at her Abersychan home on September 10.

Police are now focusing on the possibility she has come some to some harm. Around 30 officers are following up over 500 leads into the 15-year-old's disappearance but hopes of her safe return are fading.

Chief Inspector John Oliver, who is leading the investigation, said: "Her family are starting to fear the worst and we now share those concerns.

"It has now been five weeks since she went missing. "The time elapse of five weeks is a long time for a 15-year-old girl not to have any contact with anybody."

He said despite a number of appeals and inquiries, and a good public response, police were "no closer to establishing" where Jenna has gone or what might have happened to her on the day she went missing.

He added: "A lack of positive leads and the fact that Jenna or no-one has been able to come forward and tell us she is safe and well means we are starting to focus on the possibility that she has come to some harm.

"We are keeping an open mind as to what could have happened but there's bound to be much speculation.

"Our approach to the inquiry has shifted and we have widened our search to the surrounding countryside. I must stress this is still being treated as a missing person inquiry in the hope that Jenna maybe found outside the immediate area and that she will be found safe and well."

Jenna is Listed with the National Missing Persons Bureau and her picture has appeared in the Big Issue magazine. Anyone with information is urged to call the incident room on 01495 232260.