UPDATE: |Urgent appeal launched to help trace missing boy last seen at Manchester train station News

Shay has been missing since Tuesday

An urgent appeal has been issued to help trace a missing boy who was last seen at a train station in Manchester.

Shay, from Hebden Bridge, has been missing since 8:01pm on Tuesday (April 8). He was last spotted at Victoria Train station in Manchester city centre.

Police have now issued an image of Shay, asking members of the public with any information on his whereabouts to come forward.

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He is described as a mixed-race male with mid-length black afro-style hair and tight curls. He was last seen wearing a Blue Mountain tracksuit, shorts and hooded top, a black beanie hat, and grey Nike Air Max trainers.

Officers said they would like to locate Shay to ‘ensure he is safe and well’.

In a post on X they wrote: “Have you seen Shay from Hebden Bridge? He has links to #Trafford and #Manchester city centre.”

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