A nine-year-old boy with autism who went missing this evening in East Dunbartonshire has been found.

Darren Gamble went missing from Waverley Skate Park in Kirkintilloch at 6.30pm.

He was traced safe and well in Twechar.

Darren Gamble, from Cumbernauld, was with his father at the Waverley Skate Park in Kirkintilloch when he rode off on his BMX in the direction of Waterside Road.

A police spokesman said: "Members of the media and the public are thanked for their assistance."