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Police appeal for help in search for missing man

Sidney Hassall
Sidney Hassall was last seen in Lancaster on Wednesday. Credit: Cumbria Police

Police are growing concerned about the whereabouts of a 44-year-old man.

Sidney Hassall was last seen in Lancaster on Wednesday 6th February; however, police say he may have been in the Kendal area on the morning of Thursday 7th February.

Friends march for missing student

Friends of Souvik Pal march through Old Trafford
March for Souvik Credit: Mel Barham

Friends and the father of missing Indian student Souvik Pal have marched through Greater Manchester in a bid to raise awareness of his disappearance. The 19-year-old went missing after going to a New Year's Eve event at the Warenhouse Project in Old Trafford.

His father has vowed not to return to India until his son is found.

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International search for missing Cumbrian teen and baby

Catalina Covaci and her baby son Ricardo

The search for 15 year old Catalina Covaci and her baby son Ricardo has gone international.

Catalina, originally from Romania but living in Cumbria went missing before Christmas. On the 19 December she left her Penrith home telling her guardians she was going into the town centre with her son.

Police have established they travelled on a train from Penrith to Manchester Piccadilly . She hasn’t been seen since.

Police officers have contacted Interpol and a search has now begun internationally with enquiries so far extending to France, where some of Catalina’s relatives are.

Detective Inspector Furzana Nazir said: “Catalina is vulnerable – she is 15, has a baby son with her and took very little money with her when she left home last month.

“This will have been Ricardo’s first Christmas and Catalina may well have wanted to travel to visit family, friends or acquaintances. However time is going on and we need to know that they are safe.”

Due to her nationwide contacts, police officers launched #helpfindcatalina_** on Twitter just after Christmas in a bid to reach a wider audience and in the hope that the online community will spread the word and come forward with information.

Concern for man missing from secure hospital

Daniel Warburton
Daniel Warburton's family are concerned for his welfare. Credit: Greater Manchester Police

Concern is growing for a 28-year-old man who was last seen on Friday.

Daniel Warburton stays at Birch Hill secure hospital in Littleborough. He went missing on a trip to Gordon Riggs Garden Centre in Rochdale and was last seen in Stockport.

Police want anyone with information to contact them.

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