Police have asked the public to help them find a missing 15-year-old.

Christopher Alexander, 15, has gone missing from Aspatria, according to the police.

Police describe him as 5ft 3ins, with mousey blonde short hair, of slim build, wearing a blue Lee Cooper puffer jacket, black and grey Nike trainers with a red heel and had with him a black-and-white Adidas bag.

If anyone has any information the police can use to find him, they are asked to call 101.

UPDATE: Christopher Alexander has now been found. 

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