Police have issued an urgent appeal to find a missing 13-year-old boy from Manchester.

The boy, named only as Taylor, is missing from the Longsight area. He was last seen at around 4.40pm yesterday afternoon (Tuesday, October 17), police said.

In an appeal posted on social media in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday), police said officers are becoming 'increasingly concerned' about him. Taylor is described as being around 5ft tall and mixed race.

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He is of slim build and has wavy hair. Taylor was last seen wearing his school uniform, which has a red blazer, red jumper and black pants.

He was also carrying a black Nike bag with a white tick. Anyone with information on Taylor's whereabouts is being urged to contact Greater Manchester Police.

Officers can be contacted on 0161 856 0765 quoting log 2998 of 17/10/23.

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